Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-76E1T0)

Overall a good SSD and the improvements are insane. Came quick through the post and the speeds are all top notch. I am a newbie when it comes to these sort of stuff so I didn't realise you needed a sata cable alongside with the ssd so either make sure you have a spare in your case or buy a new one. Instantly feels like a new pc and boots up windows really quick. I used the data migration tool to transfer most of data from my HDD to the SSD and was really easy and simple, although I found it tricky to pick certain files I wanted to keep and its interface was confusing at first. Games see a massive improvements in load times and in some games in helped with the stuttering I had due to me only running 8gb ram set. Again this doesn't apply for all games only a select few had their stuttering issues disappear when playing watch dogs 2, Kingdom come deliverance and Black ops cold war. Now I got this ssd on a sale for £52. Its definitely worth the price however, if this isnt on sale or retailing at its msrp of £99 then your probably better off getting any cheaper models such as crucial mx500 or bx series. Yes it is from samsung which historically I known to have better build quality and better endurance but usually SSD only last for 5 years before you need to change them. So I say pick this up if this is on a sale if not just go for the cheaper companies. The difference in speeds are hard to see in the real world and more and right now just does not justify the extra £40 compared to its cheaper competition. If its on a sale grab one as personally Samsung products are better in build quality and offer better endurance for the long haul but at £99, your better off getting more storage capacity from a different company at the same price.

Samsung SSD 860 Evo 1TB SATA3 When it comes to SATA3 SSD’s, there were only 2 brands for me which I looked at – Samsung and Crucial. This time I opted for this Samsung SSD 860 Evo 1 TB SATA3 to replace a standard HDD as a secondary drive in my laptop – there was already a Nvme SSD as a primary drive for system, etc, but I was fed up with speeds of traditional HDDs. Installation was super easy – I simply replaced a HDD with SSD. Nothing complicated at all – just swap and connect. After powering on, my computer detected SSD without any issues and the only thing required was to format it to to desired format. All done within 30 minutes. Did the swap change anything? Abuslutely yes. My games load several times faster, searching my photo collection is superfast as well as access to my music library. Video editing, encoding and audio editing are absolutely hassle-free. SSD does not also generate any noise and generates less heat, especially with normal usage. I tested my Samsung 860 Evo with AS SSD and CrystalDiskMark – results are great, as expected (disk is half full/half empty) - please see the photos attached. A few details about Samsung 860 Evo 1TB SATA3 (different models may have different specs): - NAND: Samsung V-NAND TLC (aka. 3Bit MLC) - Controller: Samsung MJX Controller - Cache: 1GB LPDDR4 - 5 years warranty or 600TBW - SATA3 Would I buy it again? Absolutely yes. I cannot imagine going back to HDDs, especially not for tasks I use it for. I used Samsung SSD 840 Pro previously, so I knew what to expect from Samsung SSDs (although I could not justify spending extra for Pro series this time). I understand that the price of this disk has not changed for years nearly at all, but the reason for is that it is probably the best SATA3 SSD, which can be purchased. It is also a great disk for PS4/PS4 Pro, although neither Xbox One nor Playstation 4 make a full use of SSD technology. Loading times are still better though, sometimes cut by half. Tested with PS4 Pro out of curiosity. 10/10 score and full recommendation. Warning: Please do not make a mistake and do not buy Samsung QVO SSDs unless you are absolutely sure you want QVO series for some, unknown to me reason. They can be slightly cheaper (but sometimes can even be slightly more expensive), but their performance and reliability due to use of QLC NAND in comparison to Evo and Evo Plus (TLC NAND) is a lot worse. They are still good SSDs in comparison to other brands QLC SSDs but in my opinion there is no reason to buy them as Evo SSDs are a lot better and for similar price.

This is such an amazing SSD, it's much faster than my 7200 RPM HDDs (WD black & blue), I'm very happy with it. My PC runs much smoother now and it boots to the desktop very quickly and load everything fast! Also, It made my Forza Horizon 3 loads much quicker and run much smoother (fixed the stuttering problem) + all games and apps run very quickly. I was going to buy NVMe SSD, but: - it runs hotter than SATA SSDs (I live in Saudi Arabia it's hot here in the summer ~45c) and if it runs hot it will throttle.. so I like having the peace of mind that my SSD run cool with a consistent performance - It disables 2 SATA ports for each NVMe drive. - Almost double the price (970 EVO Plus) - Waiting for samsung 4.0 PCIe SSDs Just get a "good" SSD from any "good" company that you like. weather its (SATA or NVMe) Although NVMe SSDs are becoming cheaper nowadays and looks cleaner on builds no wires or mess. No matter how good & fast is your CPU & GPU & RAM & etc... HDDs are the bottleneck. notes & tips: * Use high performance power plan * Check and update firmware, although my SSD came with the latest firmware. * Remember that each full test run (Crystal disk mark) is going to write 40 GB on your SSD.. this is like installing 40 GB game.. so don't abuse it running benchmarks all the time. * If you have an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) you can enable RAPID Mode. * Fresh, clean install is better than cloning OS * Don't forget to Over Provisioning (OP) your SSD (you can easily do it in Samsung Magician software) MY PC: i7-6700K Z170 Motherboard 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz GTX 1070 8GB VRAM 2TB WD Black 1TB WD Blue If this was helpful, please don't forget to rate it as helpful :)

