8 TB SSDs Are a Thing Now - Samsung 870 QVO review

[@SvenSan]

Just in time for the new COD update ;)

[@2ShoesPhoto]

You'll need two of these for the new update...

[@TechTesters]

😂

[@paulcrawford5437]

Lol 113GB for the new Cod I'm thinking soon we are gonna need to have 2TB SSD as a MINIMUM.

[@emiel255]

Paul Crawford it’s starting to become the minimum more and more yeah hahah

[@IbtissamTrabelsi]

@@2ShoesPhoto oh man

[@HorstJt]

Finally someone that explains QLC nad well with all the pro and cons :)

[@aaaron7481]

This is the quality content I subbed for.

[@wajinshu]

Didn't know SSD have 8tb available. Thanks for this video

[@emiel255]

Milton Keenes too bad it’s QLC. I recently bought the 4TB Samsung 860 Pro because of its speeds and the MLC configuration (wish it would be 8TB though). I would really like to see more SSD’s or M.2 SSD’s with MLC (maybe even SLC) hahah

[@emiel255]

Milton Keenes I know SLC are a rarity that’s why I put in between parentheses :). MLC are a tiny bit more present in SSD’s but still on the very the low side.But like I said I would like to see more in the future of those SSD types because QLC is definitely a no go for me. TLC is acceptable if the SSD I want does not have an MLC type or does not have enough storage and it would be my only option

[@emiel255]

Milton Keenes definitely! I currently own 3 970 Pro’s by Samsung but I think I am going to switch 2 of them to the 970 EVO 2TB so I can get more storage on one M.2. The last 970 Pro I will keep as it will function as my OS boot and all of my programs which I would like to start up as fast as possible It’s very unfortunate that the 970 Pro (and even now the 980 Pro) don’t have a 2TB option The 970 EVO seems to be one of the best M.2’s next to that of the 970 Pro (and the currently 980 Pro) so I can accept that TOC type perfectly fine especially considering the fact that Samsung always makes one of the best M.2’s

[@emiel255]

Milton Keenes what do you consider heavy? I intent to use those two SSD’s primarily for storing games (I may merge the two into one so I get 4TB)

[@emiel255]

Milton Keenes aah got you. But in what scenario would someone constantly erase files on their SSD? Seems a bit odd to me

[@sonjascholten9110]

5.00 tot 5.15. Dit is zo belangrijk voor mensen die veel data in 1x overzetten, maar veel kanalen zoals Hardwareinfo/Tweakers falen om dit goed over te brengen of de info uberhaupt te benoemen. Complimenten, goed kanaal; ook genoten van jullie 3080 tuf oc review. Er bestaan dus wel goede reviewers uit NL.

[@noellwhelan]

always a thumbs up for your videos... simple, short, full of information, none of crap chitchat for prolonged videos -_-

[@glbernini0]

Hopefully we'll look back at this in a couple years and laugh at how high the price is. I remember when super high priced 1TB drives came out.

[@Zvlhairie]

Insane...Impressive! Technology has come a long way.

[@sunilkc2008]

This is the first video i watched of yours. Excellent review and i just subscribed.

[@TechTesters]

Thank you and welcome! :)

[@blackmennewstyle]

I'm currently using the 860 QVO 1TB as a dedicated disk for video editing cache and so far so good for me :) Happy midweek and keep it up the great job!

[@Pizola]

I am about to buy the 2tb version. How much improvements you got from swapping the cache?

[@snakkosss5380]

just discovered this channel, great vid subbed instantly. keep up with the great work.

[@soapa4279]

Some people might think it's overkill. Until you're like me, I downloaded Dirt Rally 2.0 last night thinking it's probably 25GB or so. That sucker was 100GB. Games are only going to get bigger as the PS5/XSX generation starts. So large capacity SSDs are just going to become more important if you have as many games as I do on PC.

