+1 for Samsung and or Intel.
On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 11:07:50PM -0500, Greg Sevart wrote: > That's a tougher question to answer. > > The 840 Pro is positioned as Samsung's premium drive. It uses 19nm MLC NAND. > > The 840 EVO is the successor to the original 840 (non-pro). It uses 19nm TLC > NAND. TLC NAND offers greater densities by storing 3 bits per cell instead > of 2 as with traditional MLC. It makes for a less costly drive, but has > fewer program/erase (P/E) cycles and lower write performance. The original > 840 was a good enough drive (I have one of them), but the EVO was released > later with some pretty innovative technology to mitigate the write penalty - > specifically, it features a small amount of SLC NAND in the package that > increase write performance. However, it retains the TLC advantage of > offering higher capacities at lower price points. >
