Tuesday, November 27th 2018
Samsung Launches The New 860 QVO SSD Starting At $149.99 For The 1 TB Model
Samsung Electronics today unveiled its new consumer solid state drive (SSD) lineup - the Samsung 860 QVO SSD - featuring up to four terabytes (TB) of storage capacity with exceptional speed and reliability. Built on the company's high-density 4-bit multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash architecture, the 860 QVO makes terabyte capacities more accessible to the masses at approachable price points.
"Today's consumers are using, producing and storing more high-resolution files than ever, including 4K videos and graphics-intensive games, escalating demand for greater capacities and performance in storage devices," said Dr. Mike Mang, vice president of Brand Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. "Samsung continues to lead the move toward multi-terabyte SSDs with the introduction of the Samsung 860 QVO, delivering fast performance, reliability and value to more consumers around the world."
Mainstream PC users handling large multimedia content often need to upgrade their PC's storage to improve everyday computing experience. Based on the commonly used SATA interface and 2.5-inch form factor, the 860 QVO fits perfectly in most standard laptops or desktops. Also, by offering both high capacity and performance in a single, affordable drive, the 860 QVO eliminates the need to use a combination of an SSD and an HDD for booting and storage.
Featuring sequential read and write speeds of up to 550 megabytes per second (MB/s) and 520 MB/s, respectively, the 860 QVO achieves the same level of performance as today's 3-bit MLC SSD, thanks to Samsung's latest 4-bit V-NAND and the proven MJX controller. The drive is also integrated with Intelligent TurboWrite technology, which helps to accelerate speeds while maintaining high performance for longer periods of time.
For optimal reliability, Samsung provides a total byte written based on a thorough analysis of consumers' SSD usage patterns: a three-year limited warranty or up to 1,440 terabytes written (TBW) for the 4TB version, and 720 TBW and 360 TBW for the 2TB and 1TB versions, respectively.
The 860 QVO will be available globally from December 2018, with a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) starting at $149.99 for the 1TB model. For more information, please visit samsung.com/ssd or samsungssd.com.
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"Today's consumers are using, producing and storing more high-resolution files than ever, including 4K videos and graphics-intensive games, escalating demand for greater capacities and performance in storage devices," said Dr. Mike Mang, vice president of Brand Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. "Samsung continues to lead the move toward multi-terabyte SSDs with the introduction of the Samsung 860 QVO, delivering fast performance, reliability and value to more consumers around the world."
Featuring sequential read and write speeds of up to 550 megabytes per second (MB/s) and 520 MB/s, respectively, the 860 QVO achieves the same level of performance as today's 3-bit MLC SSD, thanks to Samsung's latest 4-bit V-NAND and the proven MJX controller. The drive is also integrated with Intelligent TurboWrite technology, which helps to accelerate speeds while maintaining high performance for longer periods of time.
For optimal reliability, Samsung provides a total byte written based on a thorough analysis of consumers' SSD usage patterns: a three-year limited warranty or up to 1,440 terabytes written (TBW) for the 4TB version, and 720 TBW and 360 TBW for the 2TB and 1TB versions, respectively.
The 860 QVO will be available globally from December 2018, with a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) starting at $149.99 for the 1TB model. For more information, please visit samsung.com/ssd or samsungssd.com.
81 Comments on Samsung Launches The New 860 QVO SSD Starting At $149.99 For The 1 TB Model
I just bought Crucial MX500 1TB for 130 Eur a piece (while the Samsung 860 EVO were at 160 or so).
Quad-Level Cell SSD's need to be A LOT more cheaper to start to make sense, in this case, under 100 EUR ( or 100 USD ) for 1 TB.
Samsung's premiums no longer apply as the competition has caught up in performance (and surpassed them in some cases), for lower prices.
Sacrificing endurance so much for QLC should also come with a significant price drop.
Also Samsung being the market leader commands a price premium, just like Apple/Intel/Nvidia in their respective segments. Don't expect Samsung drives to be cheap, except when they're on sale.
By going the budget route they lose that premium, the only advantage a Samsung budget drive has over any other is the prestige attached to the name from their other drives.
It's a bit meh as soon as you run out of the SLC cache.
www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-860-qvo-ssd,5920.html
www.storagereview.com/samsung_860_qvo_ssd_review
www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/sata-3/samsung-860-qvo-ssd-review-1tb-2tb-every-little-bit-counts/
The premium is long gone, it's just market dependant.
(I am in the video editing business, I need fast but huge capacities)
Then again, typical users won't notice the performance if they aren't passing the 42 gigs.
So now?
What you might not want, is an SSD that fails i the middle of a project though.
Then again, I guess you don't write 4TB a day? If you do, it would only last you about 360 days, assuming you got the 4TB drive. The spec is good for 0.3 drive writes per day apparently.
Obviously if you have a hardware RAID card with DRAM cache, then this will buffer some of this, but I guess that's not your case?
I'm sure you can max out the SATA interface with your RAID as well and I'm sure there will be use cases when you don't see a huge improvement, but keep in mind that on top of much faster access to files, you also get rid of the noise, the heat and the power draw of mechanical drives.
This is also assuming you don't fill the SSD to the brim and work at least to some degree within the SLC cache. One you're outside of the cache, the drive only does 160MB/s (assuming the 4TB drive), which isn't going to beat your RAID for sequential writes.
The rest system is decent (7700k+32gbRAM+gtx980ti)