Introduction

Samsung might be in the middle of a big smartphone patent war with Apple, but that hasn’t stopped it unveiling a new SSD built on the SATA III standard. Today I’m looking at the 830 128GB, putting it up against some of the last few solid state drives we’ve reviewed here.

Let’s check it out.

Specifications

Design: 2.5″ 7mm (Ultraslim) Form Factor
Series: 830
Storage Capacity: 128GB
Sequential Read Speed: 520MB/s
Sequential Write Speed: 320MB/s
Random Read Speed: 80K IOPS
Random Write Speed: 30K IOPS
Power Consumption (W): .15W
Voltage: 5V ± 5%
Compatible: Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Vista, XP, MAC OSX, Linux
Operating Temperature: 32ᵒF to 140ᵒF
Product weight: .13 lbs.
Product warranty: 3 Years

Features

Outstanding multitasking performance
Sustained performance and reliability
Complete, user friendly solution
Toggle DDR NAND flash
3 Core ARM9-based MCX controller
256MB DDR2 DRAM cache memory