Samsung 850 EVO M.2 and mSATA SSD review

Posted on: 04/17/2015 09:12 AM

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JUMPING JEHOSEPHAT These SSD's are sick! Holy shnikies! I want one now! I've got the Macho Madness!

Posted on: 04/17/2015 09:55 AM

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I have a Crucial CT 500 MX200 in my laptop which is only slightly slower (1065 Vs 1189)than the mSata 850 and a wee bit cheaper. I do like the Samsung support software though.

Posted on: 04/17/2015 02:36 PM

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i bought asus laptop a45vm.. can this enter my laptop or not? i bought samsung ssd evo 1TB also, when i open bottom cover to replace my old HDD to SSD i saw there slot look like for wireless card slot.. seem it can enter this m.sata? mind if it can i will buy this msata.. so my laptop can go run 2TB ssd.. and i dont know if my sata dvd drive can support ssd or not, if can too i will put there i more ssd 1tb.. so, i will get 3TB all.. anyone an expert here can give me advice all explain with my think..?

Posted on: 04/17/2015 02:44 PM

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There are three types of SSD.
Full size ie 2.5 inch
Msata which looks a little like a wireless add-in card
M2 Sata which comes in three lengths but looks a little like the Msata.

Check which version your Laptop can accommodate.
Also if it can take a single SSD or two.

Download Speccy, go to the Storage TAB and see what SATA ports you have
Just checked the specs and you laptop can take a single 2.5 inch SSD.
The MOBO in your laptop is a Intel HM76 which support SATA3 but might have SATA2 to save money.

Posted on: 04/17/2015 03:16 PM

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I still don't understand why these can't have a 1mm thick cover/case. Bare PCB is ugly as hell.

Posted on: 04/17/2015 03:37 PM

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Msata and M2 Sata are designed to go into Laptop so why cover them, it adds to cost and wont help thermals.

Posted on: 04/17/2015 03:42 PM

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Would this ssd fit well with the m.2 slot on http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty%20990FX%20Killer/ ?

Posted on: 04/17/2015 04:12 PM

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m2 is slower than Msata

Posted on: 04/17/2015 04:40 PM

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Yes, that M.2 port can be used with SATA M.2 drives and PCI-E M.2 drives:



With this particular Samsung drives, the M.2 and mSATA versions has different specs, with lower max writes in M.2, but better IOPs.

However, the best option for that ASRock's M.2 port is to use a PCI-E M.2 SSD, but they are still pretty expensive.

Posted on: 04/17/2015 05:30 PM

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Great review!...

I'll be making the SSD plunge soon, and for the first time, and it will be my boot drive. I'm going to go with a 250GB+ size initially now that pricing is approaching a threshold that I can live with, but I had a couple of quick questions that some kind soul might condescend to help me with...

*How are these drives formatted, and what about cluster sizes? I'm guessing that as with platter drives, that < 4k, NTFS cluster sizes, while more efficiently using disk space would also add disproportionately to the overhead of the drive and tend to lower performance, but I'm not clear on that, actually.

*What about paging files? I can't see how maintaining a page file on the SSD could be anything except beneficial, but I just thought I'd ask...

*What is it about the Samsung EVO SSDs that makes them so popular? I've noticed that the 840 is listed as Amazon's best-selling SSD. Just curious.

*Would you recommend an 850 over an 840?

Thanks!

Posted on: 04/17/2015 05:35 PM

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I'm getting same performance from my 850 Evo as in this review. Destroys my HyperX 3k which is kinda crappy drive.

Posted on: 04/18/2015 05:45 PM

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Great review!...

I'll be making the SSD plunge soon, and for the first time, and it will be my boot drive. I'm going to go with a 250GB+ size initially now that pricing is approaching a threshold that I can live with, but I had a couple of quick questions that some kind soul might condescend to help me with...

*How are these drives formatted, and what about cluster sizes? I'm guessing that as with platter drives, that < 4k, NTFS cluster sizes, while more efficiently using disk space would also add disproportionately to the overhead of the drive and tend to lower performance, but I'm not clear on that, actually.

*What about paging files? I can't see how maintaining a page file on the SSD could be anything except beneficial, but I just thought I'd ask...

*What is it about the Samsung EVO SSDs that makes them so popular? I've noticed that the 840 is listed as Amazon's best-selling SSD. Just curious.

*Would you recommend an 850 over an 840?

Thanks!

In terms of formatting, I've always left it at default settings. 850 Evo better than 840 Evo - they're just cheap for the high performance you get. If you've got 8GB or definitely with 16GB of RAM then you can delete the page file, run without a page file - saves SSD space & can increase performance a little. If you keep pagefile definitely leave it on the SSD, don't put it on a platter hard drive!

EDIT: 840 Evo suffers from read speed degredation of old data, but that's probably gonna be fixed by a firmware release next week - should sort out the 840 Evo drive in my laptop! Yeah, so don't get the 840 Evo.

Posted on: 04/19/2015 05:19 PM

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In terms of formatting, I've always left it at default settings. 850 Evo better than 840 Evo - they're just cheap for the high performance you get. If you've got 8GB or definitely with 16GB of RAM then you can delete the page file, run without a page file - saves SSD space & can increase performance a little. If you keep pagefile definitely leave it on the SSD, don't put it on a platter hard drive!

EDIT: 840 Evo suffers from read speed degredation of old data, but that's probably gonna be fixed by a firmware release next week - should sort out the 840 Evo drive in my laptop! Yeah, so don't get the 840 Evo.

Thanks so much!... Answers my questions. The 850 is priced just fine, actually, so there's no reason not to go with that, really. I read about the firmware update for the 840's that corrects the problem you mentioned--but, yes, I'll just stick with the 850...! Thanks again for the response...

Posted on: 06/30/2015 08:21 AM

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fortunate one

I found a Samsung Evo Pro 1tb ssd Model # MZ-75E1T0B/AM in the garbage dumpster a few months back. It was un-boxed and at the very bottom of the dumpster. At first I thought it was a cheapo calculator or e-address book as they are so incredibly light, hells not much more than a credit card...well ok a bit more, after I got home I discovered it was a SSD. Knowing the price of these gems I figured it was probably a display model or broken defective. so I plugged it into my laptop and to my astonishment and joy it fired right up! I downloaded Samsung's magician software and updated the evo's firmware. The beauty runs just like I had paid the full $650.00 + that the very same store who tossed it out is asking for a boxed and wrapped NIB SSD.
I have made returns to this dumpster and have gotten some other great finds. Although nothing as fantastic as the Evo I wouldnt have been able to experience the benefits of a SSD had it not been a blessing and gift from the Gods.. Yes indeed ladies and gentlemen Samsung Evo's ROCK!

Peace

Posted on: 06/30/2015 02:52 PM

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Wow! Nice review HH

Looks like one of those is a 'must have' for my up-coming Skylake build.