Samsung 860 EVO or 860 QVO?

[Geoff_Coupe]

The QVO is the best choice for music storage; you don’t “need” the EVO model.

SSD drive for Nucleus+

Well - it depends. If we’re talking about the SSD being used for music storage, then frankly, a QVO variant is the best buy. That’s because there will be far fewer write cycles than there are read cycles - and it’s write cycles that determine the wear and tear on your SSD. This article gives the full background:

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Advice on SSD for new Nucleus +

the QVO is perfect for storage of audio files. QVO trades cell writes for capacity/$. Given that you will not be deleting/adding content in the thousands of terabytes on that 1 SSD, it’s perfect.