Samsung QVO 860, 2TB SATA 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology

The Samsung 860 QVO 1TB SSD has exceeded all my expectations! As someone who needed more storage without sacrificing speed, this drive was the perfect solution. With SATA 6Gb/s and V-NAND technology, the performance is excellent—my boot times and file transfers are lightning fast compared to my old HDD.The 1TB capacity offers plenty of space for my games, media files, and work applications, and the read/write speeds (up to 550/520 MB/s) are consistent across the board. Whether I'm gaming, editing large video files, or running virtual machines, this SSD handles it all effortlessly.What makes this even better is the price. Samsung has optimized the QVO series for value, and you get a high-quality drive without breaking the bank. Installation was simple, and Samsung’s Magician software makes monitoring performance and health a breeze.If you're looking for a reliable, fast, and affordable storage upgrade, the Samsung 860 QVO is an outstanding choice. It's been running flawlessly for months, and I highly recommend it!

My primary SSD in my system is Samsung's 860 EVO 500GB drive. I use this 860 QVO 2TB and a Crucial BX500 960GB as my secondary SSDs to store my PC game files downloaded from Steam and other content delivery services. So here's my experience with the drive after six months of use:1. It's fast for my needs: Gaming being the major factor. Never really had a hiccup (as long as I trim/optimize the drive every two or three days). Moving Steam games between this and my BX500 is quick. Just be advised that NAND Flash is capable of much faster speeds than advertised. The limit is the SATA III connection (capped at 6Gbps). (Placing this drive into an external enclosure yields similar results.)2. I'd highly recommend (as with any SSD) to enable over-provisioning (10% is ideal). What this does is basically take that percentage of the drive and disable user access to it. This increases performance and extends the lifespan of the SSD.3. The 2TB version is rated at 720TBW. Unless the user is doing large file transfers on a daily basis, this drive can last for years. At the time of this review, there is a newer version of Samsung's QVO SSDs: the 870 series, which the 2TB is also rated the same amount. And both have the same 3-year warranty or rated TBW.4. I bought this at Amazon for $230 (+tax) at the time, which is a good value considering it's a QVO drive. So QVOs are QLC (or quad-level cell) drives, which means they store 4 bits of data per cell (compared to the TLC EVO drives which store 3-bits of data per cell). Having more bits means higher capacities and reduced costs. The newer 870 QVOs can have up to 8TB of storage (this 860 QVO maxed out at 4TB).The talk that QLC drives have shorter life expectancy compared to SLC, MLC, or TLC drives shouldn't worry anyone. Sure they have fewer program/erase cycles, but as long as the user enables over-provisioning and not doing too many heavy workloads the drive should last for years. The whole point of QLC (and future SSD tech) is to maximize capacity and reduced costs per GB.Overall, this is a good drive and there will always be newer tech around the corner. For my six months of use, it's so far been reliable and no issues. Things may be different after I post this review, but I will update this review if something does happen.

Samsung SSD drives have always performed for me. Have yet to have one fail. This 1TB QVO went in my workstation at work. Amazing difference from OEM spinners. Also have one in my desktop at home, and 2 in my Laptop, 2 in my sons laptop, one in the wifes, and one in the daughters. Samsung drives with RAPID mode turned on are amazing. Their free Migration tool also just works. Windows 7/8/10. The software is worth the minor price difference to me between Samsung and their competitors. I will keep coming back.Also just to give some incite into the different memory being used and wear. These QVO drives with their QLC memory suffer from a lower write endurance from the standard EVO drives. Write endurance is 600TB for the EVO and 360TB for the QVO. The QVO drives also suffer from a slow down once their SLC cache is exhausted, which is 10-15GB. Note that this only occurs when a continuous write is sent to the drive. In normal operating conditions, this would not happen 99% of the time on a boot drive.Regarding the wear parameters. Take my 250GB 840 EVO in my desktop as an example:My Desktop is on 24/7 never off.Per Samsung Magician, SMART reads, total powered on hours: 38,010 = 4.3 yearsWear level: 90% (starts at 100%)Total Bytes Written: 22.7TBSo with that in mind, my wear is roughly 5.2TB a year (22.7 / 4.3) on a heavily utilized machine. (logged into daily, plex server, used for work, play, ect). So 360TB / 5.2 = 69 years. It would take me 69 years to hit the wear limit on this drive.. Even if your wear is 5 times higher than mine, you're still looking at almost 14 years. I expect with no moving parts, these drives will fail WELL outside of their warranty limits.