Can someone clear this for me? We have Samsung 840, Samsung 840 PRO, and Samsung 840 EVO. Where do we categorize the 840 EVO, and what's it aimed for
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I just purchased a Samsung 840 Pro. This is my first Samsung SSD and so I did quite a bit of research into the differences between the 3. In terms of reading and writing performance it goes 840 Pro &gt; 840 Evo &gt; 840 Vanilla. I would say the 840 Pro is aimed at enthusiasts and power users, it is Samsung's top of the line model. The 840 EVO is a middle of the road SSD, giving good performance at a reasonable price. The 840 Vanilla is for mainstream consumers looking for an SSD at a cheaper pricing point. The 840 EVO does have a new feature that allows you to use your system memory (up to 1 GB) as disk cache for the SSD called RAPID, increasing the read/write speeds even further. This feature is currently exclusive to the 840 EVO, but Samsung has confirmed that the 840 Pro will have this feature in an update coming soon. The 840 Pro also uses MLC Nand Chips rather than the 840 and 840 EVO's TLC Nand Chips. This means that the 840 Pro has more endurance than the others, but honestly this is negligible, because you will replace the drive by the time they are estimated to fail anyways. The 840 Pro is rated around 60 years, and the 840 Evo and 840 are rated around 19 years.
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I have a friend that will be at the hotel at this address: 6060 Indian Creek Drive Miami Beach, FL 33141 (305) 865-2565I wonder how much would be the one day ship to this addressThank you!
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Judging from prices, the 840 EVO looks like a faster replacement for the 840. They are similar with exception of RAPID addition in the EVO. Think I saw tests where RAPID improve performance by 30%, not the "2X" increase advertised. The PRO uses MCL vs TLC so will "last longer", but then we are talking 15-19 yrs vs 50 yrs. No idea how they calculated those numbers - I just know that with speed tech is improving, I will be lucky to use for 5 years before upgrading. EX: to date, have yet had to claim warranty on any hard drive - they go obsolete and are replaced before they die (very sad). If you are worried about longevity, wait for the PRO-EVO - Samsung must have that planned. Judging from prices, the 840 EVO looks like a faster replacement for the 840. They are similar with exception of RAPID addition in the EVO. Think I saw tests where RAPID improve performance by 30%, not the "2X" increase advertised. The PRO uses MCL vs TLC so will "last longer", but then we are talking 15-19 yrs vs 50 yrs. No idea how they calculated those numbers - I just know that with speed tech is improving, I will be lucky to use for 5 years before upgrading. EX: to date, have yet had to claim warranty on any hard drive - they go obsolete and are replaced before they... » Read More Judging from prices, the 840 EVO looks like a faster replacement for the 840. They are similar with exception of RAPID addition in the EVO. Think I saw tests where RAPID improve performance by 30%, not the "2X" increase advertised. The PRO uses MCL vs TLC so will "last longer", but then we are talking 15-19 yrs vs 50 yrs. No idea how they calculated those numbers - I just know that with speed tech is improving, I will be lucky to use for 5 years before upgrading. EX: to date, have yet had to claim warranty on any hard drive - they go obsolete and are replaced before they die (very sad). If you are worried about longevity, wait for the PRO-EVO - Samsung must have that planned. « Show Less
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For the solid state drive I use Samsung 840 EVO 2.5 inch 250 GB.Works wonderful!
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I got the previous 840 model from Samsung and it is beautiful on my Ubuntu box. :) Now I'm getting this one for an Ubuntu server. Ubuntu is pretty much instant-on with the previous one and this one is faster, so enjoy!
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I tried a hybrid drive and it gave me similar performance to a SSD, 10 to 25% in initial load, no diference in between game load time and not much difference in start time. Basically not really worth it. The difference is like 36 sec vs 40 or 55 vs 102 sec.
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Thanks..! That makes sense...And thanks for the tip on the 'egg-selent' SSD drive! -- got it...
