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Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD Review

Discussion in 'Articles and Reviews Comments' started by Julio Franco, Nov 22, 2010.

  1. bandit8623 Newcomer, in training

    does the Samsung SSD Magician work on 2 drives in raid 0 on xp?
  2. After peering through reviews from newegg buyers for months on end about ssd stability and performance I noticed one very important thing. These samsung drives don't fail... or at least it is not being reported. The buyers of the other drives aren't shy... Some of those drives like the vertex 2 and crucial's real ssd have like 60% failure rates. Either DOA, or dead in one week, month, three to six months.

    That kind of lack of quality is unacceptable even for early adopters of a product. Don't believe me just look for yourself. RMA after RMA. OCZ, Mushkin, Patriot, Crucial, Corsair all seem to portay that it is not uncommon for their drives to fail through their responses to these customers. They just play the swap out game until the warranty is up. On the flipside Intel and Samsung drives seem to be actual consumer grade quality. Not dead in six months or less.
  3. Lmao not everything rolling around Intel and their products. I agree that this review is awesome, thx Steve. I just wanna know:
    +) if Trim is supported in Raid0 for this Samsung?
    +) If Not, how fast the Magician utility performed for you?
    +) And again, will that Magician thingy work in Raid0?
    If u would kindly reply, that certainly will save me the trouble of calling Samsung support rep.

    To others: If you wanna see how intel G2 perform, there are bunch of other review of it vs the c300 and vertex 2 if you google. Plus, no point in review SLC vs MLC at this point because the cheapest SLC you'll get is double the price for the same performance. It likes reviewing a comparison between an IPS panel vs TN LCD panel for color quality.

    More unbiased reviews, keep this up.