(Lottery Winners only ! ) -- Samsung 1TB 840 EVO SSD

jimbo45

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Hi there

Price of these has just about come down (will come down further) to make looking at these high capacity SSD's worth looking at although at around 380 USD a pop they still aren't cheap enough yet !!.

Anybody well endowed enough to have installed this SAMSING 840 EVO 1TB SSD -- can you comment on its performance - especially in comparison with the cheaper 840 256GB models.

I'd dearly LOVE to be able to get rid of all the spinners on my machines (just save them for ARCHIVING and BACKUPS).

Are SSD's robust enough yet to install in a NAS server too -- 1TB drives might be a great answer here - small and minimal power use.

Would be grateful for any replies by people who've actually USED this drve (or the CRUCIAL equivalent) -- must be full SSD not the Hybrid kind.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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  • OS
    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
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    PC/Desktop
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 X LG 40 inch TV
    Hard Drives
    SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
    2 X 3 TB sata
    5 X 1 TB sata
    Internet Speed
    0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)
I have the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD running in RAPID which is my C: Drive plus a Samsung 840 EVO 256 GB SSD.

The 500 is awesome, I wish I could have gotten the 1TB but didn't have enough at the time. I started with the 256 then did a fresh install when I got the 500 after I saw that the 500 had faster random write speeds. That's when I swapped them around and made my C drive the 500 GB. I have all SSD inside my build :)

I upgraded from an 24" iMac Intel 2.93 Ghz Core 2 Duo with 1TB internal HD 7200 rpm.
Now I have a Samsung SA950D 27" 120Hz + 24" 60Hz (temporary) and a killa gaming rig :) which took a long time to save for, I'm glad it worked out the way it did.

Just get a 500 GB for now maybe and later when prices drop again upgrade to the 1TB.
When I saw the 500GB for AUD$398.00 I grabbed it ;)

RAPID MODE (Unfortunately Samsung can only do one drive at a time.) The randoms (IOPS) start way high than drop down as well in RAPID mode.
Samsung%20Rapid%20Mode.jpg


Regular SSD Speeds

SSD's%20benchmarks.jpg
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7 4770K
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VI Formula
    Memory
    Kingston HyperX 16GB 1600Mhz (2x 8GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x MSI R9 290X Twin Frozr Gaming OC
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX Formula + Astro A50 Headset via Optical
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 27" SA950 Full HD 3D LED 120Hz Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080@120Hz BF4 Ultra@1440P120Hz 135% Res :)
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO SSD 250GB

    Samsung 840 EVO SSD 500GB
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    Seasonic 1000w 80 Plus Platnum
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    Antec 900 II
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    Corsair H80i Liquid CPU Cooler
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    Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Razer Mamba 2012
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    100/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
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    Kaspersky + Malware Bytes
I sprung for my original Intel X25M G2 80GB when the price dropped to $300.

I'd like to get a few more SSD's for a couple of my desktops at work to put the OS and apps onto. As far as storage, I have no issues using Spinner drives for that stuff. Even the green, lowly 5,400RPM drives handle that just fine for me.

At work we have a SAN with SSD's in it. It's a Dell Equallogic PS6110sx. (Dell EqualLogic PS6110XS Review | StorageReview.com - Storage Reviews.). It has 7 x 400GB SSD's and 17 x 600GB Spinners.

We were watching one of our single Mongo database processing vms the other day and it was pushing 250MB/sec, and about 8200 IOPS at a latency of 0.12ms
 

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    Self-Built in July 2009
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    Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
    Memory
    8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Acer x233H
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
    Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX modular
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    stock
    Keyboard
    ABS M1 Mechanical
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    15/2 cable modem
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    Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
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