Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - 850 PRO 2TB Internal SATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops
Average customer rating
4.8
(166 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 166 reviews
5 Stars
148
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
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96%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Samsung - 850 PRO 2TB Internal SATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops
Customer Rating
5
Great SSD
on July 5, 2017
Posted by: 68wolff
from Renton, WA, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
I bought this as a upgrade to a failing other manufactuer ssd that started to fail.
This worked out great. The drive is fast and very reliable. The operating system and files was a easy smooth transfer with the included software.
Would recommend this to anyone that asked.
Pros: Durable, Inexpensive
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great for Editing
on August 31, 2014
Posted by: TGWM
from Miami, FL, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
This is the main purpose of the ssd, besides windows startup. To me, 256gb is quite large, and even more so since this is just a momentary stopping point for the most part for editing. Foresee this lasting quite some time.
Pros: speed, warrentee
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Superb SSD
on April 10, 2015
Posted by: prjdmd
from Middletown, CT, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
I purchased this drive to upgrade my original 120 GB boot drive. Prior to purchase I examined specifications and reviews of many SSDs before deciding on the Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB drive. The Samsung 850 Pro had the best specs, warranty and reviews at the time among comparable SSDs.
Cloning my Samsung 850 Pro with the old SSD was very straight forward and installing the new boot drive went without a hitch. The only issue developed when I used Samsung Magician to optimize my OS. I failed to realize that the optimization software disables windows backup service. I went to perform my weekly backup and was surprised by the lack of Windows backup function in Control Panel. A quick search revealed that by re-enabling and restarting the backup service my Windows backup was restored and working properly.
At this time I have had no other problems with my Samsung 850 Pro drive and software. I hope it will continue to function correctly for many years.
Cloning my Samsung 850 Pro with the old SSD was very straight forward and installing the new boot drive went without a hitch. The only issue developed when I used Samsung Magician to optimize my OS. I failed to realize that the optimization software disables windows backup service. I went to perform my weekly backup and was surprised by the lack of Windows backup function in Control Panel. A quick search revealed that by re-enabling and restarting the backup service my Windows backup was restored and working properly.
At this time I have had no other problems with my Samsung 850 Pro drive and software. I hope it will continue to function correctly for many years.
Pros: Durable, great warranty, fast drive
Cons: should include samsung magician info and direction
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Top of line for a Reason
on November 2, 2015
Posted by: TB57Bri
Expertise:Expert
This SSD is a beast. The magician software has some bugs with windows 10, but other than that this SSD is a s good as all the reviews claim. I only wish I had brought a larger one.
Pros: Durable
Cons: quite a bit more expensive than evo version
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Quick and Smooth
on December 24, 2015
Posted by: Mynistry
Expertise:Intermediate
This drive was a breeze to install windows 10 64 bit professional on it without any troubles. everything runs faster do not settle for the basic get the Pro! You get a 10 year warranty and there is a different in speed, do not let your local shop tell you that higher quality Drives don't make any difference because I have bench tested both and the Pro exceeded my expectations.
Pros: Durable
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Own many SSDs. This is the best
on September 27, 2016
Posted by: minhtrimatrix
from Dallas, TX, USA
1. Games - When it comes to gaming, having an SSD dramatically decreased load times for most newer games. Old games are not really affected due to how little data most of them need to load from the hard drive in today's standards. The biggest improvement came with Star Citizen. SC is still in super alpha, so nothing is optimized and load times are outrageous. Were outrageous. It used to take me nearly 2 minutes to load into hangar, now with the 850 pro, its less than 30 seconds. Other games such as Planetside 2, Mad Max, Homeworld etc have also vastly improved loading times. And its not just load times that are improved. In some games such as GTA San Andreas you can move into a new area faster than the hard drive can load things like building textures and pedestrians. The SSD solves this, no more do things just pop into existence beside you. Skyrim also has a bit of this problem too if you use a mod to give you a fast ride. Overall in the gaming department, this is really where the SSD shines to me.
2. System and Software - Windows startup time is also another area that shines brightly with an SSD. Traditional hard drive takes 1 minute or more to boot, sometimes 45 seconds if you got a good drive and a fresh install of windows. With the 850 pro, my fully loaded Windows 10 Pro OS can boot up in 22 seconds. That's with no password and such. 22 seconds from power button to mouse moving on desktop. The system tray icons at the bottom right of the desktop used to take 2 or 3 minutes for all of them to load up after arriving to the desktop, now with the 850 pro they all pop up simultaneously and instantly. My web browser, Firefox, used to take about 2 or 3 seconds to load up after clicking, now before my ear can even register the second click of the mouse, the browser is fully loaded and ready to go. I have also noticed greatly increased performance in Microsoft office programs, especially excel and power point. Then came the real software test. WinRar. As a winrar test i packed up 10 GB of music to test speeds. It took less than a minute to package up (compress) the 10 GB using the Best compression method, where as on a traditional hard drive your looking at 30 to 45 minutes of waiting maybe even more since i used the best method. Unpackaging (decompression) was instantaneous at the click of the mouse. Every thing i do is like a flash of light.
3. Music and Movies - Not much to say here other than transfer speeds are high, but i wouldn't keep music or movies on an SSD, they don't play better or sound better, but they do take up limited space and put wear and tear on the drive. Best to leave them on the traditional hard drive.
4. Benchmark - I have included a screenshot of the benchmarking program i used to test this hard drive. As you can see all test results exceed the specifications of this hard drive. I could to many different tests using many different settings but i stuck with the default and most used one.
Construction - The SSD's construction is very nice. It is very strong and solid, but also very light almost like paper. It is very smooth and slim and should fit nearly anywhere you want to put it. Also the sata and power connectors are stiff and strong.
Software - The samsung magician software that is paired with the hard drive is also very nice. It shows the health and total data written to the hard drive, can change windows options to better suit the SSD and its needs, encryption, the works. The only thing is that Rapid Mode does not work for windows 10 yet but Samsung says they are working hard on it, it has something to do with the new way windows 10 manages memory.
Conclusion - Overall, this is the greatest hard drive Ive ever seen. Its super fast, super strong, has great software, and is backed up by a monster 10 year warranty. I looked forward to many years of extreme gaming with this SSD. I would highly haft to recommend this SSD to everyone. It is a truly great product made by a great company from a great nation. You wont be disappointed with this SSD.
Pros: Durable
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great product!
on March 2, 2023
Posted by: User
Have been using this product for a few years now with excellent results. No errors or othe problems.
Just use it and forget it. Recommend this product to others.
Just use it and forget it. Recommend this product to others.
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Best in Breed
on July 5, 2015
Posted by: Seoulja
from Santa Clara, CA, USA
Expertise:Expert
I would say Samsung makes one of the best SSD. I had the Samsung 840 Pro before and now upgraded to Samsung 850 Pro 512gb
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US