ExtremeTech Samsung has announced imminent arrival of the 850 Evo SSD — the first mainstream SSD that uses 3D NAND. Thanks to its fancy 3D NAND tech, the 850 Evo is one of the fastest SSDs on the market — and the longevity and reliability of 3D NAND TLC flash cells is so much better than standard planar NAND flash that Samsung offers the 850 Evo with a five-year warranty. There is one problem with the 850 Evo, however: It isn’t priced quite right for a mainstream drive. The MSRPs are: $100 for 128GB, $150 for 256GB, $270 for 512GB, and $500 for 1TB. Now my question is, how good is it as a pure gaming drive?
Just wait a year or two and hopefully we'll be seeing SSD mass storage being competitive to even HDDs, that's all I'm hoping for.
