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title: "Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive"
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# 98,000 IOPS random read speed 540MB/s sequential read speed AES 256-bit hardware encryption Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive

**Brand:** samsung
**Price:** € 133.81
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Upgrade your workflow — speed, security, and style in one sleek SSD!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive by samsung
- **How much does it cost?** € 133.81 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- samsung enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted samsung brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **TurboWrite Technology:** Boost your write speeds up to 520MB/s for seamless multitasking and rapid data transfers.
- • **RAPID Mode Acceleration:** Leverage your PC’s free memory as cache to turbocharge everyday tasks with Samsung Magician software.
- • **Blazing Fast Performance:** Experience lightning-quick boot and load times with up to 98,000 IOPS and 540MB/s read speeds.
- • **Rock-Solid Data Security:** Protect your sensitive files with AES 256-bit hardware encryption and Self Encrypting Drive technology.
- • **Durable & Energy Efficient:** Engineered to withstand shocks and heat while extending your laptop’s battery life with low power consumption.

## Overview

The Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD is a high-performance 2.5-inch SATA drive delivering up to 98,000 IOPS random read and 540MB/s sequential read speeds. Featuring TurboWrite technology and RAPID mode via Samsung Magician software, it accelerates both read and write operations. With AES 256-bit hardware encryption and Dynamic Thermal Guard, it ensures data security and reliability. Its slim 7mm design and low power consumption make it an ideal upgrade for professionals seeking faster, more secure, and energy-efficient storage.

## Description

Samsung 840 EVO SSDEnjoy High PerformanceThe Samsung SSD 840 EVO is a high-performance SSD designed for power users. Capable of delivering up to 98,000 IOPS Random Read Speed and 540MB/s Sequential Read speed, it is an SSD of unrivaled high performance. Even better, the advanced MEX controller delivers these speeds regardless of data type, unlike some competing controllers that greatly favour compressible data. Boost your write speed with Samsung TurboWrite technology. Magician software gives you the option of RAPID mode. Always be in High AccelerationThanks to Samsung TurboWrite technology, Samsung SSD 840 EVO can deliver much faster sequential write speeds compared to the previous model -- up to tripling the speed from 130 to 410MB/s in 120 GB drives, and doubling it from 250 to 520MB/s in 250 GB drives. Switch to a High Gear for Rapid Performance Like changing gears in a car, with Magician software you have the option of RAPID mode, enhancing performance by processing data on a system level through the use of free PC memory (DRAM) as a cache. Depending on your PC memory, you can expect high performance and more efficient command processing, which improves with repeated tasking. Self Encrypting Drive (SED) security technology helps keep your data safe. Dynamic Thermal Guard protection monitors the temperature of your SSD. Consistent ReliabilityShocks, vibrations, high temperatures -- bring it on. Equipped with Advanced Signal Processing, Samsung SSD 840 EVO automatically corrects errors so you'll worry less about your data's stability. Plus, using Samsung Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART), you can track your SSD's health status. SMART warns you of any unforeseen errors before they occur, so you'll be prepared.Samsung's Dynamic Thermal Guard protection monitors the temperature of the SSD, preventing it from overheating. When the SSD is exposed to extreme temperatures, the algorithm controls the SSD's power supply to keep it cool. Plus, with Samsung SSD 840 EVO your PC becomes lighter, meaning you can carry it around with you. Add style to your PC. Rock-solid Encryption to Secure Your DataSamsung 840 EVO Self Encrypting Drive (SED) security technology will help keep your data safe at all times. The drive is included an AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption engine to ensure that your personal files remain secure -- even if you lose your laptop.Energy EfficientEnjoy doing more of what you love on your computer for longer. Samsung 840 EVO SSD features low idle power consumption. This is important because PCs spend 80 to 90 per cent of their time sitting idle. The drive promotes energy savings and longer battery life. Simple Tools for an Easy UpgradeUsing a SATA-to-USB 3.0 connector provided in the laptop upgrade package, for a data size of 100 GB, you can migrate all the data from your HDD to 840 EVO in just 24 minutes. The Auto Install guide included in the toolkit will guide you smoothly through the installation process. Add Style to Your PCSamsung 840 EVO SSD uses both structural engineering and C-cutting to diamond-cut the premium titan surface, for a sleek and stylish appearance. Watch your PC become reborn with a premium look that expresses its powerful performance.

