Testseek.co.uk have collected 144 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 830 Evo Series SATA600 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 830 Evo Series SATA600.
November 2011
(85%)
144 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(84%)
74 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Premium Samsung components
ARM9 triple core CPU
Consistently strong performance
Attractive bundle
Outstanding performance
Reliability emphasised
Great incompressible writes
Sleek design
Huge capacity (for a SSD) matched by extremely fast performance. Good bundled software in the form of Norton’s Ghost 15
Fast boot times
Very good performance
Bundled SATA USB interface
Controller is very good
Fantastic read performance
Bundle is loaded
The editors didn't like
Still expensive compared with a standard disk at a similar capacity
Down on performance vs competitors
Still not as fast as the fastest Sandforce drives. Cost per gigabyte is very high
Bundled software Windows only
It is slower than the leading Sandforce 2281 drives
64GB and 128GB models won't be as fast as this
Kitguru says
A great drive from Samsung and well worth shortlisting
As we've said before and we'll continue to hammer any chance we can get, the single biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive, and using an SSD in your system will make such a massive difference that you'll want to cr...
Available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, Excellent read speeds, Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data, Consistent speeds, even after intensive usage, Good looking, ultra-slim design, SATA 6Gb/s interface, Toggle NAND
Slower than other drives when doing random writes
Samsung's 830 Series is a worthy alternative to the myriad of "SandForce Driven" SSDs on the market today. Instead of using off the shelf components, Samsung has designed and built everything, including the MCX controller, Toggle Mode NAND flash and D...
Abstract: The Samsung Series 830 SSD, is truly a remarkable piece of hardware, well designed to showcase as a light and easily placed piece of hardware. The Samsung Series 830 SSD comes with Norton's Ghost and Batman: Akrham Asylum. Which is a very sweet deal if yo...
The Samsung 830 Series has a whole lot going for it. In addition to offering the best overall performance of any SSD we've tested, the drive comes in a slim form factor, includes a copy of Batman: Arkham City, and is backed by a company whose SSD history...
Over 900MB/s sequential read speed, More than double the performance in HTPC and Productivity in RAID0, Great server performance at higher queue depths
Still has weaker 4K random write speeds than other SSDs
Samsung's in-house design and reputation for reliability and compatibility continue to make it a great option in both single drive and RAID configurations...
Samsung 830 256GB has an excellent performance in sequential reads/writes, in CDM test, it delivers read and write speed of 515MB/s and 405MB/s, respectively. In addition, the 122MB/s random write performance is decent as well, but 26MB/s in random rea...
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Published: 2011-12-15, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
Samsung is not the first name that comes to mind when you think of SSDs, but maybe it should be. Their 830 Series drives perform extremely well and can stand tall with the best of them....
To a certain degree you could look at the Samsung 830 and think that it's exceptional, just not quite as blistering as some of the Sandforce SSDs around. However pure performance doesn't tell the whole story.For a start it looks gorgeous. We can't think o...