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Samsung 850 Pro SSD Review: 3D Vertical NAND Hits Desktop StorageJun 30, 2014 - in Reviews
After winning an award last year for its 840 EVO, Samsung is ready to follow up with another high-end offering. The company's 850 Pro SSD merges the EVO's familiar MEX controller with 3D V-NAND. Does the combination justify an upgrade, or should you wait?
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Samsung 845DC EVO SSD Review: 3-Bit MLC Hits The EnterpriseJun 2, 2014 - in Reviews
With the introduction of its 845DC EVO, Samsung continues down the path of taking well-received enthusiast-oriented SSDs and customizing them for the enterprise. We run the new drive through a battery of tests in order to determine its strengths.
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Samsung 840 EVO mSATA Review: 120, 250, 500, And 1000 GB, TestedFeb 24, 2014 - in Reviews
Once upon a time, adopting mSATA-based storage meant compromising capacity and performance. With its 840 EVO, Samsung gives you access to as much as 1000 GB at incredibly fast speeds. The company even manages attractive pricing to keep mSATA competitive.
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Samsung 840 EVO SSD: Tested At 120, 250, 500, And 1000 GBJul 25, 2013 - in Reviews
Last week, Samsung unveiled a successor to its wildly popular 840 at the company's Global SSD Summit in Seoul, South Korea. Stacked with a series of new features and 19 nm, three-bit-per-cell NAND, we benchmark four models and make a recommendation.
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Is A SATA 3Gb/s Platform Still Worth Upgrading With An SSD?Apr 21, 2013 - in Reviews
Today's fastest SSDs already bounce off the SATA 6Gb/s interface's throughput ceiling. Does a 3 Gb/s link kill the performance of those drives? We run a number of synthetic and real-world tests to assess the damage when you upgrade an older platform.
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Samsung 840 Pro SSD: More Speed, Less Power, And Toggle-Mode 2.0Sep 24, 2012 - in Reviews
Samsung is taking the wraps off its new flagship 840 Pro SSD. It's promising better performance, lower power consumption, a five-year warranty, and aggressive pricing. Is such a compelling combination of benefits really possible in such a crowded market?
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Best SSDs For The Money: July 2012Jul 29, 2012 - in Reviews
Although we saw some small price adjustments over the last month, that's not the biggest news. A past recommendation, Samsung's 830, was based on a promotional bundle that some readers reported not getting. We took the issue to Samsung for resolution.
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Does Your SSD's File System Affect Performance?Apr 12, 2012 - in Reviews
SSDs serve up data quickly, and prices are low enough that some enthusiasts may want SSDs for data storage. Does the file system you use matter? We compare performance between FAT32, NTFS, and the newer exFAT file systems on two popular SSD architectures.
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Chris Angelini On Tom's Hardware In 2012Jan 16, 2012 - in Reviews
I just got back from CES 2012. And although I’ve attended a great many Consumer Electronics Shows, Computexes, and Comdexes (never a CeBIT), this year’s show was by far the most intense. It wasn’t that there were tons of really awesome products. In fact,
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60/64 GB SSD Shootout: Crucial, Samsung, And SandForceJan 4, 2012 - in Reviews
It's easy to forget that lower-capacity SSDs are also usually slower. Today we're testing the most prolific 60/64 GB configurations to gauge where they fall in the big picture. We emerge at the other end with a recommendation based on our testing, too.
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Best SSDs For The Money: December 2011Dec 28, 2011 - in Reviews
Welcome to the last column of 2011. We updated our recommendations to reflect the recent price drops on second-gen SandForce hardware. There are several good deals to be found for right about $150-200 bucks. Prices are falling, and we keep you informed.
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Freeing Up Capacity On An SSD With NTFS CompressionNov 30, 2011 - in Reviews
Flash-based solid-state drives with more than 64 or 128 GB of capacity are fairly small, but they're still really expensive relative to hard drives. Compressing the Windows partition frees up some space, but is that really a good idea?
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Samsung Goes 6 Gb/s: Is The 830-Series SSD King Of The Hill?Sep 23, 2011 - in Reviews
Samsung's 830 is a late entry to the 6 Gb/s SSD market, but the company claims impressive performance. Can it unseat the incumbent SandForce-based drives? Let's just say this new offering shakes up the SSD world in a major way. Other vendors, beware.
