Samsung releases 870 EVO SATA SSDs from 250GB to 4TB for 50 to 460 euros – Computer – News

Samsung has announced its 870 EVO-SATA SSDs with 2.5 “form factor. As with the 860 series, there will be variants from 250GB to 4TB. The SATA SSDs have a new controller and new 136-layer nand memory. exists.

Samsung is positioning the new 870 EVO SSDs next to the previously released 870 QVO series. They are equipped with qlc-nand, available in capacities from 1TB to 8TB and slightly cheaper. The 870 EVO SSDs have tlc-nand, and Samsung also lists a longer lifespan and a five-year warranty. This is three years for the QVO models.

The 870 EVO series is broadly the same as the two-year old 860 EVO series. The SSDs have the same capacities of 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB and are equipped with 512MB to 4GB of Lpddr4 memory as a buffer. However, Samsung is using new 136-layer tlc-nand and a new controller.

The speed of the SSDs is limited by the maximum throughput of the SATA interface. The manufacturer itself mentions read and write speeds of up to 560MB / s and 530MB / s. Tweakers has one review of the Samsung 870 EVO SSDs published. This shows that the new models score better than their predecessors and also outperform the 860 PRO SSDs.

Samsung gives the 870 EVO SSDs of 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB suggested retail prices of 50, 80, 160, 240 and 460 euros respectively. Came in June last year WHICH of the 870-series shipped, at the time with a suggested retail price of 540 euros for the 4TB model, but it is now on sale for 379 euros.

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