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	This Item Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E120B/AM)	Recommendations SAMSUNG 870 EVO SATA SSD 500GB 2.5” Internal Solid State Drive, Upgrade PC or Laptop Memory and Storage for IT Pros, Creators, Everyday Users, MZ-77E500B/AM, Black	dummy TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 240GB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (R/W Speed up to 520/450 MB/s) T253TZ240G0C101	dummy Samsung 860 EVO MZ-76E500BW 500 GB Solid State Drive - SATA [SATA/600] - 2.5 Drive - Internal	dummy fanxiang S101 256GB SSD SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive, Read Speed up to 550MB/sec, Compatible with Laptop and PC Desktops(Black)	dummy Silicon Power 128GB SSD 3D NAND A55 SLC Cache Performance Boost SATA III 2.5" 7mm (0.28") Internal Solid State Drive (SU128GBSS3A55S25AH)
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Customer Ratings	4.71,240	4.840,009	4.75,072	4.61,532	4.517,375	4.610,535
Easy to install	4.4	4.6	4.6	—	4.5	4.6
Storage Capacity	4.2	4.6	4.7	—	4.5	4.4
Value for money	4.0	4.7	4.5	—	4.2	4.4
For gaming	—	4.5	4.3	—	3.8	4.1
Sold By	—	Smooth Value	TEAMGROUP Inc.	Triplenet Pricing INC	LDCEMS	Silicon Power USA Inc
storage capacity	120 GB	500 GB	240 GB	500 GB	256 GB	128 GB
hardware interface	sata 3 0 gb	sata 6 0 gb	sata 3 0 gb	solid state drive	sata 6 0 gb	solid state drive
compatible devices	Desktop	Laptop, PC	Desktop, Laptop, Gaming Console	Desktop	Laptop, Gaming Console, Desktop	Laptop
form factor	2.5-inch	2.5-inch	2.5-inch	2.5-inch	2.5-inch	2.5-inch
write speed	520	530	450 megabits per second	—	450 megabits per second	—
read speed	540 megabytes per second	560 megabytes per second	520 megabytes per second	550 megabytes per second	520 megabytes per second	560 megabytes per second

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V-NAND technology for reliable & efficient performance.
Write speeds up to 520 MB/s and read speeds up to 540 MB/s.
Dynamic Thermal Guard reduces overheating.
850 EVO available in 2.5-inch SATA, M.2, and mSATA form factors.

Samsung SSD 850 EVO 2.5-Inch SATA III

Transform your PC with the Samsung 850 EVO 2.5-Inch SATA III SSD. Featuring Samsung V-NAND technology and Dynamic Thermal Guard protection, the 850 EVO ensures the integrity of your data even under heavy workloads. The 2.5-inch form factor is an ideal fit for most desktop PCs and laptops. With exceptional read/write speeds and TurboWrite technology, the 850 EVO can easily handle high-intensity tasks such as video editing, data analysis, and gaming.

What's in the Box:

Samsung 850 EVO 2.5 inch SATA III SSD, 120GB.


V-NAND Technology Maximizes Endurance Under Intensive Workloads The 850 EVO SSD features Samsung vertical NAND (V-NAND) technology that stacks cell layers on top of one another to increase density, performance, and efficiency while creating a smaller footprint. When compared with the conventional Planar NAND technology over a five-year period, V-NAND technology increases endurance, prolongs lifespan, and is more resistant to wear when under heavy client workloads.	Fast Read/Write Speeds with TurboWrite Technology and RAPID Mode Using Samsung TurboWrite technology, the 850 EVO creates a high-performance write buffer area that accelerates performance whenever a write operation is underway. To boost performance for up to 2x faster* data processing speeds, you can activate RAPID Mode, a feature that reduces performance bottlenecks by utilizing unused PC memory as cache storage. These features make the 850 EVO ideal for demanding applications such as gaming, graphic and sound design, and data analysis.	Thermal Monitoring and Encryption for Data Security The 850 EVO uses AES 256-bit hardware-based drive encryption to ensure your data is kept secure from unwanted access. It also features Dynamic Thermal Guard, a technology that automatically throttles the drive's temperature when it approaches dangerous levels to reduce the risk of overheating. The 850 EVO is also backed by a five-year warranty up to 75TBW (Terabytes Written)*.

