Testseek.co.uk have collected 231 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 850 Pro Series SATA600 and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 850 Pro Series SATA600.
July 2014
(90%)
231 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(93%)
3371 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very fast write speeds
Great IOPs performance
10 year warranty
Massive capacity
Very solid performance
Excellent endurance
10-year warranty
Huge capacity
Fast for a SATA drive
Mega 10 year warranty
The Samsung SSD 850 Pro has fast performance
High endurance -- you can write a lot of data to it before it becomes unreliable -- and its 2TB capacity is the highest on the market. The drive comes with a lot of useful features
Including encryption
And a
Outstanding reads
Outstanding writes
SSD Magician
Cloning software included
10year warranty
3D VNAND
Powerful architecture
Huge
Hard disk-style capacity
Excellent performance levels
Lengthy warranty and endurance
The editors didn't like
Magician software (4.4 beta) not currently compatible with overclocked CPUs
Price
Solitary form factor
Insanely expensive
Outpaced by M.2 drives
Limited appeal outside of laptops
The drive is expensive compared with competing solid-state drives. The Samsung Magician software only works with Windows
As expected, Samsung's 850 Pro is a monster of an SSD. It turns out great performance figures for a client SSD and is starting to be limited by the ability of the SATA III connection. The 3D VNAND technology remains a specialty of Samsung (although Toshib...
Published: 2015-07-07, Author: Jon , review by: tweaktown.com
Abstract: The day is coming sooner rather than later when all but long-term cold storage will be solid-state. Soon every PC will ship with an SSD onboard. Today, Samsung hits a new milestone by delivering the first ever 2TB consumer SSD's. This high capacity is fac...
Abstract: While manufacturers have announced larger capacity SSDs (2TB and more), for storing a lot of files, a mechanical HDD is still a much more affordable option. This looks set to change in the future though, as SSD production volume increases lead to lower pr...
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Published: 2014-10-01, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
Samsung had nearly two years on Toshiba/SanDisk in the TLC flash race, and it looks like Samsung will have a two-year head start on 3D flash technology as well. Although we haven't seen 3D TLC flash from Samsung in a retail product yet, the company has a...
Published: 2014-09-02, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
We didn't spend a lot of time talking about the 3D V-NAND in this article or RAPID Mode. We just published a very detailed V-NAND whitepaper and RAPID Mode was discussed in detail in our initial reviews. ...
The Samsung SSD 850 Pro has fast performance, high endurance -- you can write a lot of data to it before it becomes unreliable -- and its 2TB capacity is the highest on the market. The drive comes with a lot of useful features, including encryption, and a
The drive is expensive compared with competing solid-state drives. The Samsung Magician software only works with Windows
The hefty pricing aside, the Samsung SSD 850 Pro is one of the best, if not the best, standard consumer-grade solid-state drive on the market....
Incredibly fast transfers, Build quality, Low power consumption
Comparatively slow 128GB version, Strong mid-range competitors, Expensive price, especially for 512GB
The Samsung 850 Pro is, by all metrics, one of the fastest and most powerful SSDs on the market. If you want the best, though, this is the drive to get — and when you're building or upgrading a computer to stand the test of time, it makes excellent sense...
