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March 2013
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141 Reviews
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The editors liked
First drive to feature TLC memory
Decent performance
The Samsung 840 series solid-state drive (SSD) is affordable
Good-looking
And offers very good performance
The editors didn't like
Some fear over reliability
Slower in some areas compared to MLC
The Samsung 840 comes with just three
Not five years of warranty coverage and is likely to have shorter lifespan than others of the same capacity
The Samsung 840 series solid-state drive (SSD) is affordable, good-looking, and offers very good performance
The Samsung 840 comes with just three, not five years of warranty coverage and is likely to have shorter lifespan than others of the same capacity
The Samsung 840 series is an excellent entry-level solid-state drive for budget and general users, but not really a good buy for advanced or professional users.
I have to say I was very skeptical when I first heard that the 840 will use TLC NAND. Samsung kept the TLC/MLC divide between the 840 and 840 Pro quiet until it took the stage at the SSD Summit for good reason. Prior to the 840's launch TLC NAND was mostl...
Superb (read) IOPS performance, Reduced cost/GB (as compared to 840 Pro), Low power consumption,
Relatively poor mixed readwrite performance, 3year warranty might be a negative for some.
The biggest consideration you have to make when judging the 840 is that it's a budget version of a Pro-level SSD. Triple Level Cell flash is slower to write and provides less endurance as compared to MLC units, and while the 840 does perform quite wel...
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Published: 2012-10-01, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
I remember speaking to a manufacturer of TLC SSD potential not so long ago and being told that there needed to be an appreciable difference between the pricing of TLC NAND and MLC NAND for this to have any chance of success. In that conversation, we also...
The way I see it, Samsung's introduction of the 840 now puts them in a couple of “special spots” in the SSD market. First and foremost, Samsung manufactures the 840 completely in house. Controller, NAND, DRAM cache, everything. This means cherry-picking o...
Abstract: Page 1 of 2 Samsung has done it again, doubling the throughput performance of its solid-state drives while keeping prices steady. The company today unveiled the 840 Series, a new line of SSDs for professionals and consumers starting at $99 that offer r...
Published: 2013-08-07, Author: Leo , review by: micromart.co.uk
Abstract: Pretty much every aspect of the 500GB Samsung 840 bears some closer attention, as this SSD is quite unique in my experience.The first and most simple aspect of the 840 to explain is that this drive suits both laptops and desktops equally well. Samsung inc...
Starting as we often do with build quality and design there is little, if anything, to fault with the new 840 Evo drives. They arrive in a durable metal casing, rather than plastic which means we are off to a good start and the use of proven Samsung parts...
High-grade components - Samsung born and bred, Brilliant sequential read/write results, Consistently strong performance, RAPID Mode boosts performance, Found method to overcome limitation of SATA 3 interface, Magician software is very useful, Great value
There are none, Tip = Install Magician 4.2+ and use RAPID mode for better transfer performance
Samsung remain a formidable force in many sectors but even more so for storage and SSDs. The 830 and 840 product lines have persistently taken the limelight due to excellent performance to price ratio. Part of Samsung’s recipe for success has been the...
Abstract: Torture test! The Samsung SSD 840 is the first widely available SSD series that uses TLC memory chips, where each memory cell can store three bits. TCL flash memory doesn't last as long as the traditionally-used MLC flash memory, but it's cheaper which t...
