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'd suggest getting a smaller SSD and test with first, see what it feels like and then if it makes enough of a difference, then consider the full transition. Not going to be cheap though, even with this.
Also keep in mind that if you do simultaneous read/write operations, an SSD will destroy even your RAID in terms of performance.
That said, could be useful for non-critical storage like game libraries. Wouldn't use it for much else really, still too small for mass storage, not made professional workloads, and too slow as a system drive.
Crucial SSDs might've been good in the past, now they're no use, there are better products at roughly the same price.
They're still good atm, as for (Samsung) drives yes they're generally better than the competition.
As soon as we get some competition (I'm not counting Intel yet), we'll get lower than MSRP prices all across the board.
I hate this race to the bottom.
Still, I don't think HDD's reliability has taken a plunge (which is rather surprising, considering how much the platter density has increased). It's just that SSDs, having no moving parts have walk right past HDDs and made them look worse by comparison.
In addition, Crucial gets bonus points for their power loss protection and has a better track record in terms of firmware - I haven't forgotten the lackluster Samsung Magician support and update quality either. If you want it cheaper, they also have a BX-line at the cost of some performance. But MX is a perfect balance of performance and reliability at the lowest possible cost at this time.
You also need to be looking at larger capacities in this segment, 250GB is small and would be my bottom consideration for an OS/applications drive. Those SATA slots are limited.
So, no. The numbers don't support your statement. Bottom line: you're paying for Sammy's good brand image.
I'm also missing the actual test data of how Sammy's drives have higher durability. They can say its 150 TBW versus 100 TBW on the MX500, but MTBF on the MX500 is still higher. Its a coin toss, pick a number and you have your number one drive? Only time will tell.