FWIW Samsung's EVO 840s were bad. I was in the market at the time and got an OCZ instead. I have both a Samsung and an OCZ and haven't had problems with either. It's always a good idea to google what you decide to buy to make sure there aren't any problems reported. It's also a good idea to buy something that's been on the market a few months ...
 
https://www.techspot.com/article/997-samsung-ssd-read-performance-degradation/
 
 

Sanderxpander

highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks

Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.

Unfortunately the computer came pre-built with the OS on a partition of a standard HD. I'm not sure if it's possible to copy the partition of HD's OS (they partitioned 150gb for the OS and 780GB for files). Thanks 

highlandermak

Sanderxpander

highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks

Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.

Unfortunately the computer came pre-built with the OS on a partition of a standard HD. I'm not sure if it's possible to copy the partition of HD's OS (they partitioned 150gb for the OS and 780GB for files). Thanks 

My Dell came the same way.  The migration to SSD was painless.
 
It will be easier if you add another HDD first and move the data to a partition on the new drive, changing drive letters as appropriate.  This is because Windows will lock out the HDD when you boot to the SSD because of a drive ID conflict.  You can still tell it to mount and move forward, but adding a new HDD gives you the option to put the original sys drive on a shelf until you're sure everything is OK.

synkrotron
Another Samsung SSD owner/user here... I have two in my laptop (1TB and 500GB)
 
But I was told to go for the PRO and not the EVO. Not sure why, but I took that advice.

Performance is identical.
EVO has 5-year warranty
PRO has 10-year warranty
 
FWIW, You're not going to want to use that SSD for much more than about 5 years (due to performance increases).  
MTBF is 1.5 million hours (which is over 171 years).  
 
Crucial MX series is good.
WD Blue series is good.

There was a firmware update to resolve the "degrading read performance" issue with Samsung 840 series SSDs.
 

BobF

highlandermak

Sanderxpander

highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks

Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.

Unfortunately the computer came pre-built with the OS on a partition of a standard HD. I'm not sure if it's possible to copy the partition of HD's OS (they partitioned 150gb for the OS and 780GB for files). Thanks 

My Dell came the same way.  The migration to SSD was painless.
 
It will be easier if you add another HDD first and move the data to a partition on the new drive, changing drive letters as appropriate.  This is because Windows will lock out the HDD when you boot to the SSD because of a drive ID conflict.  You can still tell it to mount and move forward, but adding a new HDD gives you the option to put the original sys drive on a shelf until you're sure everything is OK.

what software did you use to clone the partition? thanks

A lot of helpful info here. Thanks everyone

I always avoid overwriting my OS drives if at all possible. 
Just either clone it to the new drive or start from scratch with the new drive but leave the original alone just in case things don't work out. 
I've always used smaller drives for OS, don't like the partition idea. 

highlandermak

BobF

highlandermak

Sanderxpander

highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks

Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.

Unfortunately the computer came pre-built with the OS on a partition of a standard HD. I'm not sure if it's possible to copy the partition of HD's OS (they partitioned 150gb for the OS and 780GB for files). Thanks 

My Dell came the same way.  The migration to SSD was painless.
 
It will be easier if you add another HDD first and move the data to a partition on the new drive, changing drive letters as appropriate.  This is because Windows will lock out the HDD when you boot to the SSD because of a drive ID conflict.  You can still tell it to mount and move forward, but adding a new HDD gives you the option to put the original sys drive on a shelf until you're sure everything is OK.

what software did you use to clone the partition? thanks

The Samsung migration tool

The Samsung migration tool

Since I can only afford the 500GB SSD and currently have a partitioned 1TB can I migrate the OS partition and then slowly transfer critical software to the SSD? Thanks