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Could An SSD Be The Best Upgrade For Your Old PC?Aug 4, 2011 - in Reviews
It's a foregone conclusion that SSDs are must-haves in performance-oriented PCs, but our testing reveals that solid-state drives are reasonable upgrades in older mainstream machines, too. We build three old boxes to gauge the impact of an SSD on each.
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Hands-On: A Second mSATA-Based SSD EmergesJul 14, 2011 - in Reviews
When it comes to storage, the 3.5” and 2.5” form factors are most popular. But they're not always suitable for notebooks and netbooks. Samsung is the second vendor to introduce an mSATA-based SSD, after Intel demonstrated its SSD 310 earlier this year.
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Can You Get More Space Or Speed From Your SSD?Jun 8, 2011 - in Reviews
With the market for solid-state drives continually expanding, we wanted to explore some of the most popular tweaks enthusiasts use to purportedly improve performance and free up capacity. We break out the benchmarks and put them to the test.
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A Sexy Storage Spree: The 3 GB/s Project, RevistedApr 21, 2011 - in Reviews
We repeat our extreme SSD RAID project for the third time and arrange 16 Samsung 470-series SSDs based on MLC NAND in a RAID 0 array to reach new levels of performance. We weren't as fortunate this time, but not for the reasons you might suspect.
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SSDs In RAID: A Performance Scaling AnalysisMar 25, 2011 - in Reviews
RAID arrays with dozens of hard drives are not uncommon for reaching certain performance levels. We demonstrate how beautifully SSD RAID arrays can scale. There may come a time when a few flash-based drives will replace entire farms of hard disks.
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SSD Performance: TRIM And Firmware Updates TestedDec 23, 2010 - in Reviews
Solid state drives can deliver exceptional performance, but they're not necessarily fire-and-forget upgrades. You'll only really get the best possible experience from them if you pay attention to details like TRIM support and available firmware updates.
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How Do SSDs Redefine Storage Performance?Nov 16, 2010 - in Reviews
It only takes one or two modern SSDs to outperform business-class RAID arrays with four or eight hard drives. We're running a full comparison and looking at the implications for high-performance systems when you make the transition to flash-based tech.
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Roundup: The Best SSDs For EnthusiastsNov 11, 2010 - in Reviews
The SSD market continues evolving. We got our hands on six drives we hadn't yet tested, including Samsung’s 470-series, and ran them through our benchmark suite. All told, this roundup includes a total of 24 SSDs to compare. Which drive is right for you?
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SSD 102: The Ins And Outs Of Solid State StorageSep 11, 2010 - in Reviews
The benefits introduced by solid state drives are undeniable. However, there are a few pitfalls to consider when switching to this latest storage technology. This article provides a rundown for beginners and decision makers.
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LCD Juggernaut: Tom's Hardware Looks Into Samsung's SeoulJul 19, 2010 - in Picture Story
Samsung invited Tom’s Hardware for a first-ever glimpse inside its South Korean LCD fab facilities. We walked the gargantuan manufacturing hallways and basked in the glow of every screen imaginable. We’ve seen the future. Now we're giving you a peek.
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Memory Cards, Part 2: SDHC Cards From 8GB To 16GBApr 23, 2010 - in Reviews
Five high-capacity SD cards from Samsung, SanDisk, Silicon Power, and Transcend recently found their way into our lab. One of them was so fast that it required an upgraded reader in order to help realize its potential. Read on for more!
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Memory Cards, Part 1: CompactFlash From 8GB To 64GBApr 16, 2010 - in Reviews
Professionals rely on high-speed CompactFlash cards. Today we're looking at a handful of different options from Lexar, Samsung, SanDisk, Silicon Power, and Transcend with capacities up to 64GB and speeds up to 600x (as high as 90 MB/s)
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Hot or Not? New Samsung and Solidata SSDsApr 30, 2009 - in Reviews
Samsung’s new 256 GB flash SSD is a screamer, while Solidata created a questionable RAID-based SSD that runs incredibly hot. Check out one example of what a new SSD should be and another example of what not to buy in this increasingly competitive market.
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The SSD Workload Performance AnalysisApr 27, 2009 - in Reviews
Today we're running a series of benchmarks on the latest SSD offering from Intel and Samsung to see how performance changes over time. We discovered that there are some severe performance issues, but also solutions you should know about.
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14-Way SSD Hard Drive RoundupAug 17, 2008 - in Reviews
Having found a number of SSDs that don’t deliver on their efficiency promises, we decided to put 14 different drives to the test. Here is the latest roundup - dominated by a single product.