Conclusion

Interesting insofar as the technology uses an older, more mature process in a stacked formation, endurance, capacity and warranty are all excellent.

Samsung has used its proprietary 3D V-NAND technology to construct a new SSD that expands storage to a whopping 2TB. Interesting insofar as the technology uses an older, more mature process in a stacked formation, endurance, capacity and warranty are all excellent.

But there's a very real price to pay for such handsome capacity that renders mechanical drives all-but moot. Samsung is charging £749 for this 2TB model, thus fundamentally limiting its appeal to a very small section of the enthusiast space.

And while the benchmarks numbers are impressive enough for a 2.5in SATA, the choice of this very interface hobbles the potential of the underlying NAND and controller. Imagine what it could do in, say, an M.2 form factor?

If ever there was an SSD for a particular purpose the 850 Pro 2TB is it. We believe it to be best-suited to those folk who need a crazy amount of solid-state storage in the PC or, on the other hand, a massive drive in an accommodating notebook. Heck, it would also be great as a NAS drive if you have enough spare cash.

The Good		The Bad
Massive capacity Very solid performance Excellent endurance 10-year warranty		Price Solitary form factor

Samsung 850 Pro 2TB

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Oh Great, Next time, while going for a lptop/pc purchase I have a choice between pc/laptop or a 2TB SSD.

Interesting insofar as the technology uses an older, more mature process in a stacked formation,

I don't think that's strictly true; 3D NAND is assembled very differently to planar, it's not just a case of stacking layers of planar on top of each other. So while they're using ‘older’ i.e. larger lithography, that's pretty much where the similarity ends as the construction method is very different.

This drive uses a different controller to the other drives; it needs it for interleaving for the higher capacity but I wonder if anything else changes besides? From what I can see the performance is largely the same as the existing models anyway.

Maybe it's me but I'd have liked to seen it compared with the 512GB versions (both pro and evo) as well as the other brands to see if the extra cache makes any real difference to performance.

Yes I know the specs say it performs the same but it's a spec sheet and we all know never to fully trust them lol

Price tag could have been little lesser focusing on wide range of consumers.