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Samsung - 850 PRO 128GB Internal SATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops
Average Customer Rating:
4.9
Rating breakdown 9 reviews
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100%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Samsung - 850 PRO 128GB Internal SATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops
Customer Rating
5
Own many SSDs. This is the best
on September 27, 2016
Posted by: minhtrimatrix
from Dallas, TX, USA
1. Games - When it comes to gaming, having an SSD dramatically decreased load times for most newer games. Old games are not really affected due to how little data most of them need to load from the hard drive in today's standards. The biggest improvement came with Star Citizen. SC is still in super alpha, so nothing is optimized and load times are outrageous. Were outrageous. It used to take me nearly 2 minutes to load into hangar, now with the 850 pro, its less than 30 seconds. Other games such as Planetside 2, Mad Max, Homeworld etc have also vastly improved loading times. And its not just load times that are improved. In some games such as GTA San Andreas you can move into a new area faster than the hard drive can load things like building textures and pedestrians. The SSD solves this, no more do things just pop into existence beside you. Skyrim also has a bit of this problem too if you use a mod to give you a fast ride. Overall in the gaming department, this is really where the SSD shines to me.
2. System and Software - Windows startup time is also another area that shines brightly with an SSD. Traditional hard drive takes 1 minute or more to boot, sometimes 45 seconds if you got a good drive and a fresh install of windows. With the 850 pro, my fully loaded Windows 10 Pro OS can boot up in 22 seconds. That's with no password and such. 22 seconds from power button to mouse moving on desktop. The system tray icons at the bottom right of the desktop used to take 2 or 3 minutes for all of them to load up after arriving to the desktop, now with the 850 pro they all pop up simultaneously and instantly. My web browser, Firefox, used to take about 2 or 3 seconds to load up after clicking, now before my ear can even register the second click of the mouse, the browser is fully loaded and ready to go. I have also noticed greatly increased performance in Microsoft office programs, especially excel and power point. Then came the real software test. WinRar. As a winrar test i packed up 10 GB of music to test speeds. It took less than a minute to package up (compress) the 10 GB using the Best compression method, where as on a traditional hard drive your looking at 30 to 45 minutes of waiting maybe even more since i used the best method. Unpackaging (decompression) was instantaneous at the click of the mouse. Every thing i do is like a flash of light.
3. Music and Movies - Not much to say here other than transfer speeds are high, but i wouldn't keep music or movies on an SSD, they don't play better or sound better, but they do take up limited space and put wear and tear on the drive. Best to leave them on the traditional hard drive.
4. Benchmark - I have included a screenshot of the benchmarking program i used to test this hard drive. As you can see all test results exceed the specifications of this hard drive. I could to many different tests using many different settings but i stuck with the default and most used one.
Construction - The SSD's construction is very nice. It is very strong and solid, but also very light almost like paper. It is very smooth and slim and should fit nearly anywhere you want to put it. Also the sata and power connectors are stiff and strong.
Software - The samsung magician software that is paired with the hard drive is also very nice. It shows the health and total data written to the hard drive, can change windows options to better suit the SSD and its needs, encryption, the works. The only thing is that Rapid Mode does not work for windows 10 yet but Samsung says they are working hard on it, it has something to do with the new way windows 10 manages memory.
Conclusion - Overall, this is the greatest hard drive Ive ever seen. Its super fast, super strong, has great software, and is backed up by a monster 10 year warranty. I looked forward to many years of extreme gaming with this SSD. I would highly haft to recommend this SSD to everyone. It is a truly great product made by a great company from a great nation. You wont be disappointed with this SSD.
Pros: Durable
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
works
on February 15, 2015
Posted by: soma
from pa
Expertise:Intermediate
nice ssd works as intended looks pretty could come with mounting bracket
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
First SSD
on June 8, 2015
Posted by: Nosredep
from Eleva, WI, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
I ended up putting this in a 4 year old refurb computer after that hard drive died. Had a lot of trouble with the migration software, but after I gave up on that everything went smoothly. Amazing what the difference is. I will not have another computer with a SSD as the primary boot drive.
Pros: fast
Cons: migration software
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Just plain works
on December 17, 2015
Posted by: no1eng
from Midwest
Expertise:Intermediate
Had a ssd fall out of a raid 5 array . That manufacturer no longer makes same model . Bought this to replace since RMA was taking forever . Did not even have to format . Plugged in , turned on , and the array was rebuilt in SEVENTEEN SECONDS !!! Going to replace the rest with these ASAP . Happy to have made this decision.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Samsung Excellence!
on January 4, 2016
Posted by: Sirr
from Austin, TX, USA
Expertise:Expert
Three cell phones and two SSD drives later, the future looks great for technology from Samsung. I believe in research and due diligence when it comes to finding products. That said, Samsung comes out on top, leaving the competition behind them.
Pros: Inexpensive
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
Excellent so far
on January 10, 2016
Posted by: diamon153
Great performance. Very fast.
Little bit too expensive for the storage amount.
Little bit too expensive for the storage amount.
Pros: Lightweight, great performance
Cons: pricey
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Major Speed Improvement
on January 23, 2016
Posted by: MichaelPNH
from Dover, NH
Expertise:Intermediate
Going from an HDD to an SDD is a no brainer. The speed in retrieving files, the speed period, is incredible.
I did a ton of research, the 850 Pro is top of line.
Easy to install as well.
Pros: fast
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
Quiet, durable and FAAAASTTTTT
on March 4, 2016
Posted by: keyboardplayer
from Indiana, USA
Expertise:Expert
Replaced all the drives in my system with these. Nice and quiet now and flies like the wind.
Pros: Inexpensive, Durable
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US