launched and brought Samsung's 3D V-NAND technology to a lower price point. They're great SSDs, though we maintain that their benefits will be hard to communicate to the people the EVO range was initially designed for.

"Let the good times roll" must be what Samsung's SSD division is thinking right about now. After delivering what is still the world's fastest SATA SSD last summer, Samsung tempted value-oriented enthusiasts in December with its 'V-NAND'-based 850 Evo series .

It's been only a few short months since Samsung's 850 Pro delivered the company's long-lasting 32-bit 3D NAND to the high-end/corporate market.

3D NAND promise drive longevity; Good performance for the price

RAPID software creates a risk of data loss

Fast and tiny. The MSI X99A mobo has no problem detecting it and Windows installed on it.

I'd owned my computer for 2 years without issues. Then, I installed this and my screen started having issues almost immediately and broke shortly after; so I got it replaced and that screen broke again shortly after; so I got it replaced again and it *also* broke shortly after.

Samsung has established itself as among the top choices for SSDs in the desktop and laptop sectors, where its 2.5in Evo and Pro ranges offer among the best performance for any given price.

Provides very high access speeds; Very good longevity and warranty; Competitively priced

No PCIe support so won't work in many motherboards

M.2 is a new form factor that's quickly becoming the standard storage interface for tablets and Ultrabook laptops, replacing mSATA. Samsung's EVO 850 M.2 is one of the first consumer-friendly M.2 SSDs we've seen; it's essentially a regular EVO 850 SSD squeezed onto a circuit board the size of a...

Sometimes, even if you're only spending a small amount of money, it's worth shelling out that little bit more and getting yourself a superior piece of technology. That edict is very much true when it comes to getting a new solid state drive for your PC, actually.

Excellent performance; Great warranty conditions; Great bundled Magician software

More expensive than competitors; Competition also from cheaper high-end drives; Magician only on Windows

I bought this Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive to add to my existing Intel SSDSA2CW 160G3ATA which stores all my programs including Windows, and is running out of space.

Attractive Design; Compact; Quiet

Difficult To Use

Install hardware per motherboard instructions. Was immediately seen by bios on boot up. I'm running Win10 and the clone software on site did not support it. Needed Version 3 of the software and it took a while to find. Once installed, I ran the software and clone the boot drive.