I bought this drive because I heard I could get my computer to be faster and boy is it ever!! Definitely get one of these for your laptop and you'll wish you had done it sooner like I do!!

Samsung has an excellent overall package here, with great features, innovative technologies, performance, and durability.

Slim form factor; Very fast out of the box; Blistering fast with RAPID Mode enabled; Data Migration software; Large capacity

Modest price premium

SSDs continue to drop in price, to the point that there's little excuse not to have one in your PC or laptop, but storage capacity remains a concern. Most SATA SSDs top out at 1TB, so you'll almost definitely need to add a second traditional hard disk if you want to guarantee you won't run out of...

The M.2 socket first appeared a couple of years ago and the market has been slow to take it up in force. Whether, like Thunderbolt, this is because there is already a huge market for regular devices, or whether storage manufacturers are waiting to see which of the two variants will be the winner -...

Out of the box, into the machine. Minimal fuss and it just works. It also delivers exactly what it says it will. Everyone should get an SSD, when you do you could do a lot worse than one of these.

I love the Samsung range of drives and needed some extra space. Opted for this one and installed without issue and the Samsung software is very good. Drive performance is good and I'm already considering adding another one in the near future.

I have built and support a few dozens of computers using Samsung SSD (840/850 EVO/PRO) and I've never had a single issue or complaint - not once! They're now my first choice for a SSD, over Crucial, Corsair, OCZ, Kingston, or the others I haven't really used, so I gladly pay an extra ~20 bucks for...

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

Good product from Samsung with five year warranty

After we reviewed the 850 Pro 512GB model and heard that Samsung would also send us the 850 EVO 500GB we thought that there would be a sufficient performance gap between those two to "justify" both the different target areas and the difference in price.

- Build Quality / Endurance (150TBW / 1 Million Hours MTBF; - Excellent Overall Performance; - Features (TurboWrite/RAPID Mode/eDrive Support; - Samsung Magician Software; - 5 Year Warranty; - Available In 1TB

- Price (For Some