{"id":906,"date":"2016-04-01T22:21:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T22:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/?p=906"},"modified":"2016-04-01T22:21:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T22:21:30","slug":"samsung-850-evo-ssd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/2016\/04\/01\/samsung-850-evo-ssd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung 850 Evo SSD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSamsung<\/a>, the company who fights with Apple<\/a>, and dominates many markets and industries. They are versatile and well-known, leading electronics in our modern day. \u00a0The Samsung 850 Evo<\/a> (not the pro version) Solid State Drive is one of their best and leading products in the Solid State Drive market. Though their selection comes in many forms and sizes, I will be discussing their 2.5″ model and over-viewing the companies long and strong history and background.
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Company Background and Sales<\/h3>\n

Samsung<\/a> started off in 1938 as a trading company by Lee Byung-chul. Today, with almost a half of a million employees Samsung<\/a> generates an annual $305 billion US dollars. When considering if Samsung<\/a> is a trusted and well established company, the only answer you can give is: YES.\u00a0<\/span>
\nSamsung<\/a> has reached the far spectrum of an array of industries, making refrigerators, skyscrapers, ships, TV’s, and an abundance of smartphones, hoping to beat Apple<\/a> in it’s competitive technological race.
\nSamsung<\/a> has built the tallest building in the world, is made up of 80 separate businesses, and has more employees than Microsoft<\/a> and Apple<\/a> combined. Samsung<\/a> is the best of the best, and will likely amaze you with it’s performance.
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Available Samsung Drives and Models:<\/h3>\n

A wide variety of Samsung SSD EVO<\/a> models are available, coming with different capacities. These include but are not limited to (at time of publish): 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, and 1000GB. The mSATA<\/a> flash memory, and M.2<\/a> are also available but will not be covered in this article.
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Specifications and Details:<\/h3>\n

Below are the specification for the Samsung 850 EVO<\/a> Model MZ-75E250B\/AM:<\/p>\n

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Form Factor:<\/td>\n2.5″<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capacity:<\/td>\n250GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interface:<\/td>\nSATA III<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Controller:<\/td>\nSamsung MGX Controller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Sequential Read:<\/td>\n540 MBps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Sequential Write:<\/td>\n520 MBps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Consumption (Idle):<\/td>\n0.4W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Consumption (Active):<\/td>\n3.5W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Click here<\/a> for a link to the specifications PDF document provided by Samsung<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recommended Computer:<\/h3>\n

When deciding if the 850 EVO<\/a> is right for you, you must think big when it comes to capacity. The EVO is great for servers, but if you are running the EVO for simple performance or gaming, size may matter. If you have determined the 2.5″ internal SSD drive is right for you, then you must now decide what you will be putting on the drive itself.
\nSolid State Drives<\/a> significantly increase the speed of booting your PC if your operating is installed on it. Programs will open faster, and you will notice the entire system will seem to run smoother, faster, and cleaner. The only downside to this the price of Solid State Drives<\/a>, though getting better, is still fairly high. An SSD<\/a> won’t hold as much as a Hard Disk Drive<\/a>, a spinning disk that is more likely to crash or fail with it’s many moving parts. That doesn’t mean that you can’t integrate both into your system, but must know what files will go where and how you will be configuring your usage.
\nLet’s talk what you need, before what you can afford. If you expect to only be using your computer for basic online use, such as checking emails or opening a word processor once in a great while, a basic 250GB SSD or less will not cost as much as a 1TB, and as long as you are not downloading a major amount of files, videos and pictures, overloading your storage space, you will do fine.
\nIf working for business more, this or higher models will work wonderfully for you, and if considering gaming, just know what sort of games you will be looking to play, and what you intend on using separately. The larger the capacity the more you can store, and depending on your setup, the faster some things will run.
\nIf interested in the 2.5″ 250GB model, you are making a choice that is almost in the middle of a perfect low-end gaming, to business PC; an excellent choice for a faster machine!
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Overall:<\/h3>\n

Samsung <\/a>is a company worth investing some money in. Their products are top of the line with guaranteed performance.
\nIf interested, please check out the video<\/a> below for a deeper review into the Samsung 850 EVO, and if wanting to buy, you can click here<\/a>. Thank you for reading.
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