Review: Very easy install - early indications are it is a great upgrade - In my case, I had toasted the contents of the (regular) hard-drive on a Lenovo Sl510. That hard-drive had been problematic for some time, and I had been planning to upgrade to this Samsung SSD anyway, based on the reviews and feedback from this site. Because it turned out to be a new install rather than a migration I did not use the Samsung magician software. Instead I opened the laptop, removed the old hard-drive and inserted the SSDm using some anti-vibration washers to fill the void in the space (this device is 7 mm thick where the rotating one is about 9 mm), I'm not sure how necessary this is but it seems a good idea. Restarted with a USB stick booting Linux Mint to check all the hardware seemed in order - which it did. Rebooted with a Win 7 ISO downloaded from MS partner site Digital River, restarted. I partitioned the 120 GB allowing 60 GB for Win 7 re-install. One new thing I noticed this time is Win 7 places a 100 MB partition at the start of the disk - that seems to be a normal thing now. The rest was really easy - I set it going and went outside to clean my bike - on coming back in 30 or 40 mins later - it was done ! Not sure if MS have made clean installs easier or if this was the whizzy hard-disk , but that was probably the least painful install of any Win OS ever. So far, after about 2 - 3 days only, the SSD is fantastic - smooth, quick , quiet. So quiet. Of course, this is an older laptop and doesn't have SATA III so I cannot access the blazing speeds reported by others. Nonetheless I am getting sequential read of 488 and sequential write of 288 (both in MB/s). Startup is about 30 seconds from BIOS screen to being logged in and doing something and shutdown is about 10 seconds. The Windows Experience score for disk transfer rate improved to 7.7 (out of 7.9) ! So far (early days) this looks like a really worthwhile and straightforward upgrade for an older laptop.
Review: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD - Simply put, an excellent bit of kit. In my installation (into an Alienware M17X R4) it's happily delivering performance very close to the quoted figures and is thus far working like a charm. I couldn't be happier with it. Compared to the conventional 750GB HDD/32GB SSD cache set-up which preceded it, which was fairly quick but, in my laptop, very much a bit of a weak link performance-wise, it's a marked improvement. The boot-up time has been massively reduced, and the laptop's been given a real injection of speed in every category of use. I've some previous experience of SSDs, and this is as good as any I've thus far used. SSD aside, Samsung's supplied migration software is, in my opinion, tremendous. Although I'm relatively happy when it comes to IT, in my opinion it's very well suited to anyone with moderate or average skills and confidence in computing, and as far as migration/cloning software goes it's as near to completely stress-free as I've seen or used (and, even if you're reasonably knowledgable, the potential for stress when you start doing any sort of surgery with computers is never far away). It's very simple to use and very user-friendly. After installing both the data migration software and the Magician disk management software from the supplied CD, I used an old USB/SATA cable (which isn't supplied unless the Samsung package you've bought specifically says it is. The bare SSD packages don't include one) and the Samsung suite and was very impressed. Using a USB3 connector, I migrated 250GB or so of data from my original drive in an hour with a couple of mouse clicks. After installing the new drive, simply power up and Samsung's proprietary disk management package, Magician, automatically kicks off and lets you get started on configuring the new drive. The only part of this which may have proved mildly worrying for a novice was altering my laptop's BIOS settings (in my case to enable AHCI) but other than that, which you need to do manually (via the F2 key as the PC's booting up), Samsung's software package does the lot and allows you to get started, set initial settings, optimise the disk and all the rest from a very easily-navigable menu. Along with the cloning software it really is an excellent bit of kit. I've previously used both Acronis' cloning software and the cloning package offered by Crucial, and I know there are a variety of other highly regarded cloning packages available besides those two, but in my, albeit limited experience, Samsung's is the quickest and easiest to use and would be the one I'd recommend to a novice or moderately confident friend who was thinking about getting the toolkit out and doing some hard drive surgery. The only drawback is that it's Samsung-specific; so you're out of luck if you've bought any other brand of SSD. The Magician software is also Samsung-specific - so, as good as it is, it's once again a moot point if you've plumped for another manufacturer's SSD. Once the SSD's up and running, there are various options available via the Magician suite. You can set the drive up for speed, optimal capacity or with reliability in mind, and you're able to easily Over Provision the disk (essentially set aside a small, unused portion of it and by doing so potentially increase the lifespan of the disk) very easily via the menus without having to do so manually. All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase. The supplied software is very good, and the SSD itself is performing every bit as it should and is delivering performance figures right up where they should be. I can't comment upon reliability, as this is the first Samsung EVO drive I've used, but reports are positive wherever you look. As far as SSDs go, I can't fault it in any way. That's five stars in my book. Given that I also managed to sneak in on Samsung's spring £50 cashback offer and, assuming the claim process goes without a hitch, got a good quality 1TB drive for a shade over £300, I'd give it six stars if I could.

