Samsung 840 EVO 256GB & 500GB mSATA SSD Review

👤by Richard Weatherstone Comments 📅14-02-14
Conclusion

We initially had reservations regarding mSATA, not just the drives we have tested today but the socket as a whole. It is rare that reducing power consumption and perhaps most pertinently, a products footprint that performance will not suffer as a result. Hopefully we have shown today that our reservations were unfounded because the mSATA version of Samsung's EVO 840 is blisteringly fast. It topped many of our charts so it's performance cannot be held in question.

Should you use one in a 'standard' PC system? We don't see why not, especially if your motherboard supports mSATA. You would however do well to consider the additional cost of purchasing an mSATA converter (to use standard Serial ATA ports) if your motherboard does not support the mSATA format though.



Overall though if you wish to boost the performance of your portable PC, especially if weight and power consumption are high on your requirements then the Samsung mSATA EVO 840 comes thoroughly recommended because it is one of the fastest drives we have tested and proves to be the ultimate of offerings when Samsung's RAPID technology is enabled.

The 840 EVO mSATA weighs next to nothing, uses little power yet results in blistering speed. A perfect addition to any compatible mobile computing platform.

Pros
+ Top drawer components used
+ Astonishing sequential read/write results
+ Consistently strong performance
+ RAPID Mode doubles performance
+ Magician software is very useful

Cons
- SATA converter required if no mSATA port

Tip = Install Magician 4.2+ and use RAPID mode for better transfer performance



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