Coming from the old hard disk, I'm very impressed with the performance of this Samsung 850 Pro SSD. If there is no Windows update, I think my computer is shutting down in 3 seconds. I replaced my WD Black Edition with this SSD and very impressed with the performance. Absolutely recommended.

I bought this drive to replace my "old" Samsung SSD 830 with 256 GB. I did not notice huge improvement in speed. That said I am not doing huge data transfers. Both drives are really fast, but needed a bigger main drive, as I use computer for work as well as entertainment, and when working do not...

speed; capacity; easy of installation and data transfer

price

I bought this SSD for both its quality and storage size. Went in without a hitch and the Samsung software easily copied my two 400GB RAID 0 drives to it flawlessly. Three partitions were copied. Not one hitch. If you want more speed, buy several smaller size 850 EVO Pros and RAID 0 them.

If you have a SATA-based PC and want to fit it with the best storage, take a close look at the Samsung 850 PRO. Samsung 850 PRO 1 TB review. Samsung 850 PRO 1 TB benchmarks.

Bought this to refresh my ageing MacBook pro 2011. Decided to reinstall OS from scratch. Plopped it in. Now it is running like new with loads more headroom. No need to go out and buy a new, and expensive, MacBook replacement - hence this drive was a really bargain.

The Samsung 850 PRO arrived just too late for last year's round-up of the best SSDs, but even a year down the line it still has little serious competition in the stakes for the world's best SATA SSD.

Degrading performance had me take the step to upgrade the hard drive. Glad I did, faster loading, quicker responses have enabled me to do more work in less time.

Makes any PC come to life and boot up 'instantly'. This is very suitable for top range i7 Laptops (or PCs) and works well with fast Vengeange DDR ram. Like turning your PC into a top end Mac Book Pro. Result is top score on Windows performance ranking.

I think I'll grab two of the 1-TB versions for my gaming laptop and stripe them so they're twice as fast. :D

Speed

Cost

Samsung has built a good reputation for fast and high-quality SSDs. It introduced the 470 to desktops four years ago, and its SSDs were in high-end laptops before that. The company also distinguished itself by designing its own controller chips and manufacturing its own NAND flash memory.

Super fast; 10-year warranty; slick software that could be a stand-alone product

Quite expensive for what you're getting; warranty is overkill