[@commanderoof4578]

My steam library is around 5TB’s i have my top 20 games installed across a few SSD’s and then the rest on a 2TB HDD This drive is well good on capacity but I would opt for a Sabrent 8TB NVMe drive due to how god damn small it is But as that is £1,400 (unless your willingly getting ripped off) I might get this but only if it is £800 or less because i want capacity and speed and sata 3 just doesnt do that and sata wont be getting an update Samsung needs to update there stuff or just add an extra connection which i can cable directly to an NVMe port instead of sata But a massive thing the Sabrent has over this piece of slow tech is 512GB of SLC speed and even once you filled it with a stupid large data dump your still gonna get well over 500MB/s vs this things poxy 140MB/s once the SLC cache is filled

[@vkobevk]

it is overkill if you use that for OS for game and other stuff you use external ssd, hdd or secondary internal ssd not using for OS

[@RobbieKhan]

Very useful info and great to see those perf numbers. It's worth noting that a drive like this may well appeal to those wishing to move away from internal mechanical storage drives like myself who has 2x 4TB drives, (WD Red and a Seagate Ironwolf) to solid state. In this context the write speeds will still be faster even when the cache gets filled it seems but for me, it's mostly for just document storage, photos and tv/film storage so will never really be taxed too high. I think I will go for this! Also worth noting that Amazon have this listed where you can pay £52 a month for 12 months so don't have to pay the full £626 in one go making the buy much more digestible as it's certainly not cheap.

[@TabalugaDragon]

anyway, this video is awesome. You really look like someone who is interested in and and knows electronics. You deserve more subs, good luck!

[@lxhon]

Excellent information, professionally and concisely presented. You've got a new subscriber.

[@Andy-vf3wy]

the 2.5 ssd brand/price comparison is spot on\, especially when taking endurance into consideration. the price of qvo now though, I'll pass.

[@redko79]

Thanks super worthy and clear video !

[@jadedrivers6794]

Great review as always! Do keep in mind though, that you only get 3 years of warranty on the QLC drives as opposed to the 5 years with the TLC's. That said, I like samsung drives, still have my old 850 evo and the newer 970 evo that replaced it. Never gave me any issue's, unlike crucial drives -.- NVMe drives are still a bit expensive, but having your steam library on one is just sooooo nice.

[@TechTesters]

Yeah, that's a thing. But at the same time, I don't remember ever breaking an SSD within its warranty period. The only ones that died so fa are really, really old. Had a Crucial M4 break last year, but can't hold that against Crucial :D As for NVMe, some are so cheap though. 660p, A2000, etc. SATA drives are really under pressure.

[@jadedrivers6794]

@@TechTesters Wow, a M4? That was my first SSD! Talk about blast from the past :D

[@tabalugadragon3555]

Have been actively using the 4TB version for 1.5 years now, excellent ssd. Highly recommended for those who don't need very high write speeds and huge amount of re-writes.

[@russ3190]

For how much did you get it? I found on eBay for 69 pounds 4tb version.

[@tabalugadragon3555]

@@russ3190 you're... getting it WAY cheaper than I did lol. I got a new one for like 500 euros or 550 dollars I guess, could be mistaken due to convertion. Just make sure to install official Samsung Magician software before you start using it, update the firmware to the latest version, check its health.

[@mdd1963]

i'D BE SKEPTICAL AT THAT PRICE...@@russ3190

[@johansantos5927]

Just what i want!!! High capacity ssd.....

[@DizConnected]

First time checking out your channel, thanks to Brian @ TechYEScity!

[@gattie12ben]

Now all I need is to switch all my hdds to this 😁

[@ttom3923]

changed my 3.5" hdd network storage to 2x8TB QVOs . works like a charm and silent!

