Samsung 830 Series SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 25 expert reviews

Excellent:

13
Good:

12
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Controller, NAND and cache chip all designed and built by Samsung.
Identical performance with compressible and incompressible data.
Great software bundle.

Cons:

Write speeds cannot compete with SandForce SF2200 based drives.
Slower than other drives when doing random writes.

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Last revision on September 25, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Controller, NAND and cache chip all designed and built by Samsung
Identical performance with compressible and incompressible data
Great software bundle
Only 7mm thin
Class leading IOPS Scaling and overall IOPS performance
Competitive cost/GB
Available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities
Includes Norton Ghost software

Reviewers Didn't Like

Write speeds cannot compete with SandForce SF2200 based drives
Slower than other drives when doing random writes
Performance during intensive applications not the fastest available
Can't match SandForce for 4k random IOPS
Expensive
Requires padding or a laptop kit, which costs extra, to fit in most existing laptop computers

Expert reviews and ratings

Budget SSD Roundup: The Best SSD for Less Than $100: In comparison to the OCZ Vertex 4 128GB and Crucial m4 128GB, the Samsung 830 64GB offers the best value price vs. performance at 6,4MB/s per dollar.

By TechSpot on November 14, 2012

The Samsung 830 Series has left a mark with its strong performance just as the 470 Series did almost a year ago. Similar to when we reviewed Samsung's previous-gen SSD, the 830 Series 512GB had its fair share of ups and down, but luckily the ups far...

By TechSpot on September 27, 2011

Samsung's 830 Series SSD is impressively fast, and the company includes excellent extras in the box. Its slim shell makes it a fine fit for laptops, but desktop users will be well-served by this drive, too....

By Computer Shopper on December 12, 2012

100

Both fast and affordable, the Samsung SSD 830 is a top-notch solid-state...

By PC Pro on December 12, 2012

100

Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points below:Positive:Silky smooth operation as a system drive. Outstanding sequential reading performance. Excellent 4K random writing performance at low queue depths. Excellent 4K random...

By MyCE on September 25, 2012

Samsung's 830 Series SSD left me very impressed. The drive doesn't use any of the well-known controllers like SandForce or Marvell, but comes with Samsung's own controller design instead. This doesn't have to be a bad thing; on the...

By techPowerUp! on August 22, 2012

Impressive performance at an attractive price makes this SSD a great buy...

By Expert Reviews on July 03, 2012

Samsung has pulled out all the stops for its latest internal SSD, the 830 Series. Built entirely in-house, it crams a proprietary triple-core ARM9-based controller and 256GB of 20nm toggle-mode DDR NAND flash into an aluminium shell that's only 7mm...

By PC Authority on April 10, 2012

So what can we say about the Samsung 830 Series? Well first off it is great to see Samsung building the drive completely in-house. The 3-core MCX controller, Toggle NAND flash and the DDR2 flash chip have all been designed and built by Samsung. ...

By ThinkComputers on April 02, 2012

While this Samsung 830 Series 256GB doesn’t quite top the league tables for overall performance, it is still one extremely quick storage drive. Samsung seems to have tweaked its controller to favour read speed at most file sizes, suggesting it may...

By PC Advisor on January 19, 2012

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