Testseek.com have collected 144 expert reviews of the Samsung 2.5 inch 830 Evo Series SATA600 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung 2.5 inch 830 Evo Series SATA600.
November 2011
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The editors liked
Reliability emphasised
Great incompressible writes
Sleek design
The 2.5-inch SATA 3 (6Gbps)-based Samsung 830 series solid-state drive offers great performance
Is well-built and good-looking. The drive comes with helpful desktop software for Windows
Fast boot times
Very good performance
Bundled SATA USB interface
The editors didn't like
Down on performance vs competitors
Due to the thin profile
The Samsung 830 series requires padding or a laptop kit
Controller, NAND and cache chip all designed and built by Samsung, Great read performance, Identical performance with compressible and incompressible data, Great software bundle, Only 7mm thin
Write speeds cannot compete with SandForce SF-2200 based drives
So what can we say about the Samsung 830 Series? Well first off it is great to see Samsung building the drive completely in-house. The 3-core MCX controller, Toggle NAND flash and the DDR2 flash chip have all been designed and built by Samsung. This...
Class leading IOPS Scaling and overall IOPS performance, Very good write speeds with noncompressible data, Competitive cost/GB, especially in higher capacities (see below),
3year warranty is good, but beaten by the Intel 520's 5year rating, Possible high power consumption figures reported with the 512GB model.
We tested the 64, 128, and 256GB capacities of the Samsung SSD 830 Series, and all were an absolute breath of fresh air. Reads and writes were great, and IOPS performance was nothing short of outstanding. The Samsung engineering team is to be congratu...
As we've said before and we'll continue to hammer any chance we can get, the single biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive, and using an SSD in your system will make such a massive difference that you'll want to cr...
Available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, Excellent read speeds, Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data, Consistent speeds, even after intensive usage, Good looking, ultra-slim design, SATA 6Gb/s interface, Toggle NAND
Slower than other drives when doing random writes
Samsung's 830 Series is a worthy alternative to the myriad of "SandForce Driven" SSDs on the market today. Instead of using off the shelf components, Samsung has designed and built everything, including the MCX controller, Toggle Mode NAND flash and D...
Abstract: The Samsung Series 830 SSD, is truly a remarkable piece of hardware, well designed to showcase as a light and easily placed piece of hardware. The Samsung Series 830 SSD comes with Norton's Ghost and Batman: Akrham Asylum. Which is a very sweet deal if yo...
The Samsung 830 Series has a whole lot going for it. In addition to offering the best overall performance of any SSD we've tested, the drive comes in a slim form factor, includes a copy of Batman: Arkham City, and is backed by a company whose SSD history...
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Published: 2012-01-18, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Excellent overall performance. Includes Norton Ghost software, Batman: Arkham City download.
Performance during intensive applications not the fastest available
The 256GB drive in Samsung's SSD 830 series performer delivers terrific read and write speeds almost across the board....
Over 900MB/s sequential read speed, More than double the performance in HTPC and Productivity in RAID0, Great server performance at higher queue depths
Still has weaker 4K random write speeds than other SSDs
Samsung's in-house design and reputation for reliability and compatibility continue to make it a great option in both single drive and RAID configurations...
Samsung 830 256GB has an excellent performance in sequential reads/writes, in CDM test, it delivers read and write speed of 515MB/s and 405MB/s, respectively. In addition, the 122MB/s random write performance is decent as well, but 26MB/s in random rea...
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Published: 2011-12-15, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
Samsung is not the first name that comes to mind when you think of SSDs, but maybe it should be. Their 830 Series drives perform extremely well and can stand tall with the best of them....
