Not only does Samsung's new 850 EVO family introduce us to three dimensional triple level cell NAND, it also incorporates an SLC cache to boost write speeds. The Tech Report received the 250GB and 1TB models to test, with a spotlight on how they fared against the 840 Pro and 840 Evo. Their testing shows that the new way of creating NAND has helped mitigate the reduction in speed which accompanied the first generation of TLC drives. There is no question that the SLC write cache also helps as long as it has space available but this new technology does come with a price, expect $500 for the 1TB and $150 for for the 250GB model. The 5 year warranty is a nice touch for those who have reliability concerns.
Make sure to ready through Al's review as well, along with single drive benchmarks you can see how these drives perform in RAID.
"Samsung's long-awaited 850 EVO SSD employs three-dimensional NAND with three bits per cell. It augments that TLC storage with an SLC write cache, and it has a higher endurance rating and longer warranty than most MLC drives. We've taken a closer look to see how it holds up against the competition."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Samsung SSD 850 EVO @ Benchmark Reviews
- Samsung 850 EVO SSD @ The SSD Review
- AMD R7 240GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Silicon Power Stream S06 4TB USB 3.0 3.5" External Hard Drive Review @ NikKTech
I could use some 3D TLC
I could use some 3D TLC
And we are still stuck @ 1TB
And we are still stuck @ 1TB in capacity :/
I was a little disappointed
I was a little disappointed by that as well. I was hoping that Samsung would at least come out with 1.5 TB – 2.0 TB. However I’ll probably be upgrading to the Intel PCIe NVM P3500/P3600/P3700 series SSD early next year anyway; so probably won’t be a huge deal for me. Good luck.
Real SLC or “emulated” SLC?
Real SLC or “emulated” SLC?