HomeComputingMobileInternetGamingElectronicsExtremeDealsExtremeTechDealsET deals: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD for $400ET deals: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD for $400By Danny Shain on June 20, 2014 at 3:02 pmComment
Share This articleSolid state drives have always been a great way to boost performance compared to using hard disk drives, but traditionally they’re prohibitively expensive in large capacities. So we were excited to spot a price drop we just found on a huge 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, cutting the price down to $400. That’s just $0.40/GB, a really low rate.
This is a truly huge capacity for a solid state drive, and in fact it’s probably the biggest capacity you’ll find on the consumer market. Just try typing in “1TB SSD” in Amazon and you’ll be treated to a few very high SSD prices and a series of hybrid drives. Hybrid drives typically offer a hard drive paired with a small 8GB-16GB SSD cache, which is great for helping speed up boot and resume time, but a 1TB SSD like this one means you get all that plus ultra-fast data access for your entire drive. You also completely avoid the heat, noise, and spin-ups that go along with the moving parts in traditional magnetic storage, so your physical experience is just nicer.
The Samsung 840 EVO features fast sequential write/read speeds at 540MB and 520MB per second, respectively. There’s also random write/read speeds of 90K/98K IOPS too, and a full 1GB cache. You should have no problem seeing a boost of around 10x versus a traditional disk, and you could even see a 1.5x-2x difference when upgrading from an older SSD. Bottom line, it’s a fast drive and you can expect solid performance.
There is included software to help you migrate your data from your old drive and monitor the status of your current drive, so it won’t be too tough to get started and stay in the driver’s seat. Take advantage of this huge savings and pick up one of the most spacious solid state drives around for the lowest price we’ve seen.
Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD for $399.99. Get $100 savings instantly.
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Not quite $399.99 – have to add sales tax.
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