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The SSD is SATA3. One is a piece of hardware, the other is the way it connects to the computer. #lmgtfy
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Yes those are all pretty universal these days so by all means feel free to upgrade to SSD :) Enjoy :)
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I'm running it on a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R mainboard. This week I attached a 250Gb EVO ssd to the IO Crest and the Samsung Magician software is reporting it as a SATA 3 (6Gb/s) interface. My drive benchmarks at 428 (sequential read), 57935 iops (random) and 402 (sequential write), 24716 iops (random), now well below the 540 / 520 max indicated. The drive has slightly better than 50% freespace.
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All SSD are backwards compatible. The only difference is in the SATA speeds. There is SATA I, SATA II and SATA III the respective transfer speeds are SATA I 1.5Gb / sec; SATA II 3.0 Gb/sec; and SATA III 6.0 Gb/sec. The Samsung 840 series are SATA III Capable. My mother board connection is a SATA I and I upgraded to this SSD without problems. You should have no issues either. The plus on this too is even though you will likely lose storage space since your computer was installed with a 1TB HD even if your old HD was 7200 or 10,000 RPM's the read/write capability does not compare to the SSD. SSD has no internal mechanical pieces so they run incredibly fast and are most definitely an upgrade. You can expect to see your computer boot in about 5-10 seconds and program load times will be significantly reduced.
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Steffan is correct. Look up overprovisioning in google. Sandisk and Intel does this for you while companies like Samsung expect you to just partition the drive smaller or use their tool to shrink the drive if you install it using the Max size. You need to over provision an ssd for it to work properly, but some companies want you to see that 256GB on the box and think "Well, that is bigger than 240GB, Ill get the bigger one"
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I know this works with the MacBook Pro (I have one); however, if it is a mid-2012, I'd definitely get the 840 pro version as for a couple of extra dollars, you get a little better performance and, I believe, a 5 year vs 3 year warranty from Samsung. A friend with an older Mac with Snow Leopard has this and it works fine, too. Can't say anything about the new evo series as I have no experience with it, yet. Also, the migration software from Samsung is Windows only, so you'd need to find an iOS program....there are several out there. Check out the mac forums for several suggestions. hth
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No. Absolutely ZERO software for cloning, migrating, optimizing, etc.... It's really sad. NO ONE in the industry even comes close to the Samsung SSD Magician software. This is a REALLY FAST SSD though. Faster than the 840 EVO and 840 Pro.... but sometimes the add-in software makes all the difference if you're not technical. In my case, I was able to use Western Digital's branded version of Acronis TrueImage for free b/c my original boot from which I migrated was a 1TB WD Green drive.
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Yes, i have i5 4670k and ssd samsung 840 evo is working really good full speed
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I have the Samsung 840 in another computer. I see no difference,Both are very good.
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Not an official SAMSUNG product, someone has switched out a few items and onboarded an overclocking CPU and the SSD hard disk to make it viable.Question is what about power consmption / heat ?
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My only experience is with the Icy Dock and a Samsung 840 Pro SSD. In that case my first attempt produced the same results you saw. Checking things over, I realized that I hadn't made a full connection although the SSD appeared to be in the dock. With a bit more care, I was able to make a connection and the computer found the drive.
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Both drives are superb. The PRO series is the most robust in my opinion. The type of memory chips used in the PRO are more robust and allow more read/write cycles. Honestly the EVO is a very good series and has been proven to outlast many other drives. EVO drives are also very fast compared to most drives. If you want a drive which will be used heavily or in a professional environment, then I would recommend getting a PRO series. If you want a bang for your buck drive that outperforms most drives and is almost on par with the PRO, then the EVO is the way to go. You will save a good amount of money going with the EVO and depending on your system and use you may not even see a difference between the two in everyday use. Look at some reviews and decide for yourself. Either way you are making an excellent choice for choosing a Samsung ssd.