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)
The 750GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO is available to order from Scan Computers
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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
The EVO release really isn't that much different from the regular 840. The trick applied is a data cache that is SLC written to speed up write performance. It really does help out greatly with smaller models like the tested 120GB model. It however comes ...
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....
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Published: 2014-02-10, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
They say wine gets better with age. I don't know much about that, but as Samsung tinkers with the underlying code over time, the 840 EVO gets better. The 840 EVO drives we've tested and used in our own systems have all performed very well under normal d...
Page 1 [Introduction] Last week Samsung held their 2013 SSD Global Summit and invited roughly 150 technology journalists along for the ride. We posted several videos from the conference in our news, but we couldn't publish everything. Although severa...
Page 1 [Introduction] Our final launch day review from the new Samsung 840 EVO product family is of the 750GB capacity size. Priced at $529.99 and sold in a drive only kit, the 750GB costs a little more than some high-end 512GB drives from other manuf...
Page 1 [Introduction] If you missed our opening article over the new Samsung 840 EVO product family, it's a good idea to go back and read through the pages. The some of the fine details that we're only touching on in this review of the Samsung 840 EV...
Excellent performance, 930GB of usable storage, 4K random write figure very impressive, Good price
RAPID mode did not offer a performance boost
Regardless of the EVO's software bundle offering though, the performance of the hardware on its own is enough for us to be rather excited about the new range. As well as the new drive capacities (debuting 750GB and 1TB drives) and the aggressive pricing ...
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Published: 2013-12-05, Author: S , review by: pcquest.com
High speed, high storage space, cost per GB value
None
If a value-for-money high storage SSD with high data transfer speeds is on your agenda then Samsung 840 EVO fits your bill perfectly....
Abstract: We have mentioned many times in previous SSD reviews that the market for SSDs is extremely competitive and price-sensitive. And the only way to remain competitive is to own your NAND production facilities or intellectual property in the form of the SSD co...
