Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD Review - Vortez Forums

08-16-2011, 07:54 PM

We take a look at one of Samsung's 470 Series SATA 2 - 3Gbps Solid State Drives and find out whether it can hold up well against the opposition.

Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD Review

Yornike · 10-12-2011, 03:47 PM

I am so excited an international giveaway. i love vortez

aznofazns · 10-12-2011, 04:08 PM

Nice SSD considering it's SATA 2, but the price is a bit high.

razorxc · 10-13-2011, 01:15 PM

this is the most beautiful ssd,
thx for contest to win one

superlattice09 · 10-13-2011, 02:16 PM

good looking drive imho, bit on the expensive side, prefer two smaller 128GB version.

EzyRyder · 10-13-2011, 09:39 PM

They are a bit expensive but Samsung reliability is known to be one of the best when it comes to SSD, hence Apple using them for the Air range.

Ju1iet · 10-14-2011, 05:48 PM

Samsung's new SSD controller looks interesting but I don't think it can compete with 2nd gen cacheless SandForce chips. 3rd gen Intel controllers can be a rival.

On the package the sum of read and write speeds is written as read+write speed to deceive the consumers. This can be the new "GB/Gbit" trick.

Helios1234 · 10-14-2011, 06:26 PM

Check out their latest 830 series.

shah7966 · 10-14-2011, 10:16 PM

Wish this time my owning a Samsung SSD comes true

Ju1iet · 10-16-2011, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Helios1234

Check out their latest 830 series.

I had a look at its review on AnandTech. They are pretty good, competitive but also expensive drives, but aren't available on the market yet. All come with a full copy of Norton Ghost. This is a good addition. Nevertheless, first gen SandForce based drives seem a better choice than Samsung 470 and 2nd gen SF based ones than Samsung 830.