SeekerSamsung 860 EVO SSD
The Samsung 860 EVO delivers performance every bit as good as its MLC rivals. It’s a worthy competitor for the WD Blue 3D and Sandisk 3D, two other TLC drives that are undoing TLC’s weak reputation.
-- As reviewed by PCWorld
Product details
- Innovative V-Nand Technology: Powered by Samsung V-Nand Technology, the 860 Evo SSD offers optimized performance for everyday computing as well as rendering large-sized 4K videos and 3D data used by the latest applications
- Continuity tester/Wire tracer
- Secure encryption: Protect data by selecting security options, including Aes 256-bit hardware-based encryption compliant with Tcg Opal and Ieee 1667
- Warranty and compatibility: 5-year limited warranty; Windows 8/Windows 7/Windows Server 2003 (32 bit and 64 bit), Vista (SP1 and above), XP (SP2 and above), MAC OSX and Linux
- Included contents: 2.5 inches (7 millimeter) SATA 3 (6 GB/S) SSD & user manual (All other cables, screws, brackets not included); Reliability (MTBF): 1.5 Million Hours Reliability (MTBF)
- This product doesn’t utilize SD cards and SD cards don’t typically interact with hard drives.
PROS
+ Excellent performance on a par with MLC drives
+ Very affordable
+ Very fast with small queued writes
CONS
- Less long-lived than the MLC (2-bit) SSDs
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By PCWorld on February 14, 2018
The Samsung 860 EVO delivers performance every bit as good as its MLC rivals. It’s a worthy competitor for the WD Blue 3D and Sandisk 3D, two other TLC drives that are undoing TLC’s weak reputation.
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