Discussion Wow. First time using a high quality SSD.

[ironstem]

Hey everyone, I'd like to say that I'm amazed on how fast and responsive my prebuilt is now. Earlier I added a Samsung 870 EVO 250GB SSD in my prebuilt. I just finished installing everything, including my old files. Now it's significantly much more faster.

Originally I bought a Kingston A400 240GB, but I'm sure some of you know what's wrong with those. I returned it yesterday and then ordered the better one. It was a little tricky to install the SSD, I actually needed a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter which I had laying around.

I gotta say, this is most definitely worth paying the money for, even though my purpose is just for Windows to be faster. When the time's right, I'll reuse it for my future build. I don't think I'll be on the website again for a while, so cya.

 

[sbgardne]

At the risk of [still] sounding like a fanboy, I have to agree. As both a consumer and as an IT guy, I began purchasing SSDs when they were 64GB-- finally big enough to run an OS and swap/temp/pagefile, probably Windows XP or early Vista.

My Kingston 64GB and 128GB failed. Crucial and OCX purchases gradually got gummy, unusably slow, and needed to be replaced. However the first three Samsung 840 Series and 840 Pros that I purchased in 2012 (256GB, $343) are still in use. I've installed literally scores of SSDs and never seen or had to replace a failed Samsung SSD. I harvested an 830 Series from a 2008 MacBook Pro, reformatted it, and use it in a 2017 Wintel laptop that I loan to customers.

I recommend and use the Samsung Pro series on business computers, and in CAD, modeling, and 3D environments. I keep Samsung EVO 500GB and 1TB in stock as the default replacement for nearly every device that has spinning media more than 4 years old. Customers are universally pleased with the performance bump. I warn them that the SSD will outlive the computer.

 

[mdd1963]

I jumped from 5400 RPM HDD to an 850 evo in a laptop a few years back ...

NIght and day difference !