The Samsung 850 EVO 2.5-Inch SATA III SSD is available in up to 4TB.

Available in Capacities up to 4TB

The Samsung 850 EVO 2.5-Inch SATA III SSD is available in a wide range of capacities and is equipped to store all your programs and media files. Choose the capacity that is right for you.

Multiple Form Factors for Almost Any Need

The 850 EVO is available in multiple form factors to meet your specific needs. The 2.5-inch size is designed to fit most desktop PCs and laptops, while the SATA-based M.2 and mSATA are ideal for ultra-slim mobile computing.

* Compared to same drive w/out RAPID enable.

** AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption is compliant with advanced security management solutions, such as IEEE 1667 and TCG Opal.

*** 5 years or 75TBW, whichever comes first.


	960 PRO	960 EVO	850 PRO	850 EVO	T3 Portable SSD
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Customer Reviews	811	—	8,903	2,519	1,265
Price	$146.99	—	$215.00	$110.00	—
Capacity	512GB, 1TB, 2TB	250GB, 500GB, 1TB	256GB, 512GB, 1TB, 2TB	250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB	250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
Internal/External	Internal	Internal	Internal	Internal	External
Form Factor	M.2 2280	M.2 2280	2.5 inch	2.5 inch, mSATA, M.2 2280	Portable
Interface	NVMe PCIe	NVMe PCIe	SATA III 6Gb/s	SATA III 6Gb/s	USB 3.1
Max. Sequential Read Speed (Speeds vary by system environment, form factor, and capacity)	Up to 3,500 MB/s	Up to 3,200 MB/s	Up to 550 MB/s	Up to 540 MB/s	Up to 450 MB/s
Max. Sequential Write Speed (Speeds vary by system environment, form factor, and capacity)	Up to 2,100 MB/s	Up to 1,900 MB/s	Up to 520 MB/s	Up to 520 MB/s	Up to 450 MB/s
NAND Type	Samsung V-NAND	Samsung V-NAND	Samsung V-NAND	Samsung V-NAND	Samsung V-NAND
Warranty (Limited warranty TBW varies by capacity)	Limited 5 Years	Limited 3 Years	Limited 10 Years	Limited 5 Years	Limited 3 Years
Recommended For	Ultimate Performance Gaming and Professional Computing	Advanced Performance Gaming and Professional Computing	Gaming and Professional Computing	Everyday Computing	Fast and Reliable External Storage

What's in the box

Solid state drive - internal

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Product Description

Upgrading your PC with a Samsung SSD is the most economical way to breathe new life into an aging PC. The 850 EVO reads, writes and multi-tasks at incredible speeds, enhancing boot-up speed, application loading and multi-tasking performance. It's more than an upgrade, it's a complete transformation of your PC.

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Summary

Standing screen display size

‎10 Centimeters

RAM

‎1 GB

Hard Drive

‎120 GB Solid State Drive

Other Technical Details

Brand

‎SAMSUNG

Series

‎850 EVO

Item model number

‎MZ-75E120B/AM

Hardware Platform

‎PC

Item Weight

‎1.92 ounces

Product Dimensions

‎3.94 x 2.75 x 0.28 inches

Item Dimensions LxWxH

‎3.94 x 2.75 x 0.28 inches

Color

‎Titanic

Flash Memory Size

‎120 GB

Hard Drive Interface

‎Serial ATA-600

Manufacturer

‎Samsung Electronics

ASIN

‎B00OAJ5N6I

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

‎No

Date First Available

‎December 8, 2014

Additional Information

Customer Reviews

4.7 1,240 ratings

4.7 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#2,164 in Internal Solid State Drives
#23,547 in Computer Internal Components

Warranty & Support

Amazon.com Return Policy:You may return any new computer purchased from Amazon.com that is "dead on arrival," arrives in damaged condition, or is still in unopened boxes, for a full refund within 30 days of purchase. Amazon.com reserves the right to test "dead on arrival" returns and impose a customer fee equal to 15 percent of the product sales price if the customer misrepresents the condition of the product. Any returned computer that is damaged through customer misuse, is missing parts, or is in unsellable condition due to customer tampering will result in the customer being charged a higher restocking fee based on the condition of the product. Amazon.com will not accept returns of any desktop or notebook computer more than 30 days after you receive the shipment. New, used, and refurbished products purchased from Marketplace vendors are subject to the returns policy of the individual vendor.

