SAMSUNG 860 QVO 1TB Solid State Drive (MZ-76Q1T0B/AM) V-NAND, SATA 6Gb/s, Quality and Value Optimized SSD

This was fine; so far it's still working!

The Samsung 860 QVO 1TB SSD has exceeded all my expectations! As someone who needed more storage without sacrificing speed, this drive was the perfect solution. With SATA 6Gb/s and V-NAND technology, the performance is excellent—my boot times and file transfers are lightning fast compared to my old HDD.The 1TB capacity offers plenty of space for my games, media files, and work applications, and the read/write speeds (up to 550/520 MB/s) are consistent across the board. Whether I'm gaming, editing large video files, or running virtual machines, this SSD handles it all effortlessly.What makes this even better is the price. Samsung has optimized the QVO series for value, and you get a high-quality drive without breaking the bank. Installation was simple, and Samsung’s Magician software makes monitoring performance and health a breeze.If you're looking for a reliable, fast, and affordable storage upgrade, the Samsung 860 QVO is an outstanding choice. It's been running flawlessly for months, and I highly recommend it!

My primary SSD in my system is Samsung's 860 EVO 500GB drive. I use this 860 QVO 2TB and a Crucial BX500 960GB as my secondary SSDs to store my PC game files downloaded from Steam and other content delivery services. So here's my experience with the drive after six months of use:1. It's fast for my needs: Gaming being the major factor. Never really had a hiccup (as long as I trim/optimize the drive every two or three days). Moving Steam games between this and my BX500 is quick. Just be advised that NAND Flash is capable of much faster speeds than advertised. The limit is the SATA III connection (capped at 6Gbps). (Placing this drive into an external enclosure yields similar results.)2. I'd highly recommend (as with any SSD) to enable over-provisioning (10% is ideal). What this does is basically take that percentage of the drive and disable user access to it. This increases performance and extends the lifespan of the SSD.3. The 2TB version is rated at 720TBW. Unless the user is doing large file transfers on a daily basis, this drive can last for years. At the time of this review, there is a newer version of Samsung's QVO SSDs: the 870 series, which the 2TB is also rated the same amount. And both have the same 3-year warranty or rated TBW.4. I bought this at Amazon for $230 (+tax) at the time, which is a good value considering it's a QVO drive. So QVOs are QLC (or quad-level cell) drives, which means they store 4 bits of data per cell (compared to the TLC EVO drives which store 3-bits of data per cell). Having more bits means higher capacities and reduced costs. The newer 870 QVOs can have up to 8TB of storage (this 860 QVO maxed out at 4TB).The talk that QLC drives have shorter life expectancy compared to SLC, MLC, or TLC drives shouldn't worry anyone. Sure they have fewer program/erase cycles, but as long as the user enables over-provisioning and not doing too many heavy workloads the drive should last for years. The whole point of QLC (and future SSD tech) is to maximize capacity and reduced costs per GB.Overall, this is a good drive and there will always be newer tech around the corner. For my six months of use, it's so far been reliable and no issues. Things may be different after I post this review, but I will update this review if something does happen.

I bought a top end alienware PC for VR games back in 2016. Over time, bootup and performance got painfully slow with the "100% disk usage" going away after being idle for 10-15 minutes. Bootup took about 6-8 minutes on average to load everything. It came preloaded with a Toshiba 7200rpm 1tb HDD.Enter Samsung 860 QVO 1TB SSD, found this deal on black friday and heard good things about improving PC speed. The SSD arrived, but noticed it doesn't come with the cables needed for my pc. What you will need for your PC will vary based on the preinstalled components, but with my Alienware X51 R3, I had to go to a local electronics store (Frys electronics) to pick up a: 4pin Molex to SATA, Molex male to 2x female, and a standard sata 6gb/s cable. There are many videos on youtube that can help guide you with SSD installation. I did run into some trouble getting it to work (power up) at first, but with some trial and error was able to successfully install it inside my computer.The next process was the Software process. I needed to clone everything on my HDD onto the SSD. I used the included Samsung software. This was a little tricky as my PC didn't boot properly at first and had to tweak some bios settings (boot order, etc). When I finally got back into windows, I cloned the HDD. This took a few hours. I then ensured everything transferred over and then formatted my original drive to be used as a backup drive.Then finally came the reboot. WOW! It instantly went to my password prompt, and after that, within a flash of 1-3 seconds, windows was fully loaded and ready to go. I never realized how much the hard drive has to do with PC performance and speed. Many years i've had PCs suffer incredibly slow speeds.All in all, I found the installation (both hardware and software) process fairly complex, and I have some basic knowledge of computer hardware and software. It was worth it though, and it's very refreshing to see the speed difference. I can also play VR games at higher bit rates now, whereas I had some lag before, which I had assumed was my machine as a whole, but not anymore..It was the Hard drive!