Samsung 830 SSD

[TheAtreidesHawk]

Maybe on price but reliability I don't think so. Any word on availability yet? I want to get this ASAP....

[psychopomp1]

I have to admit that I was waiting to see what the 830 had to offer, and from what I have read so far, I can't say that it has any decided advantage over the Crucial M4.

The Samsung is primarily a 7mm drive yet also includes a spacer to increase the size to 9mm. The M4 is undoubtedly very good but being 9mm means modifications are req'd to fit 7mm drive caddies...ok fair enough, it just means taking out the spacer but finding the right screws can be a bummer. I'm definitely getting the Samsung 830 256gb for my soon-to-arrive Thinkpad X220

Maybe on price but reliability I don't think so. Any word on availability yet? I want to get this ASAP....

Its due to be released mid October so not long to go now

[amd1600]

Anyone know if the consumer version of the 830 is going to be a self encrypting drive like the oem PM830. I can't seem to find an answer anywhere.

[Mihael Keehl]

I like the model but I think they need to fix their random read/write performance for these drives, perhaps it's a firmware issue but those numbers are really poor for a SATA III SSD because even it's predecessor has a leg up on it in both accounts. I mean, if you are going to use the space for storage then by all means, that doesn't matter but most of us aren't so I think Samsung kind of screwed up with this model. I recently purchased the Samsung 470 and it has some real impressive feats over my previous Seagate Momentus and I mean by leaps and bounds.

[Tomy B.]

I really doubt that You need more then 150 MB/s 4KB random writes in high queue depths, and that's only benchmark in witch Samsung 830 is noticeably slower then competition.

[TheAtreidesHawk]

Yeah by far it exceeds everything else on the market.....cant wait to own it.

[Mihael Keehl]

I really doubt that You need more then 150 MB/s 4KB random writes in high queue depths, and that's only benchmark in witch Samsung 830 is noticeably slower then competition.

It's Random Write speeds are abhorrent setback for the drive but I'm hoping that a firmware fix can actually fix this issue without a problem. Although it's random read speeds are good enough for competition, they do not under any circumstances out-perform it's predecessor, the Samsung 470.

[psychopomp1]

Anyone seen this yet? I can't find it anywhere yet, it might be delayed. Perhaps someone in USA could call Samsung's SSD dept and ask them the release date of the 830 range? 1-800-726-7864

[Tomy B.]

Samsung 830 Series SSD launched in South Korea

I heard that distributor in Croatia has it, but it isn't for sale yet.

[psychopomp1]

Thanks Tomy, hopefully it will be released in UK very soon