[@TechTesters]

SSDs all the way :)

[@Soggstermainia]

Been looking for an ssd storage solution for my 4 plus Tb of games and software I want bang up speed on ready for use. I was worried that the QVO wouldn't be up to the job, but I now see that bar moving the games to the drive and some other things it will be perfect for me. Reads are not affected by the drop in performance and that's what I want. Looks like I am getting an 8tb QVO! :-)

[@ryanllts]

78G SLC Cache is more then enough for a game drive, up to this date the price of 8tb is 300$. u need to find a detail review on the read write speed on 50% full , 90% full, cause every drive act differ.

[@VST2323]

can you use this as a boot drive for mac os are windows?

[@ianresonance]

Seeing Nada in the thumbnail is an instant watch. Great review! ❤

[@PCPresupuestos]

The Samsung 870 QVO SSD 8TB SATA3 has 4bit QLC memories and does not have MLC memories as shown in the video. The Samsung 870 EVO SSD 2.5" 4TB SATA3 with TLC memory is better.

[@Rex-zo2pu]

Great helpful video,hope more laptop reviews are on the way!!

[@TechTesters]

I'm working on 3 laptops atm :)

[@Justin-ym5ce]

Hello again good looking, this is what I need!!! 4tb and I still have 30+ games I couldn’t fit, builds up quick

[@shshankking]

I bought a 4TB version for Game installs.. Very happy.

[@PutinIsKing]

Finally SSD get their prices in line !!!!

[@TotallyAqua]

Very helpful video with clear explanations

[@OfficialBlazy]

i've ordered mine... can't wait for stock shipment...also when it comes to SSD, monitors, phones samsung delivers

[@Dukitek]

Dios mio! i need this as next upgrade, thanks to Techtesters!

[@IAmSonnemm]

To use this as an overall backup would be a good use of this SSD?

[@michaelthompson9798]

Hi Nada 🖐😁 I personally have multiple Crucial MX500 2TB SSD’s in my setup for use as gaming drives and a little bit of photo editing and for these purposes the Crucial for me are excellent value and performance for my money considering that the Crucial here in Australia 🇦🇺 are often on sale and for much better prices per TB than the Samsung. I do have a couple Samsung SATA SSD’s of 1TB capacity in my HTPC. Both my pc’s use Samsung NVME 500gb SSD’s boot drives as well. I might consider down the track the Samsung QVO range, as you mentioned, if the pricing was better. Love the video. Keep‘m coming 👍☺️

[@mdd1963]

Just got a 2 TB MX500 for $79! Excellent!

[@lewismunuhe]

Great video, Nada 👌

[@ZhuJo99]

I’ve ordered 1 TB QVO and it should arrive today. Prices were different year ago when this video has been made. My 1 TB was 77 € and if I would wait I could get it for 74 € - both with shipping. To me, pretty decent value as a secondary backup drive (primary is NVME 1 TB XPG/Adata 8200). This was the cheapest I could go - there were none such cheap options. Even sucking DRAMless WD Green are more expensive. Getting to 7,7 eurocents/GB is not too bad.

[@itsadihere5020]

can i keep both sata and nvme ssd. My motherboard x570 f gaming (i am a very non techie guy) my main drive is 970 evo 1tb and wanting to buy 4tb sata ssd

[@ZhuJo99]

@@itsadihere5020 sure, every board has SATA connector among with NVME slots (if available, which you have)

[@phil_matic]

In 2016 I remember I bought my 500GB Samsung SSD for $350. God things were ridiculous

[@LoneTaurus82]

The value of SSD far as price for the size has depreciated pretty rapidly. Get more size for your buck these days.

[@Aorusgamer92]

Is it good enough for daily pc gaming ? I play a lot of game on my custom built supercharged PC

[@Hammered4u]

I know this is late, but EVO and QVO has little difference. The only main things they're different is the read/write life durability and (I believe) it's slower but in such a way you'd hardly notice it if you weren't running specific tests.

[@PapaMav]

Beautiful AND intelligent.

