Hard drives have always been the better option for getting the most GBs per $, but that’s starting to shift to more affordable SSDs. Samsung has a range of flash storage drives under the 860 QVO umbrella that offers rapid SATA speeds at lower prices. Whether you need to store some games or work with media on the fly, these drives are good for expanding your PC’s capacity.
We’re now well and truly in the action of Prime Day, which means there are hundreds, if not thousands, of good deals on tech. Samsung’s 860 QVO is on sale right now with the 1TB model coming in at £70 after the Prime discount is applied. This is a great time to buy a new SSD.
The Samsung 860 QVO is an older SSD now that the company already has the newer 870 QVO out. We really liked the Samsung 870 QVO, but that doesn’t mean you should give the 860 a pass just because it’s not the most recent drive. The 860 QVO is still capable of handling up to 550MB/s for reading and 520MB/s for writing data.
Compared to mechanical hard drives, that’s impressive, especially when you look at the price of this range of affordable flash storage. This 1TB model, which is more than enough for 25 big triple-A PC games at 40GB apiece. And that’s 25 games that will load fast. Not quite as fast as NVMe PCIe drives, but way faster if you’re upgrading from a hard drive.
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