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Connell Parr at CCL Computers takes a closer look at the Samsung's PM830 256GB Solid State Drive and includes in this review that, "the drive is blisteringly fast in comparison to the 470 series drive," and "what Samsung have gone for with this drive is something to lead the industry in both the speed arena but also the reliability sector too."

The Samsung 830 256GB drive is untouchable in all of these [tests] especially on the smaller reads and writes where most typical usage lies - a phenomenal difference in fact!
 

Hobert Martz at Zimbio focuses on Samsung's PM830 and states that it's "optimized for exceptional, sustained performance, the 830 Series features unrivaled reliability through its specially-engineered wear-leveling and garbage collection algorithms."

It's the ideal solution for your everyday computing needs, such as web browsing, document creation, viewing or editing multimedia files, playing PC games, etc.
 

Sasha Muller from PC Authority recent review highlights that Samsung's PM830 "sequential write speed of 390MB/sec puts the 830 Series way out in front, at almost 30% faster."

...for those who value performance above all else, the Samsung SSD 830 Series is a fine choice.
 

Zardon at KitGuru discusses Samsung PM830 performance stating, "Very strong overall performance… Our test results actually surpassed Samsung’s official rating (36,000 IOPS for a 4k random write test), scoring just over 38,000."

Daniel Cooper of engadget highlights that the Samsung PM830 (mSATA) is “six times faster than a comparable HDD. It'll allow Windows to boot in under ten seconds and transfer "five DVD files" (roughly 45GB) in around a minute.”

You can show off in terms how fast your computer is when it comes to booting up, waking up from sleep, and application loading as well as overall performance, though. The drive's sleek packaging will definitely make it a great gift, too. CNET editor Josh Miller says, “The unique feature of the Samsung is the fact that it allows users to take control of the drive's overprovisioning, a technology designed to enhance a SSD drive's lifespan and performance.”

“Samsung Goes 6 Gb-s: Is the 830 Series SSD king of the Hill?” by Andrew Ku from Tom’s Hardware highlights Samsung’s PM830 SSD stating, “Samsung's latest SSD shakes up the status quo in a very unexpected way. The 830 delivers its performance without a suite of secret sauce wrapped up in marketing terminology.”

Les Tokar at TheSSDReview.com analyzes the Samsung 830 256GB SATA 3 SSD – “Make Way For Incredible Performance & Lower Prices” stating, “we are certain this SSD will be a hot commodity, given all of the support it has behind it to include performance, availability, price, capacity, company reputation.”

Anand Lal Shimpi at AnandTech discusses Samsung PM830 and that he’s “excited about with this drive and the fact that it will likely find its way into a number of high end OEM systems over the next year.”