In the beginning, there were platter hard drives. They would spend their lives spinning away into a data driven oblivion. Google has even authored a study on hard drives, and their reliability. For awhile, there were drives called RAM drives. They would use some of your system memory as a temporary hard drive (temporary because they were volatile) as a means to store and access data. This process was very quick. Recently, solid state hard drives (like a RAM drive, but not really) have become popular. They access data very quickly, and although they are small in size, they do pack quite a punch. Today we will be looking at the Samsung 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s drive (128GB capacity). How does it compare to other SSDs on the market, and does its performance warrant installation in your PC? Read on to find out!
Product Name: Samsung 830 Series SSD (128GB)
Review Sample Provided By: Samsung
Words By: Chad
Pictures By: Wes
Specifications
Product Type | Solid State Drive with Notebook Upgrade Kit SATA – SATA III (6Gb/s) |
Design | 2.5" 7mm (Ultraslim) Form Factor |
Series | 830 |
Capacity | 128GB |
Sequential Read Speed | 520MB/s |
Sequential Write Speed | 320MB/s |
Random Read Speed | 80K IOPS |
Random Write Speed | 30K IOPS |
Power Consumption (W) | .15W |
Voltage | 5V ± 5% |
Operating Systems Compatible | Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Vista, XP, MAC OSX, Linux |
Operating Temperature | 32F to 140F |
Weight | .13 lbs. |
Warranty | 3 Years |
Product Contents | Drive, USB to SATA Cable, Drive Spacer for 9.5mm drive bays, Norton Ghost 15, SSD Magician 3.0, Documentation |
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