[@wesleyhyun]

We're going to start needing dedicated SSD NAS enclosures lol

[@TechTesters]

I think Synology had a couple, I don't have one yet tho :(

[@paulomarques1795]

Sweet. Nice review :)

[@eskimolost2012]

Finally being a thing. but waiting for 2-3 years from now when im gonna build a new pc with 3 x 8tb m.2 gen 4 ssd. but this will might work ps4 and xbox one x

[@MarkLangdahl]

Just got my 4TB version. And at least here in Denmark currently it is the cheapest option for an SSD that size. But I gotta admit I got it mainly for the reliability and not the blazing speed. I got two NVMe's for that.

[@TechTesters]

Same here. Not bad for a bit of extra storage 😁

[@migabri]

The new ROG G15 (sponsor of the video) is still not imported in Italy with the Ryzen 4xxxxHS, i'm waiting to evalute it, but i don't like that one module of ram is soldered...

[@GilangRamadhan-rj5hx]

High capacity SSD might become affordable in next couple of years. 3-5 years give or take. And HDD capacity for mainstream consumer will ballooned in capacity too in that time.

[@mdd1963]

Just got a 2 TB MX500 for $79, and a 2 TB 990 Pro for $119!

[@ElGoogKO]

1:00 a gaming laptop should not be promoted as THIN & LIGHT... that should be an afterthought, like an "what if we get this great gaming laptop to be thiner and ligher WIITHOUT compromising performance. A gaming rig should have high end cooling engineering able to cope with the top end components, have versatile connectivity with modular design to allow quick swap of parts, like for example being able to insert an external battery to power it some more and most importantly easy to swap out keyboards (that also have water seal to keep any spilled liquids from coming inside. Otherwise is just not worth it as a gaming laptop.

[@halvardlundnorway]

What about using it as a home drive for a secondary mac computer, which neither does gaming, video editing or music editing. But just keeping and storing data pretty much at the same places, as a backup machine ?

[@shikshansagar1451]

Thank you for detail information..

[@OMG_BeCkY]

So it sounds like cloning my current 3.5TB of data to the 8TB QVO would take me months to do??

[@NarekAvetisyan]

I'm confused. How much does the 8TB SSD cost?

[@TechTesters]

Depends on the region. Expect 800-900$

[@marcfreiznel3090]

It's a NAND ? (1000 overwrites per memory cell) It doesn't specify it on the box (too bad I'll send it back to Amazon), I want an SSD capable of being rewritten to infinity, so I'll have to look for another one 😕

[@TechLidBull]

New here, I really enjoyed your video. Looking for some motivation. Good job!

[@UsaM]

I need this so bad to replace my crappy Toshiba 1TB 5400 RPM HDD.

[@Erowens98]

1 year later, at least in Finland, these are by far the cheapest large SSD's available. The 2tb version is 15% cheaper than any other equivalent on the market.

[@TechTesters]

Yeah, Samsung always takes a while to get really price competitive :)

[@lewismunuhe]

8Tb SSD wow so small. Just a few years ago a 1GB hard drive was so huge. Fast growing technology.

[@denvera1g1]

I bought the QVO(860 2TB) because it was the only one that i was able to get hands on, and verify it had a full metal body and good heat dissipation, But this thing was slower than the 7200RPM drive it replaced after you got past..... 60GB? which i often would do when pulling footage from camera(s) Ended up just using my file server with 12x7200RPM drives and 120GB of DDR3 cache and 2TB of MLC cache

[@VISPENN]

Hi, About the 8TB version power consumption, I notice in the spec is 5.5W when compare to 860 EVO(4W) Can I put 870 QVO 8TB into a USB 3.0 SATA enclosure and used it without an unstable issue? or it may eject unexpectedly or slow speed due to high power consumption?

[@TechTesters]

That's a great question. But I really don't know. Some USB ports can only do 5v/1a after all. Someone would really have to test that.