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Customers like the performance, ease of installation, quality and value of the computer drive. They mention that it performs noticeably faster, is easy to set up and is a time saver. Some appreciate the value for money. That said, opinions are mixed on software.

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496 customers mention "Performance"454 positive42 negative

Customers are satisfied with the performance of the SSD. They mention that it performs noticeably faster, has amazing performance improvement, and makes a dramatic improvement in boot time and general performance. They also say that web pages load incredibly fast, programs open faster, and files save faster. Overall, customers are happy with the speed and functionality of the drive.

"...There`s options to optimize for capacity, performance, or reliability, total data written to the drive, firmware updater, you name it...." Read more

"...Granted, I haven't added any startup applications yet, but the results are pretty clear...." Read more

"...Click on a program and it is ready in a second. Web pages load incredibly fast...." Read more

"...The oldest (the 830) is still going strong. The performance improvement is amazing even on 2 older PCs with older slower interfaces...." Read more

146 customers mention "Value"143 positive3 negative

Customers are satisfied with the value of the computer drive. They mention that it provides an awesome bang for the buck, is affordable, and easily outperforms other similar priced models. Some say that it's the best SSD on the market and is of top quality.

"...Great, affordable upgrade for an old PC. I think the grand total for the new OS + 850 EVO SSD + 3.5" bracket was like $135...." Read more

"...Yes. The drive is inexpensive (as SSDs go) but in this economy, $70 isn't chump change...." Read more

"...are the best and fasted drives for the money...." Read more

"...Good deal and easy upgrade." Read more

137 customers mention "Quality"116 positive21 negative

Customers like the quality of the computer drive. They say it's a high-quality SSD, and one of the best SSDs on the market today. Some customers are happy with the reliability and performance. They also say it is flawless, fast, and easy to use. Some say it’s the gold standard with SSD drives, and a great upgrade.

"...There`s options to optimize for capacity, performance, or reliability, total data written to the drive, firmware updater, you name it...." Read more

"...The benefits are enormous. This machine is running a very fast Core i7-4790 with 12 GB of RAM but in many cases it still was sluggish...." Read more

"...All-in-all a great product and good quality. I highly, highly recommend you get into a Samsung EVO Drive guys!!" Read more

"...Enjoy, it will breath new life into old computers!" Read more

99 customers mention "Ease of installation"90 positive9 negative

Customers find the installation process of the computer drive to be quick and easy. They say the software load was easy to perform, and the replacement process was seamless. They also mention that the Magician software makes it easy to set the drive and Windows for the desired performance, and that the replacement is a time saver. Customers also mention the migration software is fast and works like a charm, making it easy for them to migrate data and OS over.

"...Installation was very simple with my laptop. Just pop off the panel, remove the old drive, and pop this one in...." Read more

"It's really a technological marvel. The performance in this package at this price. I have an old, low-spec desktop that I built in 2009...." Read more

"...The Magician software makes it easy to set the drive AND Windows for the desired performance as well as to set aside special space to improve..." Read more

"...What I will say is that it was easy to install on my desktop PC because I had an extra SATA cable and the necessary SATA power connector from my..." Read more

15 customers mention "Ease of use"15 positive0 negative

Customers find the computer drive easy to use. They say the software that comes with the CD is simple to use, with no annoying steps. They also say the drive is simple plug and play, and the user experience was painless. Customers also say that the instructions that were included were helpful and clear. Overall, they describe the drive as straightforward and user-friendly.

