I've been using SATA3 SSDs for years. Those include the Plextor M6 Pro / Plextor M6S / Samsung 850 Pro / Samsung 860 Pro and Transcend SSD 360S. Among them, Plextor M6 Pro and M6S were the first ones for me and they have been impressive, although I had to replace my first M6 Pro due to initial recognition failure. After replacement the Plextor SSDs seemed to work flawlessly. Recently I'm using Samsung 850 Pro and 860 Pro at my workplace and on my laptop. They have been working flawlessly without any kind of event until now. Recently I purchased Transcend 360S and installed it onto my old laptop with SATA2 interface. Initially it seemed to work nice but after less than a week of use, my old laptop occasionally freezes up and I had to wait for more than tens of seconds to work with it again. And it was my first experience in which I regretted my purchase of SSD.
I think Samsung SSDs are one of those having the greatest compatibility to various systems and quality and durability. As I do not want to get disappointed as time goes on, I may go further with those Samsung SATA3 SSDs. Compatibility? Its just Okay for Samsung. A lot of reviewers protested they are compatible with various systems they have / Reliability? There are a great number of people that say they purchase only Samsung SATA SSDs. / Speed? While speed is always next to reliability for me, my test result was best with Samsung SSDs, followed by Plextor MLC SSDs. / Price? Recently the prices for Samsung SSDs are decreasing suddenly and significantly. And I think the price itself may mean nothing unless the SSDs are compatible, reliable and fast enough.
I'm thinking of purchasing a number of Samsung 860 Pro SSDs to store my music and movie files and as frequent backing drive. I think it is also good for Samsung to let the customers know whether they are buying an MLC NAND SSD or a TLC one, while there are a number of brands who does not give important information about their product to the customers. What else to say??
| RAM | 1 TB |
|---|---|
| Hard Drive | 1 TB Solid State Hard Drive |