Nach einiger Überlegung und langen gestöbere im Internet habe ich mich dazu entschieden meinen nun doch schon 2 Jahre alten ASUS Laptop mit einer neuen Festplatte auszustatten. Einer der Gründe dafür war unter anderem, dass mich die oft doch sehr langen Zugriffszeiten mit der HDD langsam aber sicher in den Wahnsinn getrieben haben, die Lösung: SSD muss her. Doch welche SSD kauft man nun? Nachdem ich mehrere Stunden damit verbracht hatte, zu recherchieren welche SSD nun die beste war, entschied ich mich letztendlich für die 860 EVO von Samsung. Und diese Entscheidung bereue ich keineswegs. Vorweg muss noch gesagt werden, dass diese SSD nun seit 12.April bei mir im Einsatz ist! Die Festplatte kam (Amazontypisch) innerhalb von zwei Tagen bei mir zu Hause an. Die Festplatte vom Postler entgegen genommen und sofort das Amazonpäckchen aufgerissen. Da fiel mir auf, dass die Verpackung der SSD beschädigt bzw. eingedrückt war. Gleich dachte ich mir, na hoffentlich funktioniert die jetzt. Mit der Hoffnung, dass die SSD noch funktioniert und nicht beschädigt ist habe ich also den Laptop aufgeschraubt, die alte Festplatte ausgebaut und die neue SSD eingebaut, dann Windows installiert und naja was soll ich sagen? Alles funktioniert genauso wie erwartet, sogar noch besser! Leider habe ich die Tests der Zugriffszeiten für die HDD nicht fotografiert, aber ich kann sagen, dass diese Tests grauenhaft ausfielen. Die Zugriffszeiten für die SSD kann man im angefügten Foto sehen! Auch im Alltag merkt man den Unterschied zwischen SSD und HDD deutlich, denn wo ich vorher noch eine gefühlte Ewigkeit gewartet habe, bis der Laptop endlich hochgefahren ist, muss ich nun bei jedem Start staunen wie enorm der Startvorgang durch die SSD beschleunigt wird. Auch die Programme, bei denen ich auch, manchmal mehrere Minuten, sehr lange gewartet habe, starten nun innerhalb von Sekunden! Fazit: Ich würde jedem, der mit der Startzeit seines PCs bzw. mit der Ladezeit von Programmen (womöglich auch Spiele - obwohl ich das nur in einem minimalen Rahmen getestet habe) unzufrieden ist, den Wechsel auf eine SSD empfehlen. Von dieser SSD kann ich nur sagen, dass sie wirklich eine Empfehlung wert ist und ich diese SSD sicher noch in einigen PCs, die bei uns im Haushalt so vorhanden sind, verbauen werde!

Der Preis ist ganz klar eine Ansage. Aber volle 4 TB Volumen ist eine ordentliche Ansage von Samsung. Wie nicht anders zu erwarten ist sie sauschnell und hält die 550 MV/s beim Schreiben auch dauerhaft ein. 1.440 TBW reichen für locker 8-10 Jahre Lebensdauer, selbst bei häfiger Nutzung. Perfekt! Lieferung von Amazon wie immer superschnell in platzparender, umweltschonender Kartonverpackung. Volle 5 Sterne *****

Ottimo SSD! Io l’ho installato direttamente nel mio PC portatile, in sostituzione del suo HDD. Devo dire che questo cambio ha dato una nuova vita al mio PC rendendolo molto più performante di prima. Niente più lag durante il normale utilizzo e velocissimo in accensione.

Good ssd

I received the box of my Samsung 860EVO and i'm really not happy about it. There is no hard disk in the original box, but I have two playing card in chineese in this box. That's really not funny. I was preparign my computer today to change the hard disk. Here is a message to the appropriate people of this company. Somebody in this compagny replace the hard disk in the box to put playing card and keeping the hardikd for him. It was a big inconvenient for me.