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Samsung - 840 EVO 250GB Internal Serial ATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops
Average Customer Rating:
4.8
Rating breakdown 290 reviews
5 Stars
256
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Star
9
96%of customers recommend this product.
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268 out of
279)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - 840 EVO 250GB Internal Serial ATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops
Customer Rating
5
Really the best available
on May 16, 2016
Posted by: Anonymous
from Rexburg, ID, USA
Expertise:Expert
There are lots of SSDs available to buy, some cheaper than Samsung, but none better. Before purchasing I did a lot of research and it comes down to Samsung gives you the full performance (some other brands give less than advertized), its reliability has the best ratings, and the technology used for the storage gives you better lifespan than most of the others. Also, the cloning and optimization software it comes with is hard to beat, so when you are setting up your new SSD from an older HDD it makes the transition smooth and simple. I set up two computers with it, one starting fresh and the other was to replace an existing hard drive. In both cases the transistion was smooth and the drives are working great.
Bottom line, you'll pay a few extra bucks for a Samsung SDD, but it is well worth the price.
Bottom line, you'll pay a few extra bucks for a Samsung SDD, but it is well worth the price.
P.S. If you are debating whether you should get an SDD or just stick with a HDD, get one! You'll never want to go back!
Pros: reliability, performance, stability
Cons: none really
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
The Best Solid State Drives on the Market
on July 31, 2016
Posted by: Epiccf4
from Indianapolis, IN, USA
Expertise:Expert
Samsung Solid state drives are the only way to go, i have in the past used other brands and there is a huge difference, do not wast your money on other brands, Samsung has them all beat.
Pros: the best money can buy!
Cons: none!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Game changing on MacBook Pro
on August 19, 2016
Posted by: aliti19
from Chicago, IL
Expertise:Intermediate
After my four-year-old MacBook started getting a little sluggish, I decided it was time for a solid-state. Man, what a difference! Everything runs so much faster and smoother. Boot time takes about 15 seconds vs 1:30.
Pros: Lightweight, great bang for your buck
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Saved my dead laptop
on November 7, 2016
Posted by: Geode1010
Expertise:Intermediate
Here's the rub, my laptop was slow, too slow. I was about to throw it out until I found out it was because my hdd was holding my system back. After researching every SSD known to man. I chose this one. I got this gem on ebay and threw it into my laptop. Now boot times and overall performance is shown everywhere!!
Pros: Durable, fast!!, slim, easy to use
Cons: expensive
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great in a RAID0
on March 23, 2017
Posted by: RAIDthoseSSDs
from Maryland
Expertise:Intermediate
I haven't tested single drive performance, there's performance benchmarks all over the internet for single drives.
With a 5 year warranty on these high-end SATA class drives, it's great to put 2 of these in a RAID0.
My reads and writes stay in the 900MB/s range(lower-end NVMe speeds).
I would only recommend a Max of three of these drives in RAID0, because your on-board RAID controller will be saturated around that level, making the fourth drive add hardly nothing, but extra space and increasing the failure probability.
With a 5 year warranty on these high-end SATA class drives, it's great to put 2 of these in a RAID0.
My reads and writes stay in the 900MB/s range(lower-end NVMe speeds).
I would only recommend a Max of three of these drives in RAID0, because your on-board RAID controller will be saturated around that level, making the fourth drive add hardly nothing, but extra space and increasing the failure probability.
Pros: 5 year warranty, best speeds at the price point.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
5 stars. Made my pc much faster!
on March 23, 2017
Posted by: koolfingaz
from NC
Expertise:Intermediate
The drive is great and runs fast. made a night and day difference to my desktop and also brought some reliability back to my old work horse. cloning my existing drive to the new Samsung SSD was so way easier than I ever thought it would be. all the software you need is included and doesn't take a computer master to run... Thanks Samsung!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Excellent Product
on December 19, 2017
Posted by: Jeffs2001
from NJ
Expertise:Intermediate
After installing my operating system Win 7, the boot up speed went from 3-4 min to now to about 1 min or less, No more waiting around until the system boots up. Great product.
Pros: Lightweight, small foot print, little bigger than credit card
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Super SSD
on April 8, 2015
Posted by: Mexelplex
from United States
Expertise:Intermediate
The Bad: Included data migration cd failed when moving data from existing Win 7 OS disk to new ssd via sata cables. Tried all options several BSOD but end result: FAIL. Was able to finally install a drive image via ACRONIS with errors. Running CHKDSK corrected FAT errors and finally was up to speed. After thoughts: Buy the SATA --> USB cable that should be included with every drive and use the included software. I didn't have the cable nor quick access to one. I had no warning that a proprietary adapter would be required to migrate OS to the new disk. My other option would have been to do a fresh install of the OS rather than to clone my old drive. I expected the new SSD to conform to industry standards for data migration.
The Good: My new drive rocks and will be worth the aggravation suffered in the long run. I love the speed as is over 10x faster than my SATA2 SSD was! I think the real gem here is the 5 year warranty. I think this drive is the way to go!....just use the usb--->sata method to clone your drive! Thanks Samsung for a great product! I love all aspects of the Drive Magician software.
Pros: speed, 5 year warranty, high quality constuction
Cons: included drive migration software, requires a sata-->usb cable to migrate software, 20% higher cost
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US