Quote Originally Posted by johnw View Post
Even more similar to the Samsung 470. For writes, the two SSDs should be quite close, I think. Unless they changed the write amplification and wear leveling algorithms in the firmware.

I believe that if you're using a SATA II only motherboard or laptop, the 470 is actually faster than the 830 [on SATA II].

The 470 is fantastic, and I wish I had bought one when they were still using 3xnm NAND (I believe Samsung switched out 3xnm for 2xnm in the 470s and gave them new SKUs).

From the reviews I read it appears that the 830 gives up random performance over the 470, uses more power, and comes in 7mm sizes so that you need a spacer for 9.5mm Z-height applications. If you're using SATA III then it's great compared to it's predecessor, but it doesn't appear to be a warmed over 470 with 6gbps tacked on. Perhaps they've made some concessions for enhanced WA and wear leveling at the expense of random performance for the OEM crowd?

Anyway, I'll post some benchmarks from ASU, CDM, and possibly AS-SSD when the drive arrives. It's difficult to find the most basic of benchmarks for 64GB drives these days, and most review samples are either 256GB or 512GB sizes for newer drives. Two 830 64GBs in RAID 0 might be a pretty good setup... if you're into that sort of thing