But the SSD 860 Pro is expensive, and its excellent performance isn't meaningfully better than other flagship-grade SATA drives that cost less. These include the Crucial MX500 (currently $200 for 1TB) or the WD Blue ($249 for 1TB).

Five-year warranty; Excellent reliability; Available in five capacities, up to 4TB

High cost per gigabyte

With a reduced warranty and only a tiny speed boost, the 860 Pro is massively overpriced

Improved power consumption; Huge endurance improvements; Very slightly faster than the 860 Evo

Warranty has been halved to five years; Seriously expensive

I mainly purchased the Samsung 860 PRO as I understand it is more resilient to heavy use - as far as extra speed goes I cannot see any difference between my old SSD, that is until I activate the Rapid mode in the software (Samsung Magician) when a slight increase in performance is noticeable - at...

A tiny bit slower than the smaller 256GB Samsung Pro drive I replaced, however, not so slow it will be noticed other than in a benchmark. It is also a little slower than my Samsung 1TB EVO, however, with large files the EVO slows down a great deal after the buffer is full; the Pro does not suffer...

Launched at the same time as the EVO model, the Samsung SSD860 PRO, the successor the mighty 850 PRO, uses Samsung's 64-layer MLC V-NAND and has an endurance rating that eclipses the previous generation 850 PRO's life expectancy.

Performance; Endurance rating; 5 year warranty

Pricey

Samsung is a global leader in V-NAND memory technology and has released the updated 860 PRO and EVO SSD (solid state disks). They are fast. Ray Shaw [email protected] has a passion for IT ever since building his first computer in 1980.

The fastest SATA 6GB/s interface SSDs yet

A little pricey

So who would buy an 860 EVO over the PRO or vice versa Well, that depends on your workload, endurance needs and wallet size I guess. Performance wise really you are not going to notice a difference between the two, However, if you want really excellent endurance, hey the TBW values are through the...

What's not to like when it comes to Samsung SSD's I have quite a few, including the 860 EVO, older 840's and 850's EVOs and PROs that seem to last forever, as well as the newer NVMe 960 and 970 drives which are easily the fastest drives on the market.

Durable; reliable; dependable

After reading Lionel's recent review here, I spoke with Samsung customer service and was assured their data migration software would work with the 860 pro. So I took a chance and purchased this item.

I purchased this SSD to replace the aging HDD in my 2012 MacBook Pro. Every application I opened before would take minutes and I received the "spinning beachball" way too often. After reading around online, it seemed as if the issue was the HDD and was recommended this SSD to replace it, and I am so...