"...SSD brands, and I keep coming back to Samsung as selling the most straightforward, user-friendly drives out there...." Read more

"...Easy-breezy." Read more

"...It's easy to use and install OS onto it...." Read more

"...Data migration is a breeze, with software, no annoying steps, just connect, go to data migration, wait to finish, install ssd...." Read more

14 customers mention "Noise"14 positive0 negative

Customers like the computer drive for its quiet operation. They say the magic lack of sound is very fulfilling. However, some customers report issues with the speed and noise improvements.

"...And the magic lack of sound is very fullfilling...." Read more

"...The speed and noise improvements are a must have.But as delivered, it's not perfect. The required mounting screws aren't included!..." Read more

"...Start/Shutdown takes little time (seconds)Less Fan Noise (I have only 4gb ram - x202e does not give option to upgrade RAM)..." Read more

"...weird out of the box, all the others have been flawless, fast and silent. Customers of mine are very happy...." Read more

28 customers mention "Software"15 positive13 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the software that comes with the computer drive. Some find it to be better than others, fantastic, and works well. Others however, say that it needs better software, is weak, and is not compatible with Windows 10.

"...The management software is absolutely fantastic and everything runs much more smoothly...." Read more

"...windows to sleep after waking up it will stop, really annoying, no firmware update for that either..." Read more

"...Now my PC starts up in 20 seconds. Aditionally, it came with a software that speeds up the windows configuration by changing some values to adapt to..." Read more

"...The PC and the Data Migration software would not recognize when I hooked up via USB for some reason, not even is Disk Manager...." Read more

18 customers mention "Capacity"5 positive13 negative

Customers are disappointed with the capacity of the computer drive. They say it's not 120GB, the storage isn't plentiful, and it eats 20% of their memory to achieve the increased speeds. They also mention that the drive is too little for the price and that the disk usage goes to 100%.

"...window open you will see how everything freezes and the disk usage goes to 100% with read/write at 0, clearly its the ssd which is frozen, doing its..." Read more

"...this product, but my only gripe with it is the fact that 120gb is too little for the price. You really should get the 250gb for around 10-15$ more." Read more

"...There`s options to optimize for capacity, performance, or reliability, total data written to the drive, firmware updater, you name it...." Read more

"...for me for years with no problem beside the fact that have a small capacity. in fact i will buy a samsung m.2 for my new station...." Read more

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Jacob Perry

Great SSD at a Great Price

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2015

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I bought the 120GB model to improve my laptop`s performance, and so far, I am very impressed with this SSD.

I have an Asus A53U-EH11 laptop, and it was not performing well, despite the multiple attempts to reinstall windows. The thing I noticed that slowed it down was the hard drive light was always on, meaning the drive is slow. The first thing I decided to do was to replace the drive with an SSD. I`ve heard many great things about the previous Samsung 840 Evo SSDs, and decided that I would give their next generation SSD a try. The prices have also finally dropped to something that I can afford.

Shipping took two days, and it came in a padded envelope. In the box, there is the SSD, the Samsung Magician software, and the installation guide. The SSD does NOT come in an anti-static bag. Samsung realizes that it is completely unnecessary, and I`m glad that they do.

Installation was very simple with my laptop. Just pop off the panel, remove the old drive, and pop this one in. I loaded a fresh copy of Windows 7 Home Premium, installed all the drivers and updates, and all my programs. At this point, the laptop is so much faster. My laptop even has the older SATA II controller, and I`m getting SATA III speeds. The sequential read was 520 MBps, and the sequential write was 450 MBps. SATA II is only suppose to go up to 300MBps, so imagine this drive in a SATA III controller.

The Samsung Magician software is probably one of the best I`ve ever used. There`s options to optimize for capacity, performance, or reliability, total data written to the drive, firmware updater, you name it. I optimized my system for performance, and I`ll say, I don`t see myself buying a new laptop anytime soon, and if I do, I`ll be putting this SSD in. For $70, my laptop performs better than many new laptops out there, despite it being almost four years old. Highly recommend for anyone who needs a speed boost on an older computer, or prefers speed over capacity. Definitely would buy this again, and plan on buying one for my desktop soon.

