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title: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD
date: 2015-12-16 12:08:44
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2015/12/16/samsung-850-evo-250gb-2-5-inch-sata-iii-internal-ssd/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Storage
tags:
  - 250GB
  - Amazon
  - Samsung
  - SSD
---

Amazon was having a 48% off their [Samsung 850 EVO 250GB](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OAJ412U) last month (I bought it on the 11th November 2015). The listed price is US$149.99 (S$213) and the discounted price is **US$74.99 (S$106)**.

Another good news is that it qualifies for the [free AmazonGlobal Saver Shipping](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2013/06/10/amazon-now-ships-to-singapore-for-free-for-orders-above-usd125/) to Singapore if your total qualifying purchases are more than US$125.

With the free shipping to Singapore, it is definitely cheaper than the retail price in Singapore. [Fuwell](http://www.fuwell.com.sg/) is selling the same thing for S$169.

In case you are not aware, the Samsung 850 EVO SSD is the number one selling SSD in the Internal Solid State Drives category of Amazon.

**Features**

- Capacity: 250GB
- Form Factor: 2.5 inch
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s (Compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s)
- NAND Flash: 32 Layer 3D V-NAND
- Thickness: 7.0 mm
- Optimized performance for everyday computing needs
- Sequential read speed 540 MB/s; Sequential write speed 520 MB/s; Random read speed 100K; Random write speed 90K
- Energy efficient – improves battery life by up to 50 minutes vs. hard disk drives
- Worry-free data security with AES 256-bit, TCG/Opal v.2 and Microsoft eDrive full-disk encryption
- Cable, screws, and bracket sold separately

I bought this SSD for Li Xiang’s house desktop computer because it is showing signs of slow down after three years.

For me, after I changed my six years old desktop normal HDD to [SSD](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2012/03/22/kingston-hyperx-ssd-120gb/), it got a new life!

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Front](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5751/23746022345_4e6f02a13f_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Front")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5751/23746022345_5d46140f77_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Front")

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Back](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/587/23117885224_87ebf388c7_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Back")](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/587/23117885224_75ba35ef3d_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Back")

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5816/23746023625_05b7430775_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5816/23746023625_276d51407e_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box")

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Open](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5836/23117885934_f2269425b9_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Open")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5836/23117885934_6b901f0b81_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Open")

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Contents](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/748/23378089829_e6030e9c3c_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Contents")](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/748/23378089829_d68c02f341_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Box Contents")

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Front](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5746/23663662741_99cd3de7d4_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Front")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5746/23663662741_24be4fd0b1_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Front")

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Back](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5668/23637528102_5dedb9744e_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Back")](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5668/23637528102_6dedbe2960_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - Back")

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - SATA Connector](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/764/23119218503_88659c58ec_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - SATA Connector")](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/764/23119218503_ddfc06edf8_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - SATA Connector")

[![Samsung 850 EVO 250GB](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/776/23119218343_7f5d20675e_c.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB")](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/776/23119218343_7874f9bd0c_o.jpg "Samsung 850 EVO 250GB")