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I purchased one of these a few years ago to replace a failed OCZ Vertex 2 SSD, which replaced a RAID 0 raptor setup. The difference was night and day from the HDD to the SSD and allowed me to keep the computer as it was for a few more years. I have since upgraded to an i5 2500k Overclocked with a few TB's of storage and an overclocked/unlocked GPU. I do play a lot of games so I would have to uninstall old games (that I wasn't done with) to make room for new games (I love those steam sales). I added this second Samsung 830 in a RAID 0 mostly for the extra storage. I was able to benefit with double the storage, almost twice the speed in a few scenarios and all less than a single Samsung 256GB SSD (wait for the sales). I am on a P67 chipset which does not normally support TRIM, but it is possible, google it. Also google samsung 830 Raid and look for the Anand review it will give you information and comparisons of the RAID vs other setups including a 256gb Samsung 830 SSD. Another PRO is how this thing looks, with a side window you can mount this flat on the mobo tray or side of the case to show off the cool brushed aluminum. As I said before I had an OCZ Vertex 2 which failed within a year. There were a lot of issues with the indilix controller which caused the sudden death of the drive. The Samsung 830 is known for its reliability, along with Crucial and Intel SSD's. OCZ has a very bad reputation for reliability with SSD's (the PSU's are a different story). I personally will not buy an OCZ SSD for many years to come, hell it may even prevent me from purchasing a PSU from them for the headaches the SSD Gave me and thousands of others. Anyways this is relatively cheap, reliable, fast, and looks cool.Read full review
It's amazing to see Samsung come so far in the enthusiast space. From a drive that I simply wouldn't recommend to building a downright competitive solution backed by a near flawless track record. What I'm even more excited about with this drive is the fact that it will likely find its way into a number of high end OEM systems over the next year. Although I'm glad that more manufacturers are offering SSDs with their systems, I'm often disappointed by their controller selection. If the PM830 is included in the option pool for the next round of design wins however, I'll be much more comfortable recommending that users tick the vendor-supplied SSD option
It's a Samsung (unfortunately). Personally, I hate their brand, though this SSD is not a disappointment. The low power consumption is a plus, though the max IOPS are a tad low for today's standards, not for its generation though. Worth getting? If you care about 3 watts less than an OCZ, which are far superior as far as reliability and performance.
I love these hard drives and I got this one at an excellent price. Just remember to use your system to initialize it as the first step after hooking it up.
Nice fast device. It does all that you would expect from a SDD. It's fast, and installation is as smooth as it can be. I am using this in a Sony laptop with Kubuntu 13.04 and so far I couldn't be happier.
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