Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅16-08-11
Conclusion

Although SATA 2 has been superseded by SATA 3, many consumers are facing the problem of cost - in similar fashion to when SATA 2 first launched. Naturally, as new tech arrives its predecessor product pricing will drop. Thankfully the price of SATA 2 drives are beginning to become available for less than £1 per GB.

Hardcore enthusiasts may relinquish 3Gbps SSDs but consumers will still favour these drives since they are cheaper and still offer superior transfer rates when compared to mechanical drives. The Samsung 470 is a fantastic little 2.5” SSD that in a variety of benchmarks even exceeds its stated transfer rates for read and write operation.


Being relatively new to the SSD consumer market, Samsung have delivered a quality product in the 470. It looks professional with its brushed metal exterior and it does admirably in terms of performance and boot-up times and comes with 3-years extended warranty.

Available in capacities of 64GB, 124GB and 256GB the Samsung 470 may still surprise some. Prices are as follows: 64GB - £94 inc. VAT, 124GB – 168 inc. VAT and 256GB - £339 inc. VAT. The recently reviewed OCZ Agility 3 can be picked up for less than the Samsung 470 in its comparable capacities and this is SATA 3 – offering transfer rates of 350/400MB/s in most cases. Samsung seriously need to consider dropping the price of their SSDs in the 470 series if they want consumers to invest.

The bottom line is: The Samsung 470 delivers great performance for a SATA 2 SSD, it looks great and even comes with 3 years warranty. The only real let down is the price. Samsung need to address this.

Pros
+ Solid performance throughout
+ Good build quality
+ 3 years warranty

Cons
- Same price as SATA 3 SSDs



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