## Features

- 250GB USB portable external hard drive
- big capacity that fits in your pocket
- synchronized and secure

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00E3W1726 |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Brand | Samsung |
| Colour | Black |
| Computer Memory Type | SDRAM |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (13,612) |
| Date First Available | 23 July 2013 |
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Drive Interface | Solid State |
| Hard Drive Size | 250 GB |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Item Weight | 50 g |
| Item model number | MZ-7TE250BW |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
| Product Dimensions | 10 x 6.98 x 0.7 cm; 50 g |
| RAM Size | 250 GB |
| Series | 840 EVO |
| Standing screen display size | 2.5 Inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Samsung
- **Colour:** Black
- **Compatible devices:** Laptop
- **Connectivity technology:** SATA
- **Digital storage capacity:** 250 GB
- **Hard disk description:** Solid State Drive
- **Hard disk form factor:** 2.5 Inches
- **Hard disk interface:** Solid State
- **Installation type:** External Hard Drive
- **Special feature:** Portable

## Images

![Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/5137dfU4aYL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very easy install - early indications are it is a great upgrade
*by E***S on 24 February 2014*

In my case, I had toasted the contents of the (regular) hard-drive on a Lenovo Sl510. That hard-drive had been problematic for some time, and I had been planning to upgrade to this Samsung SSD anyway, based on the reviews and feedback from this site. Because it turned out to be a new install rather than a migration I did not use the Samsung magician software. Instead I opened the laptop, removed the old hard-drive and inserted the SSDm using some anti-vibration washers to fill the void in the space (this device is 7 mm thick where the rotating one is about 9 mm), I'm not sure how necessary this is but it seems a good idea. Restarted with a USB stick booting Linux Mint to check all the hardware seemed in order - which it did. Rebooted with a Win 7 ISO downloaded from MS partner site Digital River, restarted. I partitioned the 120 GB allowing 60 GB for Win 7 re-install. One new thing I noticed this time is Win 7 places a 100 MB partition at the start of the disk - that seems to be a normal thing now. The rest was really easy - I set it going and went outside to clean my bike - on coming back in 30 or 40 mins later - it was done ! Not sure if MS have made clean installs easier or if this was the whizzy hard-disk , but that was probably the least painful install of any Win OS ever. So far, after about 2 - 3 days only, the SSD is fantastic - smooth, quick , quiet. So quiet. Of course, this is an older laptop and doesn't have SATA III so I cannot access the blazing speeds reported by others. Nonetheless I am getting sequential read of 488 and sequential write of 288 (both in MB/s). Startup is about 30 seconds from BIOS screen to being logged in and doing something and shutdown is about 10 seconds. The Windows Experience score for disk transfer rate improved to 7.7 (out of 7.9) ! So far (early days) this looks like a really worthwhile and straightforward upgrade for an older laptop.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD
*by M***2 on 2 May 2014*

