I have just been shopping around for a new SSD, and found that the more recently released Samsung 850 Evo SSDs were cheaper than the older Samsung 840 Evo SSDs. Does anyone know why this might be? Do the 850 SSDs have a problem with their firmware which has not been fixed yet, or prone to failure, or something like that?
I believe they are being discounted to get more sales at release. You often see new hardware discounted 10-15% for the first month or two and then they raise the price.
Regardless, I picked up a 500GB 850 EVO and it is awesome. Super fast and responsive.
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It looks like it's also cheaper to produce the 850 EVO since it uses 3D-NAND.
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that's it, They're generally just cheaper to produce because it uses less raw material and as Flash Production continues to increase price all around become more competitive.
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Brilliant, thanks for the answers everyone! ^_^
In addition to NJM's comment they are no longer making the 840 so if there is any demand the price is going to be higher. The demand mostly being people buy them to match one they already have for raid or something.
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Cheap to produce and no doubt they are shaving profit margins to gain dominance in the ssd market. Deservedly so I reckon.
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