Samsung’s Magnificent 860 Evo Ssds Plummet To Their Lowest Prices Of The Year
Samsung revolutionized the storage industry by shifting the planar NAND to a vertical structure. Samsung V-NAND technology features a unique design that stacks 48 layers on top of one another instead of trying to decrease the cells’ pitch size. Samsung used Channel Hole Technology to enable cells to connect vertically with one another through a cylindrical channel that runs through stacked cells. The synergy of both structural and material innovations leads to improved speed, power efficiency, and endurance.
Class-leading performance at a reasonable price is always TweakTown recommended. Looking back at our testing results, one thing becomes crystal clear – the 860 EVO is the second best performing SATA SSD on the market. The only better performing SATA SSD is Samsung’s own 860 Pro. The 860 EVO gtx 1080 8gb easily outperforms competing SATA SSDs including more expensive MLC powered competitors. This testing is just to see what the drive is capable of in an FOB state under optimal conditions. We are utilizing empty volumes of Windows bit and Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit for this testing.
Photoshop used to take approx 2 mins to open, now approx 20 secs. Illustrator used to take approx 2.5 mins, now opens in approx 25 secs. I had to pull very hard and it did unseat the locking clamp that holds the ribbon cable to the board, but it was easy to push down the clamp and plug in the SSD. You will need to order a data transfer cable ($4 e-Bay) to be able to run Samsung’s data transfer app. I went from a 500gb HDD that was at 95% capacity to a 1tb SSD. it won’t let me post details but please see the attached photo.
The Samsung 860 EVO SSD comes in a black-colored box this time, which is the exact opposite of what we’ve seen on its previous 850 EVO that comes in a white-color package. From the design of the box, we can definitely see that Samsung is basically telling you how good their product is with a rather ballsy claim of ‘The SSD that makes the difference’. With the 850 EVO highly regarded as one of the best 2.5-inch SATA SSD you can get during its time, it’s only natural that many would expect to see some improvement and better performance on the 860 EVO. “The 860 EVO has half the endurance of the new 860 Pro, but it’s still quite a bit more than competing products. It’s a good argument, but who really cares?” Well, I do. For that reason I only buy the Pro ones and I’d buy the EVOs above all the others if the Pro weren’t available.
It works exactly as it should and was easy to clone using Samsungs online free cloning software. You will , however need to know what you are doing, and it takes some time to clone from mechanical drive to an SSD. Went from taking minutes to only seconds, and everything is ready to go just that fast. The Samsung 850 Evo is a hard act to follow – it’s still one of the best SSDs we’ve ever used, so the gtx 1090 has its work cut out for it. Ever since it released in December 2014, the 850 Evo has enjoyed its prominence, thanks to fast speeds, tested endurance and great value. The Samsung 860 Evo is a perfect follow up act that improves on its predecessor in every way with faster speeds and greater endurance – all while retaining its low prices to boot.