Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

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09-12-2014, 11:45 AM
HEXUS

Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

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Vertically stacked flash memory appears in the Samsung SSD 850 Evo range.

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09-12-2014, 11:51 AM
mud_z

Re: Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

I bought Samsung EVO 840 Last month & now this.. -_-
09-12-2014, 12:09 PM
Mauley

Re: Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

Glad I didnit buy the crucial drive when it was on Amazon lightning deal. I will use that money and purchase one of the 500GB for my Steam drive.
09-12-2014, 12:13 PM
sykobee

Re: Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

Yeah, but the Crucial drive was under £40 for a 256GB SSD... albeit a refurbished M4.
09-12-2014, 01:01 PM
Tpyo

Re: Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

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Originally Posted by sykobee

Yeah, but the Crucial drive was under £40 for a 256GB SSD... albeit a refurbished M4.

On the lighting deals, they had the 1TB for £230. However, I think the stock included in the deal was very, very low (I was online at the time, and it went in about 2s flat!).
09-12-2014, 01:06 PM
wingtit

Re: Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

Very nice maybe a 500GB one for my laptop when the price is right, love my 840 evo 250GB in my desktop.
09-12-2014, 05:21 PM
plexabit

Re: Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

Really? REALLY? I JUST bought an 840 EVO...At least I can still return it. Considering that the 256GB 850 Pro was on sale for $150 (The MSRP for the 850 EVO 250GB), if the 850 Evo 250 goes below $110, I'm so returning this thing XD I might even go for the 500GB model...

Also, it looks like the performance gap between the EVO and the Pro is pretty wide unless you're getting the 1TB model...interesting.
09-12-2014, 05:45 PM
spl

Re: Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

I just bought an 840 EVO too, £73 on Amazon lightning deal. I'm happy with my purchase though because real-world performance differences between modern SSDs are almost non-existent:

http://techreport.com/review/26701/samsung-850-pro-solid-state-drive-reviewed/6

And the 840s are proven reliable now, whereas a new drive will always be a gamble (though Samsung do have a solid track record there).
10-12-2014, 09:19 AM
crossy

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Originally Posted by plexabit

Also, it looks like the performance gap between the EVO and the Pro is pretty wide unless you're getting the 1TB model...interesting.

Actually that squares with something I was going to say... am I reading that graph wrong, or is the performance of all but the 1TB model a bit "middle of the road", with other similar capacity models from other vendors being a bit quicker.

That said, my desktop has OS and apps running on 840EVO's and I'm pretty happy with them on the whole - the only real criticism being that the firmware upgrade process is stated to be "destructive", so "back it up or lose it".