[@epeksergastis]

Not reccommended

[@vepo2341]

Wonder how good it would be for NAS

[@daksoft]

Sabrent 8TB NVMe, if it can fit in an NVMe drive I was expecting 16TB in an SSD.

[@tobz1000]

Sabrent Rocket Q also has an 8TB variant (for double the price...)

[@TechTesters]

Need to get my hands on that :D

[@sadatislamkhan3707]

Can you do a video on seagate firecuda 120 drive. I heard it was good but no idea much.

[@GabbyTech]

I thought highest was 4tb oh my happy to know this now

[@marshal7969]

Doesn't the crucial uses ddr3 as its dram?

[@Ham247]

I got a Zappiti One SE 4K HDR media player, witch SSD drive would you recommend that can handle on average around 25gb for each movie so the player can play smoothly without buffering. Also imported lifespan.

[@TooFurious4]

I use my laptop as a NAS/Plex Server. Would you recommend this SSD for that use? I know that there are WD Red and SeaGate IronWolf SSDs but the storage size they offer is half of this...

[@azherkh]

Can you make a video that shows the difference between evo.qvo.pro 860 because it is really confusing 😕

[@TechTesters]

That is not a bad idea at all! I might do that actually.

[@azherkh]

@@TechTesters Yes, please 🤭

[@samuraispiritsx]

I'm more confused than ever now. Is Samsung going to make a new 870 EVO for 2020? I might wait for it since I have the 860 EVO and it has been super solid.

[@mortiarty7842]

How much is the 8tb ssd? So based on the 4tb model assuming that its 0.1123c per gig times 8k, this is $898.4 plus tax. Though seen places selling an m.2 of the same capacity for 2-6k premium so I dought they are that cheap or alone 13 hundred

[@dwa5580]

Nice video!

[@TechTesters]

Thanks!

[@royregis1129]

how much space do you get out of this in file explorer straight out of the box?

[@Wha2les]

If I am building a new build, would this be a suitable replacement for a large HDD drive that is used for storage and such?

[@TechTesters]

Why not? It's a lot nicer than spinning metal :D

[@siddharthmishra1061]

Crucial MX500 and QVO 870 are at same price - which one should I buy?

[@TechTesters]

Tough call. I'd probably take the MX500 for consistency if/when the drive gets close to full.

[@siddharthmishra1061]

@@TechTesters ok thanks. I can compromise a little bit of speed for endurance.

[@ryutenmen]

Why does she smile when she said that the SSD QLC has some disadvantages?

[@TechTesters]

Why wouldn't I? :)

[@ryutenmen]

@@TechTesters Some would say you enjoy giving bad news :P

[@sebin9]

My hp lap ddr3 4gb ram12800 series, core i5.. So can i use this ssd of my laptop..?

[@mertkaracayil]

still a great ssd in 2023.

[@TechTesters]

As long as it's cheap :)

[@taegire]

Imagine if Samsung or Sabrent released an 8 TB M.2 TLC SSD Pcie 4.0.. I would prepare to save 2-3 paychecks on that.

[@TechTesters]

Would cost a ton for sure 😁

[@battousai412]

how would the 8tb fair for a tv dvr like the directv hr54 genie?

[@TechTesters]

Dont know those devices but the write speed should be more than sufficient for dvr use

[@MotoDx]

Question about SLC Cache in these SSDs. What happens once SLC Cache is full? Is this permanent and if not, how long do I have to wait to get full write speed again?

[@TechTesters]

It's in the video. As for how long it takes to recover, I'm not 100% sure but it's pretty fast before you're in cached performance again. Usually seconds.

[@norbertcsorba4639]

So as a notebook game library mass storage (2.5" HDDs cap out at 2TB) should be fine?

[@TechTesters]

Absolutely!

[@norbertcsorba4639]

@@TechTesters Thank you!

[@siddharthmishra1061]

👍 good video.

