"This was my first SSD. My initial installation didn't go as smooth as I wanted but once it was done everything been running fine so far. One thing to make sure is that the SATA Controller set to AHCI Mode. I love the fact that I no longer hear the HDD, totally silent. The system is a lot faster and it takes no time to boot up.
I also have a Spinpoint HDD which has been working great.
I would definitely Samsung Products again."

Pros: Inexpensive, fast, value for the money, great quality

Cons: none so far

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 3 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

neomdb

I have used this product for:6-12 months

Expertise:intermediate

# of SAMSUNG products I own:6-10

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

My 2nd SSD Purchase - Another 830 !!!

PostedNovember 27, 2012

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedNovember 27, 2012

"Loved the 1st one, just had to buy another to turbocharge my GW NV53 Notebook ... I like my NV53 again!!!"

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 4 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

atreyu187

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Love it

PostedNovember 17, 2012

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedNovember 17, 2012

"Fast, Reliable, and great value! Totally changed my mind about which component is most important for upgrades."

Pros: Inexpensive, blazing fast, looks awesome

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 5 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

Tech1Geek

from Bainbridge, OH

I have used this product for:less than a month

Expertise:expert

# of SAMSUNG products I own:3-5

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Blazing fast, Great Value

PostedNovember 13, 2012

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedNovember 13, 2012

"Upgraded laptop and desktop with these.
Desktop stats:
Athlon II x4 645 processor, 6 GB DDR2 memory, ECS A780GM-A motherboard, AMD Radeon HD 6670 graphics. Keep in mind this is a SATA2 system, NOT SATA3, which means the SSD is not running to its full potential.
Old drive: WD 320 SATA 2 Black. Did fresh install of OS on Samsung 830, (Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit) Optimized drive and OS, and reloaded all software and updates, per SAMSUNG recommendation.
Old boot time to login: 61 sec. New: 29 sec.
Old shutdown: 15 sec. New 8 sec.
Old windows experience score Disk: 5.6. New 7.9
Old drive had over 100 memory hard faults/ sec (indicating hard drive was not keeping up with requests from memory). New drive has none.
No other changes to system.
Similar results with laptop upgrade.
In short: 1) blazing fast, even running SATA2, and 2) Best money I ever spent on computer hardware."

Pros: Inexpensive, Lightweight, fast even running on sata2

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 6 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

Gothamghost

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from North Carolina

I have used this product for:3-6 months

Expertise:intermediate

# of SAMSUNG products I own:3-5

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

4 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Great SSD

PostedOctober 30, 2012

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedOctober 30, 2012

"I purchased this to add speed to my system and I am glad I did. The boost in performance during start up, loading files/games and saving files/games is incredible. I definitely recommend purchasing an SSD and more specifically this SSD to give your system a boost."

Pros: fast, good looking, value

Cons: price (all ssds have this problem)

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 7 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

Demonspank

I have used this product for:less than a month

Expertise:expert

# of SAMSUNG products I own:6-10

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Fantastic Drive

PostedAugust 11, 2012

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedAugust 11, 2012

"Amazing performance - significantly superior to my 80G Intel SSD.

Samsung continues to make fantastic products, and I will often look to them when it comes to storage and televisions.

Keep it up and I'll keep coming back."

Pros: Durable, reliable, great performance

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 8 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

Hober

from Orlando, Fl

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Really nice upgrade!!!

PostedAugust 3, 2012

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedAugust 3, 2012

"Best upgrade for my PC. Simple installation gave me an amazing speed boost."

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 9 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

Chispy

I have used this product for:1-3 months

Expertise:expert

# of SAMSUNG products I own:11+

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Fast and Reliable. The best out there.

PostedAugust 2, 2012

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedAugust 2, 2012

"Very very Fast SSD , The Most Reliable SSD out there , based on its propietary Samsung 3-Core MCX Controller design , own propietary Toggle 20nm NAND and massive 256MB DDR2 cache DRAM made by Samsung , everything on this SSD its made by Samsung * Non SanDForce Controller its a Big Plus *. Price per Gigabyte , Performance , Compatibility , Reliability , it runs silent and cool. Awsome price !"

Pros: Inexpensive, Durable, Lightweight, reliable, fast

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 10 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

bubblehd78

from Orange County, California

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

High Performance

PostedJuly 23, 2012

"Couldn't be more satisfied! Price was right on and installation was quick. No problems at all."

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Review 11 for 128 GB 2.5” SATA III SSD Drive

ChocoTaco

from Oregon

I have used this product for:3-6 months

Expertise:expert

# of SAMSUNG products I own:3-5

Features

3 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

4 out of 5

Great with one hiccup

PostedNovember 25, 2012

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedNovember 25, 2012

"This SSD is an outstanding peformer. The only issue I have with it is the Magician software. I run two of these in Raid 0 and the Magician software refuses to see my drives while in Raid. Being unable to update firmware and use the other Magician Software features is what caused my 3 star rating for features. If you plan to run a single drive this drive will probably rate a 5 across the board for you.

System Specifications
ASrock z75 Pro3
Intel 2500K @ 4.5
8GB GSkill DDr3 1600 8-8-8
XfX 7970
2x Samsun 830 128GB SSD Raid 0
Corsair hx750
Samsung DvD Burner
ABS Canyon 695
Windows 7 Ult x64"

Pros: Inexpensive, as fast as advertised, sleek design

Cons: magician software doesn't work with raid 0 setup