Simply put, an excellent bit of kit. In my installation (into an Alienware M17X R4) it's happily delivering performance very close to the quoted figures and is thus far working like a charm. I couldn't be happier with it. Compared to the conventional 750GB HDD/32GB SSD cache set-up which preceded it, which was fairly quick but, in my laptop, very much a bit of a weak link performance-wise, it's a marked improvement. The boot-up time has been massively reduced, and the laptop's been given a real injection of speed in every category of use. I've some previous experience of SSDs, and this is as good as any I've thus far used. SSD aside, Samsung's supplied migration software is, in my opinion, tremendous. Although I'm relatively happy when it comes to IT, in my opinion it's very well suited to anyone with moderate or average skills and confidence in computing, and as far as migration/cloning software goes it's as near to completely stress-free as I've seen or used (and, even if you're reasonably knowledgable, the potential for stress when you start doing any sort of surgery with computers is never far away). It's very simple to use and very user-friendly. After installing both the data migration software and the Magician disk management software from the supplied CD, I used an old USB/SATA cable (which isn't supplied unless the Samsung package you've bought specifically says it is. The bare SSD packages don't include one) and the Samsung suite and was very impressed. Using a USB3 connector, I migrated 250GB or so of data from my original drive in an hour with a couple of mouse clicks. After installing the new drive, simply power up and Samsung's proprietary disk management package, Magician, automatically kicks off and lets you get started on configuring the new drive. The only part of this which may have proved mildly worrying for a novice was altering my laptop's BIOS settings (in my case to enable AHCI) but other than that, which you need to do manually (via the F2 key as the PC's booting up), Samsung's software package does the lot and allows you to get started, set initial settings, optimise the disk and all the rest from a very easily-navigable menu. Along with the cloning software it really is an excellent bit of kit. I've previously used both Acronis' cloning software and the cloning package offered by Crucial, and I know there are a variety of other highly regarded cloning packages available besides those two, but in my, albeit limited experience, Samsung's is the quickest and easiest to use and would be the one I'd recommend to a novice or moderately confident friend who was thinking about getting the toolkit out and doing some hard drive surgery. The only drawback is that it's Samsung-specific; so you're out of luck if you've bought any other brand of SSD. The Magician software is also Samsung-specific - so, as good as it is, it's once again a moot point if you've plumped for another manufacturer's SSD. Once the SSD's up and running, there are various options available via the Magician suite. You can set the drive up for speed, optimal capacity or with reliability in mind, and you're able to easily Over Provision the disk (essentially set aside a small, unused portion of it and by doing so potentially increase the lifespan of the disk) very easily via the menus without having to do so manually. All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase. The supplied software is very good, and the SSD itself is performing every bit as it should and is delivering performance figures right up where they should be. I can't comment upon reliability, as this is the first Samsung EVO drive I've used, but reports are positive wherever you look. As far as SSDs go, I can't fault it in any way. That's five stars in my book. Given that I also managed to sneak in on Samsung's spring £50 cashback offer and, assuming the claim process goes without a hitch, got a good quality 1TB drive for a shade over £300, I'd give it six stars if I could.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by S***N on 4 May 2014*

I got the 250GB Samsung EVO 840 for a client who wanted to upgrade their older computer's hard drive for better performance. Their old hard drive was a 250GB 7200 RPM WD Blue series drive which was over half empty. The older Dell Optiplex computer only has SATA II interfaces. The Optiplex uses caddies for the 3.5 inch drives. I got a SABRENT 3.5 to 2.5-Inch drive bay adapter which is supposed to work well with screwless caddies. The Optiplex caddy had to be modified to remove a piece of plastic to work with the adapter's centered placement of the 2.5 inch drive. FYI. Except for the above, installation was effortless. Closing the existing hard drive to the SSD using an Apricorn USB to IDE/PATA/SATA Drive Adapter was very easy. When we could boot the system we installed the Samsung utility and upgraded the firmware. Easy and no problems. The performance difference was stunning. The system booted in seconds and applications loaded almost as fast. The client was thrilled and felt it was like having a new computer at a fraction of the cost and hassle. I found the utility for the drive very useful as it could give an assessment of the drive life and helped with some performance tuning so we could get the most out of the drive. Nicely done giving the impression of a professional tool rather than an engineering afterthought. I'm giving the EVO 5 stars. It provides a great product in a great package with excellent supporting software. My only concern is one I have for all SSD drives and that is longevity. With Samsung utility addresses this issue well. Hope this helps someone! UPDATE: May 12, 2014 I recently purchased another EVO for installation in an older Dell laptop. It has only SATA II but got a great performance boost! However, some settings of the Intel SATA interface (iastor - aka Intel Matrix Storage) do not play nice with the Samsung (or a number of other SSD drives). I checked for newer drivers and the Intel driver upgrade tool said I had the latest. The symptoms are occasional hangs (maybe once or twice a day) for around a minute and log entries reporting: The device, \Device\Ide\iaStor0, did not respond within the timeout period. If you get these symptoms with your SSD and are comfortable with using the registry editor... WARNING: You can destroy your Windows installation editing the registry of your don't know what you are doing!!! That said... This issue can be addressed as follows in Windows 7: Go to the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStor\Parameters\Port0 Your port number may be different. In my laptop's Samsung EVO was connected to Port0. Next export the Port0 sub-hive (or whatever port number you are working with) to restore things in case of a mistake. Inside there you'll find 3 DWORD keys: LPM, LPMDSTATE and DIPM. All three default to a value of 1. Change all 3 to a value of 0. Then restart your computer. This worked for me and I hope this saves someone time if they run into this issue.

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