Samsung 840 EVO mSATA 1TB Now on Pre-order

[btarunr]

Earlier available only through the OEM channel, Samsung 840 EVO mSATA 1 TB, the highest capacity mSATA SSD, is beginning to show up in retail channels, stateside. B&H Photo Video has the drive listed on pre-order for US $615. The drive is sought after in the production industry, particularly by users of digital video cameras that feature mSATA SSD slots, as it allows you to film lossless high-resolution video longer. It's also a potential favorite among Ultrabook users. The 840 EVO mSATA features Samsung's MEX controller, which embeds a triple-core ARM processor; and TLC NAND flash memory. It offers impressive sequential speeds of up to 540 MB/s reads, and up to 520 MB/s writes. The controller uses no over-provisioning, and relies on a 1 GB LPDDR3 DRAM as scratchpad. The other sizes the 840 EVO mSATA is available in, include 120 GB, 250 GB, and 500 GB.



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[erixx]

Since 2 weeks I have the 840 EVO 1TB SATA and having most of your stuff (all programs including games and big data bases on it is da shyt! No more dividing stuff between SSD and HDD

 

[PLAfiller]

Throw in this little bugger: http://www.amazon.co_uk/dp/B00AYIDDMA/?tag=tec053-21 and you have the fastest OS install/Storage/Copy in your pocket.

 

[Octavean]

I'm interested,....

The price isn't too bad for a mSATA SSD and I don't think I've ever seen a mSATA of this 1TB capacity. It would be a great option for my ASUS Eee EP121 Core i5 tablet PC.

Still,....

No over-provisioning and TLC NAND aren't my favorit aspects of this mSATA SSD.

 

[xorbe]

No over-provisioning

Then only partition 92% manually. Are you really going to hammer the mSATA with writes in your laptop?