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A. Goldberg

Great upgrade for an old Windows desktop

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2015

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It's really a technological marvel. The performance in this package at this price. I have an old, low-spec desktop that I built in 2009. I had stopped using it because it was so old and slow. Needing to undertake a big photo scanning and editing project, I broke down and decided to upgrade.

Old system was Windows XP on a partition of a 250GB platter HD. I timed it at 3 minutes, 29 seconds from power on to usable desktop.

I then installed Windows 8.1 on this new Samsung SSD on a SATA II controller (so already slower than spec), which was easy out of the box. After the OS was all set up, I found that my boot time dropped to 36 seconds, half of which is just the old motherboard/BIOS loading.

Granted, I haven't added any startup applications yet, but the results are pretty clear. Moving and unzipping big archives, and installing new programs on the SSD show similar time improvements.

I have the 120GB model, which shows as 111.8GB of unallocated space out of the box. After installing Windows 8 and upgrading to 8.1, I have 91GB free space remaining for applications. I should have put the OS on its own siloed partition for safety, but all in all, I'm quite pleased on Day 1.

Great, affordable upgrade for an old PC. I think the grand total for the new OS + 850 EVO SSD + 3.5" bracket was like $135. Now I feel like it's a nearly new computer.

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2015

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I have been involved with computers ever since my older brother took me to see the UNIVAC the company he worked for had installed. In that amount of time I have NEVER seen an item with this amount of performance difference. I put together HTPC's. I use SFF and Ultra SFF computers with Intel duo core as the CPU. I have them set up so they boot directly into the software program so you can watch movies etc. With a standard hard drive it takes about 3 min from pushing the power button to the point where everything is loaded and ready to go.

I used the data migration software to clone the Windows edition I had installed. It worked perfectly. I used the Patuoxun USB 2.0 to Sata Converter Adapter Cable w/ 2.5" 2.5 Inch Hard Drive HDD Case with two USB cables and it took about 10 min to clone. I used $4 adaptor plate and I was good to go.

I went into the bios and set the new drive as the boot device and saved changes and..... five seconds later I was looking at the desktop. After I installed the software that I include it now takes 10 seconds from restart to ready to use!

Click on a program and it is ready in a second. Web pages load incredibly fast. If a computer this old (2009) can run this fast I'm excited to see the improvement on my six core AMD chip when I install it.

To me, there is no question regarding which drive to get. If you google a site that compares ssd's you'll find that Samsung is at the top. In user benchmarks the 850 evo is third behind the pro models. In head to head comparisons. the evo blows away the competition. In best value the 850 evo is number one.

At the User Benchmark site I compared the Evo against the other ssd's in the same price point. Try it yourself, the Samsung blows away the competition and costs about $6-7 more. Add to that a five year vs a three year warranty and there is no question about which you should buy.

Once you use one of these things you'll never go back to a HDD again.

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JustForSweepStakes

Many reviews of SSDs online paint a picture of hard drives being very slow and how you can never go back and stuff like that. Wh

Reviewed in India on October 21, 2015

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In this review, I mention what an SSD does, briefly cover what they do (and don’t), and explain why I chose Samsung over other alternatives.

Delivery was very rapid. I had ordered at 6:00 PM on a certain day and had it delivered the next day morning. Truly impressive.

This is my first SSD. I had bought it for my desktop PC. While the product is entirely as described ( I even ran a benchmarking tool), I am not fully convinced it is necessary for most users. The high cost and the comparatively lower storage space is hardly worth it in most cases.

This review is aimed at a non-technical user. Many reviews of SSDs online paint a picture of hard drives being very slow and how you can never go back and stuff like that. While there is a market for such products, it is comparatively small. But they are far more vocal about their opinion which can make a layman believe they are a must have.

