2TB Samsung 960 PRO vs 2TB HP EX950

[macs_forever]

I paid $1600 for the 960 PRO 2 years ago. They still cost $1200 today. I paid $280 for the HP EX950 last week. The HP is clearly the best value in a desktop drive. The Samsung 960 PRO uses less power and would be better suited for a laptop. The 2TB drive with the lowest power requirements that still has decent performance is the Intel 7600p with a maximum power usage of 100mw vs the 5700mw of the 960 PRO. I have not purchased or tested an Intel drive yet. The first one is the Samsung 960 PRO.

 

[macs_forever]

I've completed the copy from the the 960PRO to the EX950. Real world speed using SuperDuper -- 650Mb/s
Removed the 960PRO and successfully running on the EX950.

Backing up my 20TB array to a 10 TB Seagate Exos drive (9TB of data). This new 7200 RPM Enterprise drive... 40Mb/s reading and writing. Might as well be a tape drive compared to the NVME drives. Can't wait for the day of high capacity NVMes or even decently priced 3.5" SSDs