[@urband10]

Right now is 95 USD in Amazon, really cheap to be a samsung drive. I'm buying one-

[@danielrollins4315]

what is the brand and model of the desktop case in the right background?

[@TechTesters]

Cooler Master C700M :)

[@dandy8849]

why does it cost more than a 1tb pcie ssd from intel or wd? intel 660p 1tb cost 119 euro which goes up to 1800MB/s

[@TechTesters]

It shouldn't in a couple of weeks. If it does, no reason not to buy a 660p instead. Unless you want a large capacity which doesnt exist for the 660p

[@GET0V3RHERE]

Helpful.

[@marbzirc376]

Will this be OK to use as a game drive? Meaning, just to use it for installing a bunch of games that could use some faster load times?

[@Thesuperhunter99]

It gives a massive amount of space and if you're not moving your game install folders between drives daily (of course you wouldn't), this thing would be perfect for this.

[@itsadihere5020]

@@Thesuperhunter99 can i keep both sata and nvme ssd. My motherboard x570 f gaming (i am a very non techie guy) my main drive is 970 evo 1tb and wanting to buy 4tb sata ssd

[@Thesuperhunter99]

@@itsadihere5020 As long as you have the ports free on your motherboard and the appropriate free slots on the cables from your power supply, then of course

[@Bafana777]

Can this 8TB ssd work on an Acer Nitro 5

[@rarinth]

I will get the 4TB variant one. I will use it for my 4k vids on my new laptop, can't wait for this tho. Just waiting for my 250,000 cash I will be given

[@taegire]

Sabrent released an 8TB M.2 its still a QLC drive

[@semhandle]

Does anyone knows the real storage of this device? Cause they say 8tb but the real space is always less and I want to know if it's less than 7tb real space..

[@bondrewd]

7.27 TB

[@Airwolf1971]

Samsung 870 QVO SSDs are a dumb buy because are priced too close to the Samsung 860 EVO. You can get a Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD with no downsides that the Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD has for USD $139.00 vs $129.00 for the QVO. Wow a whole $10.00 cheaper for write speeds slower than a hard drive from 2008 after you exceed it's 42GB SLC cache. This is almost as dumb as buying SMR NAS drives for use in a RAID6 array.

[@nasifhubi]

Another good content! Could you make a video on Acer Triton 500!?

[@TechTesters]

Thanks! And I dont have any Triton plans yet, I've got a cheap Acer planned, but that's it.

[@nasifhubi]

@@TechTesters Looking forward to it! But keep Triton on your 'Bucket List'! 😉

[@asdbef3667]

I still believe ssd should never be a replacement of an hdd...which is why hdd is still a thing 1. More storage per dollar 2. Most importantly no write limit like ssd..

[@rajinderkaur8019]

Where are those people talking about liquid atom storage devices?

[@TechTesters]

Not in my contact list, that's for sure.

[@samanthagriffinv2.08]

The thing is there’s not really any other 8tb drives that are 2.5 inch or smaller the Samsung at least when I got it was $399 and a nvme all be faster then the Samsung the cheapest option was seven hundred something the Samsung all be super expensive is more affordable with a payment plan I’d get a 2.5 inch hard drive since it’s cheaper but they don’t make 8tb versions the biggest capacity 2.5 inch hard disk that I know of at least is the seagate barracuda 5tb at around a hundred ten dollars

[@has214]

Would this make a good boot drive

[@TechTesters]

I'd take the Evo or something as a boot drive. But you could take this and probably never notice a difference.

[@thekingsown10]

There are not really many options for those that need 8tb especially for the lower price of this drive .

[@mikomerca8758]

This is a pretty nice SSD to consider! #Samsung #870QVO #SSD

[@adrianogrisanti6731]

New console launchs bring new cheaprr ssds and faster top end o es and eventually 8tb m2 gen 4 for ps5 pc use

[@juno1597]

This drive has alot of competition 4 TB's and below, but litterally none at 8Tb's anywhere near it's price point.