Simply put, an SSD (primarily) makes read and write much faster. Your system would boot faster (single digit number of seconds), applications launch faster, and games load faster. This matters in some cases. For example, my friend, to who composes music, which loads gigabytes of libraries onto the RAM from the hard drive (he has huge amounts of RAM too) and an SSD makes a lot of difference here, especially if you are doing this several times a day.

If you are a casual gamer like myself, you’ll find games load faster. But to be clear, they don’t work better, have better graphics or improve performance. They simply load faster. Unless your game is all loading screens, it’s hardly worth it.

Similarly, applications open a lot quicker, and it is noticeable. For example, on my laptop, Microsoft Word launches in 3 seconds. But then again, once open, it won’t work any faster. I still find this speed of opening pretty cool though.

SSDs do a couple of other things as well. They draw lesser power, are more resistant to mechanical shock, etc as compared to hard drives. In a desktop PC, they don’t matter, but in a laptop, they are a big deal. A drop won’t risk wiping your drive, and wake from sleep is super fast while during sleep, battery drain is minimal. MacBooks are awesome for due to this major reason.

So, in conclusion don’t let those graphs of SSD vs HDD influence you too much. They don’t represent numbers relevant for real world use, for YOUR use. Only you know your usage needs, and large storage to keep all your photos movies etc on your device is pretty cool. It may not be worth trading this for faster boot. However, having said all this, laptops work very well with SSDs since you will use more than just “fast storage”.

Finally, I chose Samsung over other brands like SanDisk and Toshiba mainly because this one offers much higher write speeds (which I am still not sure if I need). In most cases, read speeds are more useful. Samsung also gives 5 years warranty for this drive, which no one else does. I would like to think it is of higher quality, though honestly, I am not sure if the other ones are of “poor quality”. But this drive itself, is excellent. After all, I didn’t find too many people on forums online complaining that their (non-Samsung) SSD failed. So maybe other options are also good.

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SS Neurology

Excellent SSD!!!

Reviewed in India on July 2, 2015

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This is a great SSD!!!

I encountered some technical obstacles while installing this ssd but it has nothing to do with this ssd, rather it is the problem with my own computer. I have an "All-in-one Lenovo C225 desktop computer, it has AHCI mode but despite my best effort I could not make this ssd work in ahci mode and finally i had to use this under IDE mode. Samsung magician later gave me some optimization options. Overall there is certainly some improvement in the performance of my computer. Files like microsoft word, adobe, and many other files load definitely faster now, although my google chrome looks little slower to load initially, but again overall performance is better on this ssd compared to my previous hdd.

After all it is the limitations in my own computer - I have only sata 2 but not and sata 3, and I cannot use ahci etc. Then to complicate the things I overwrote or recloned the ssd again and after I did this I found out in the internet I should not have overwritten it the way I did it. I over wrote it using the samsung magician, all I did is simply connected it to the computer and asked the samsung magician to clone it again. No where in the internet it is given this is how it should be done. I think the more proper way to do the recloning or rewriting or overwriting (whatever you want to call this process) is by using softwares like Secure Erase etc, but at that moment I did not know it. It is possible the performance might have been affected due to overwriting or recloning or rewriting.

Inspite of technical limitations with my computer and the possible mistake of rewriting or recloing the ssd I am still overall happy with this ssd.

The ssd looks great, problem unfortunately is with my own computer.

Just an addendum/update after using this ssd for few days now;

My google chrome was giving problems little bit so I restarted using the Internet Explorer browser again and now I see some improved speed during browsing too. So now I can say the whole computer works faster since I started using this ssd - so I am overall very happy now. If I had sata 3 system & AHCI enabled and also if I probably did not overwrite or reclone the ssd may be I could have seen further speed boost, but now with this ssd I definitely see an all around improvement compared to my previous traditional spinning type hard drive - which is definitely very slow compared to this SSD.

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Rahul Pillai

Significant improvement in performance. Great Product

Reviewed in India on September 15, 2015

Verified Purchase

Got the SSD today.
Enabled AHCI in BIOS and did a clean install of Windows 10.
Amazed by the performance. Now the system boots up to login screen in 4-5 Seconds and shuts down in almost 3-4 Seconds.
If you are looking for performance then this is a must buy.
my System config -
Asrock 970 Extreme 4 System Board
AMD FX 8350 Processor
8gb DDR3 RAM
GEforce GTX 750ti Graphics card
Seagate 2tb HDD

Its really small and lightweight. Had no hassled in installation. HDD detected fine during setup and setup was done in 20 minutes.

