Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E1T0B/AM)

I ordered this on black friday for 128 usd, and it arrived in 7 days overseas. It is super fast (at least much faster than my previous ssds), I use it for filmin in a Blackmagic production camera and it reads data at 235mb/s and writes data at 210 mb/s. It can handle 4K raw video easily. I am very happy so far.

Used to update my laptop - super easy to clone your drive missed nothing - great item.

I bought the 2TB version of this drive to replace the 5400 rpm drive in my Acer Nitro Black Edition laptop. And boy does it make a huge difference when playing games (faster startups, faster load times)! I was pleasantly surprised at the read/write times running CrystalDiskMark, even after transferring 600 GB of data to it. My only complaint thus far is the data migration software that I downloaded from Samsungs website. It only allows you to migrate from the OS drive (which in my case is an M.2 SSD, which wasnt what I was wanting to clone). I wound up using Mini Tool Partition Wizard to clone my mechanical drive to the Samsung drive (using a SATA to USB-C enclosure). Installing the drive was pretty simple, in that I didnt have to fiddle with BIOS settings to get it to work, and it fit in my laptop perfectly.

I was using the 240GB model, and after installing 2-3 games on it, space was tight. So I got this and space is good, good load times :)

Worked great for my backups. I am just hoping it will last longer than the WD did.

This is my first experience with using a SSD. windows 10 instalation from a usb was less than 10 minutes. Boot from a fresh start is about 5 or 6 seconds, compared to my old 20-25 second boot and then after login another 20-30 seconds for windows to finally be ready. Im highly satisfied with this and wish I could afford higher capacity drives.

Seriously anytime I need a SSD, I always get Samsung, there fast and never give me issues, never had one fail on me yet either, though now that I said it, they probably will. I have 5 Samsung SSDs of varying sizes, the longest one I have had for like 2 years, its a 1TB SSD, not one has given me problems yet.

Will not work with a sata to usb cable. Makes cloning a laptop HDD impossible.

Its like having a new computer. it does not come with hardware to mount it in a 3.5 bay, so if you dont have a spare 2.5 bay in your machine you will need a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter.

Theres a reason why Samsung SSDs cost more than the competition. Its because there really isnt any competition. They dont fail. As an IT Professional Ive seen the failures so I buy based on proven reliability- thats why Im loyal to Intel, Micron and Samsung SSDs.