Testseek.co.uk have collected 228 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 840 Evo Series SATA600 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 840 Evo Series SATA600.
August 2013
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The editors liked
Keen pricing across the range
Outstanding 120GB performance
Good choice of capacities up to 1TB
RAPID Mode is one to watch
Available with laptop/desktop upgrade kits
Strong allround performance
Spacious 750GB capacity
TurboWrite acceleration
506 MB/s reads on large files
416 MB/s writes on large files
Lightweight
Perfect for a notebook
Samsung SSD Magician software is handy and intuitive
504 MB/s reads on large files
492 MB/s writes on large files
The Samsung SSD 850 Evo delivers great performance with useful features
At an affordable price. The drive is available with up to 2TB of storage space
Speedy performance
Good
Value
Five
Year warranty
Lightning fast drive
Super easy installation
Light on batteries (for laptop users)
“Samsung Magician” software works great for firmware updates and SSD optimization. The software also gives you 4 options
Max Performance/ Max Capacity / Max Reliabili
Fantastic performance
Strong IOPS throughput
Equally good with incompressible and compressible data
Playstation 4 compatibility …. if money is no object
The editors didn't like
RAPID Mode currently singledrive only
TurboWrite less effective at high queue depths
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Pricier than the Crucial M500 on a perGB basis
Samsung SSD 840 EVO (750GB)
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TLC flash memory is theoretically three times less longlasting than MLC
Write speed drops to 260 MB/s on files over 3 GB
The drive carries a 5-year warranty instead of the 10 years the Pro model offers. The Samsung Magician software only works with Windows
Not a huge generational leap
Definitely consumer
Class SSD
In order to use the drive to its full potential
AHCI Mode must be enabled in the bios
And motherboard should support SATA 3
The 1TB SSD is recommended as one of the features Samsung software offer is Over Provisioning. A part of the SSD itself is use
A smaller capacity will suit a much wider audience
Kitguru says
A lightning quick 1TB SSD to cater to those high end system builders who don't want to compromise on boot drive storage capacity
According to our tests, the Samsung SM951 (NVMe) is the fastest SSD available. It is even faster than the 950 Pro, while it is a lot cheaper as well. Bear in mind that you miss out on official Samsung support in the form of warranty, Magician and firmware...
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Published: 2015-12-07, Author: John , review by: techicize.com
Coming in at £126.99 it sits nicely between the budget 240GB and more performance orientated drives out there, a very competitive price point. Styling was a little off-putting at first glance, after sometime to play around,It grew on me. The Samsung EVO i...
Lightning fast drive, Super easy installation, Light on batteries (for laptop users), “Samsung Magician” software works great for firmware updates and SSD optimization. The software also gives you 4 options: Max Performance/ Max Capacity / Max Reliabili
In order to use the drive to its full potential, AHCI Mode must be enabled in the bios, and motherboard should support SATA 3, The 1TB SSD is recommended as one of the features Samsung software offer is Over Provisioning. A part of the SSD itself is use
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Published: 2014-12-09, Author: Dave , review by: techradar.com
Speedy performance, Good, value, Five, year warranty
Not a huge generational leap, Definitely consumer, class SSD
The Samsung 850 EVO is another quality, affordable SSD from a company cementing its place as one of the giants of the solid state industry. This 500GB version delivers in the performance stakes, but so do the other, lower-capacity drives too. The benefit...
It would be fair to say we are big fans of Samsung SSDs, but that comes from experieice. We have seen their drives, or drives based on their technology, outlast the competition in both performance over time and reliability… two key aspects of any SSD. In...
The SSD 850 EVO offers more performance and endurance than its predecessor. It also sports an excellent feature set too, including RAPID Mode, advanced encryption protocols and the DEVSLP power state. However, it also comes with a higher price tag to matc...
The Samsung SSD 850 Evo delivers great performance with useful features, at an affordable price. The drive is available with up to 2TB of storage space
The drive carries a 5-year warranty instead of the 10 years the Pro model offers. The Samsung Magician software only works with Windows
The Samsung 850 Evo has the best combination of performance and cost, making it the ideal drive for any home users....
Samsung's 850 Pro SSDs are without a doubt the fastest SSDs of this moment. Given that this product does not seem to have any flaws, we heartily recommend it to those who are looking for the fastest possible SSD. The Vector 150 and AMD Radeon R7 SSDs ar...
Abstract: Last month we published a review on Intels new 730 series SSD , based on the same controller that you can find in Intel enterprise SSDs. As the controller is developed in house by Intel they claim that the consistency in the performance of these drives ...
So now that the Samsung EVO 250GB SSD has been tested following the same methodology as the other storage devices here at Play3r, how did it fare and did it strike a high note with me? Well to say the performance was phenomenal would be an understatement...