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Toribio Elocote

Buen producto

Reviewed in Mexico on July 19, 2015

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Lo califico asi ya que note que es muy rápido al iniciar la computadora, al apagarla y al instalar los programas (yo esperaba algo mas sorprendentemente rápido por la publicidad que vi) desde el sistema operativo como cualquier otro programa, los únicos problemas que encontre es que no existe mucha información para instalar nuevamente el SO Windows 8 pro original desde Cero en un ssd sin que te lo tome como build o no te acepte el código de instalacion, pero lo solucione primero instalando Windows 8 pro con su clave original (aunque no te lo tome como original al principio) e inmediatamente actualizar solo el Windows update (no intalar ningún otro programa o drivers) y posteriormente desde la tienda de Windows o de la pagina de Microsoft actualizar a 8.1 y posteriormente poner nuevamente la clave original del disco y listo nuevamente te lo toma como original igual que al principio con el hdd, yo lo instale desde cero ya que mi disco hdd es de 160 y el nuevo ssd es de 120 y puede generar errores una clonación, además no se si sean driver de mi pc que falten de instalar pero el internet explorer en algunas paginas tarda un poco en aparecer el cursor para escribir en las búsquedas, además relativamente fue fácil instalar el ssd físicamente para una Acer aspire revo 3610 del 2009 con w7 originalmente, sigo checándolo pero sigo contento con la compra la cual me decía que llegaba el envio gratis el 20 de julio y llego el 16 de julio (me desespere un poco con la espera rastreando varias veces el envio). saludos

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Divaksh

Only SSD you should go for.

Reviewed in India on December 19, 2015

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Samsung Electronics one of the world's largest information technology company introduced a new TurboWrite and the 3D V-NAND technology, which makes Samsung's SSD differ from the other brands SSD.

TurboWrite technology: It delivers the top of its class performance in sequential read (540 MB/s) and write (520 MB/s) speeds. Plus, you also gain optimised random performance in all QD for client PC usage scenario.

3D V-NAND technology: Guaranteed endurance and reliability by doubling the Total Bytes Written compared to the previous generation 840 EVO backed by an industry leading 5-year warranty. Also, it delivers significantly longer battery life on the notebook with a controller optimised for 3D V-NAND now enabling Device Sleep at a highly efficient 2 mW.

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Pros:
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1. TurboWrite technology, Blazing Fast Speed. (Check the image I have added)
2. 3D V-NAND technology, Saves the battery/energy.
3. Longer lifespan than the traditional SSDs.
4. Long 5 years warranty.
5. Extremely light weight and looks good(for the people who have a glass window on their cabinet).
6. Plug n Play.
7. Samsung's Magician software which provides Rapid Mode for 2x faster-processing data speeds on a system level by utilizing unused PC memory (DRAM) as cache storage.
8. Protect against overheating with a highly responsive Dynamic Thermal Guard.
9. Secure valuable data through advanced AES 256 encryption.
10. Available in many variants from 120GB to 1TB storage.

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Cons:
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1. Price but you get what you pay for, better speed, longer life and warranty.

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VERDICT:
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SSDs are known for the speed and speed to save time and time is money. ;) Samsung 850 EVO and PRO are the one of the fastest and most reliable SSDs available to date, spending little extra will give too much extra. If budget is not the problem for you then you should go for the Samsung 850 Pro 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD .

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Digital Storage Capacity	120 GB
Hard Disk Interface	Serial ATA-600
Connectivity Technology	SATA
Brand	SAMSUNG
Special Feature	Portable
Hard Disk Form Factor	2.5 Inches
Hard Disk Description	Solid State Drive
Compatible Devices	Desktop
Installation Type	Internal Hard Drive
Color	Titanic

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