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Samsung PM830 256GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD Reviews

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2012-01-21 07:15:00.0


Legit Reviews have reviewed the Samsung PM830 256GB SATA 6Gb/s solid state drive, which features 510MB/s read and 400MB/s write speeds.

Here's what they had to say:

"The specifications of 520MB/s reads and 400MB/s writes were exceeded in some of our tests and while it trails the fastest SandForce drives in the sequential writes on highly compressed data, it's a usage scenario that rarely presents itself in the real world - especially on a consistent basis. So, it can't be held too strongly against them. Conversely, on incompressible data, it does just as well where the SandForce drives tend to nosedive. The Samsung controller is similar to the Marvell and new Indilinx controllers with the use of a cache and consistent performance across data types. The 830 Series has a 256MB cache which is plenty big for anything you throw at it. Overall, we were impressed again by the work Samsung has done."


This is a terrific new arrival to the SSD market, and a worthwhile alternative to the many SandForce-based models.

Click here to read the full review.

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