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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228 Reviews
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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)
The 750GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO is available to order from Scan Computers
We invite the companies whose products we te
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
Fantastic performance, strong IOPS throughput, equally good with incompressible and compressible data, Playstation 4 compatibility …. if money is no object,
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, Rating: 9.0, Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, Share, Facebook, Twi
There is no doubt that the Samsung 840 EVO 1TB is a very high performance Solid State Drive able to battle with the fastest products on the market today, however the hottest topic of debate is going to be around the question ‘is a 1TB Solid State Drive re...
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504 MB/s reads on large files, 492 MB/s writes on large files, Lightweight, perfect for a notebook, Samsung SSD Magician software is handy and intuitive
TLC flash memory is theoretically three times less longlasting than MLC
The 250 GB model of the Samsung 840 Evo gets faster writes than the 120 GB, putting it neck-and-neck with the fastest SSDs on the market. However, with TLC NAND—which doesn't last as long as MLC—and only a three-year warranty, we can't give it all five st...
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
TLC flash memory is theoretically three times less longlasting than MLC, Write speed drops to 260 MB/s on files over 3 GB
The Samsung 840 Evo definitely isn't the best SSD we've reviewed, but it's relatively fast and lightweight and it costs less than most higher-performance drives. The biggest drawbacks are that it uses TLC flash memory, which doesn't last as long as MLC, a...
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Published: 2013-08-19, Author: Andrew , review by: techadvisor.co.uk
The Samsung 840 EVO 750GB is a triumph in solid-state technology, combining for the first time vast capacity by flash standards, with lightning performance, and at an approachable price. Smart data juggling tactics keeps its data moving briskly in real-wo...
Pricier than the Crucial M500 on a perGB basis, HEXUS Awards, Samsung SSD 840 EVO (750GB), HEXUS Where2Buy, The 750GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO is available to order from Scan Computers, HEXUS Right2Reply, At HEXUS, we invite the companies whose products we te
Consumers in the market for a high-capacity, mainstream SSD should primarily be weighing up two options; the Crucial M500 or the Samsung 840 EVO. Armed with 128Gb die, Crucial's offering is available in a spacious 960GB capacity, while Samsung's oppositi...
Published: 2013-08-07, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.co.uk
Abstract: Micron's consumer products division, Crucial, wasn't the first brand to introduce a 1 TB SSD. But it was the first to sell one for less than a fortune, and it sports some snazzy new features to boot. We got our hands on the entire line-up to test. Idaho...
Abstract: Last year we reviewed the Samsung SSD 840 PRO SSD and it was our favourite SSD. Now less than a year later Samsung have released the 840 EVO series and we have been testing the 1TB model.Samsung has announced the entry-level SSD ‘840 EVO' line-up with sig...
Announcement: Despite the circumstance that the rating of a product is based on as many objective facts as possible there are factors which can have an influence on a rating after publication Every autor may perceive data differently over time whereas one...
