Samsung launches first consumer 3D V-NAND SSD drives

[HEXUS]

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

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[mud_z]

I bought Samsung EVO 840 Last month & now this.. -_-

[Mauley]

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.

[sykobee]

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

[Tpyo]

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!).

[wingtit]

Very nice maybe a 500GB one for my laptop when the price is right, love my 840 evo 250GB in my desktop.

[plexabit]

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.

[spl]

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).

[crossy]

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".