PC builders looking to upgrade their storage will be pleased to know that Samsung’s 860 range of solid state drives are available in South Africa.
The 860 range follows on the success of the 850 range which used V-NAND technology which allowed consumers to get more storage for a cheaper price.
This continues with the 860 range which offers storage in a variety of form factors.
The 860 Pro range is where you will find the 2.5inch drives many of us are used to while the 860 Evo range will feature drives in the 2.5inch, mSATA and M.2 form factors.
The full specifications as well as recommended pricing for each drive in the 860 range follows below.
860 PRO | 860 EVO | |
Interface | SATA 6 Gbps | |
Form Factor | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch, mSATA, M.2 |
Storage Memory | Samsung V-NAND 2bit MLC | Samsung V-NAND 3bit MLC |
Controller | Samsung MJX Controller | |
Cache Memory | 4GB LPDDR4 (4TB) 2GB LPDDR4 (2TB) 1GB LPDDR4 (1TB) 512MB LPDDR4 (256/512GB) |
4GB LPDDR4 (4TB) 2GB LPDDR4 (2TB) 1GB LPDDR4 (1TB) 512MB LPDDR4 (250/500GB) |
Capacity | 4TB, 2TB, 1TB, 512GB, 256GB | [2.5-inch] 4TB, 2TB,1TB,500GB, 250GB [M.2] 2TB, 1TB, 500GB, 250GB [mSATA] 1TB, 500GB, 250GB |
Seq.Read/Write Speed | Up to 560/530 MB/s | Up to 550/520 MB/s |
Ran.Read/Write Speed (QD32) | Max. 100K IOPS / 90K IOPS | Max. 98K IOPS / 90K IOPS |
Device Sleep | 2.5 mW for 1TB (Up to 7 mW for 4TB) |
2.6 mW for 1TB (Up to 8 mW for 4TB) |
Management SW | Magician Software for SSD management | |
Total Byte Written | 4TB: 4,800TB 2TB: 2,400TB 1TB: 1,200TB 512GB: 600TB 256GB: 300TB |
4TB: 2,400TB 2TB: 1,200TB 1TB: 600TB 500GB: 300TB 250GB: 150TB |
Warranty | 5 years or up to 4,800 TBW | 5 years or up to 2,400 TBW |
Recommended Pricing
860 PRO 2.5inch | RRP |
256GB | R2 299 |
512GB | R4 099 |
1TB | R7 899 |
2TB | R15 699 |
4TB | Price on Request |
860 EVO 2.5inch | |
250GB | R1 599 |
500GB | R2 899 |
1TB | R5 499 |
2TB | R10 999 |
4TB | Price on Request |
860 EVO mSATA | |
250GB | R1 599 |
500GB | R2 899 |
1TB | R5 499 |
860 EVO M.2 | |
250GB | R1 599 |
500GB | R2 899 |
1TB | R5 499 |
2TB | R10 999 |