That's right, currently $713 will pick you up a 2TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD but how does it perform? The Tech Report is on the case with their latest review, checking out how 32-layer 128Gbit 3D V-NAND with 2GB of DRAM cache and an upgraded Samsung MHX controller perform. It took some doing but once they had filled its over-provisioned area the drive levelled out at 7252 IOps on the random write test though the peak of 84423 was certainly impressive. Check out the full review to see if this is the large sized SSD for you or if you prefer smaller, more agile SSDs which do not use TLC NAND.
If you are like me and running out of mental storage space, you may have already forgotten about Al's review of this drive.
"Samsung now offers its popular and affordable 850 EVO SSD in an enormous 2TB configuration. We put the EVO to the test to see how this behemoth performs"
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Plextor M6V SSD @ The SSD Review
- Kingston SSDnow KC380 @ eTeknix
- AData XPG SX930 240GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Synology DS215+ 2-bay NAS @ techPowerUp
- Samsung Portable SSD T1 @ Bjorn3d
can’t wait til i can tell my
can’t wait til i can tell my son how we used to have to spend $700 for 2TB of crappy ancient NAND technology. and TLC at that.
He’ll just ask “700 of what?”
He’ll just ask “700 of what?”
Jeremy.
Why are you
Jeremy.
Why are you encroaching in Al’s territory? You Canadian usurper!
Our review of the 2TB 850
Our review of the 2TB 850 models is right here. 🙂
For all I care TLC can burn
For all I care TLC can burn for eternity in Kingdom of Broken Arrays and Bad Sectors.
There simply no way I will ever invest in this kind of ‘technology’.
You might want to brace
You might want to brace yourself then, because with SLC caching being implemented in more controllers, TLC will be seen across more brands / models.
YAAAWWN…wake me up when
YAAAWWN…wake me up when it’s gonna be “~250$ per 2TB”.
I think I see a typo: “amsung
I think I see a typo: “amsung Portable SSD T1 @ Bjorn3d”
thanks, fixed that up
thanks, fixed that up
2tb is the sweet spot for
2tb is the sweet spot for primary hard drive but the price is still way too much. That cost as much as some high end gpus. When the price drops down to $250-300 then I’ll buy it. I suspect a lot of people will also buy it at that price which would cause the prices to drop even further.
NAND cells of 3 Leave It BE!
NAND cells of 3 Leave It BE! XPoint is going to eat NANDs’s lunch for hosting the OS and paging files, and even SLC NAND is slow compared to XPoint. Give me 64GB of XPoint tied into the DIMM memory channel with the DRAM, and some SLC NAND disk Cache 256GB paired with spinning rust(1TB+) for long term storage. The hybrid SLC/Spinning rust drive should be great for most with the FASTER XPoint holding the OS and paging files.