Oem ssd are those with trader 1 year warranty only?

Something like that. In short, oem stuff are those that come with a prebuilt system. Unlike retail stuff, the warranty of oem parts are tied to the prebuilt system, and is honored by the manufacturer of that system. You cannot claim warranty separately. (e.g. Your asus laptop has a stock ssd made by samsung, and asus tells you that the laptop has a 2-year warranty. When the ssd failed, you claim its replacement from asus, not samsung. This also means the stock ssd has 2 years of warranty, because it is tied to your laptop)

Well, the 840 EVO suffers from the same issue again, even after a firmware fix is applied.

http://techreport.com/review/27727/some-84...speed-slowdowns

However, none of my 840 EVOs suffer from this issue..

wow. then i take back what i said lol

tlc drives really need some work-outs :/ i just tested my evo drives. the speed for both sata and msata 512GB were fine. i seldom use this laptop these days and i leave it in my bag for more than a few weeks already.

840 evo, 512gb, sata:


840 evo, 512gb, msata:


something is not right.

That's interesting..could it be because of different batch?Or just..luck?

Possible, since my friends own one of these and it seems like they are not affected by this issue. BTW, I have applied the firmware restoration tool on these drives on day one.

I may need to monitor this issue a bit more.

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Jan 27 2015, 08:15 PM

Well,if it's different batch,at least it's not like what happened to Kingston V300..

hm.. same here. let's see what happen after 3 months from now.

it's one of the possibilities.

for kingston v300, it's a pity. actually it's one of the few models that has the lowest return rates as of 6 november 2014. (source: hardware.fr)

i think i better straight go for intel 530 series. less issue and 5 years warranty.

for general use i also think it's a good drive. it's old, to me it's still fine.

i though 530 series is new series for intel? so if compare to transcend 370, which 1 can perform better?

If there's a new one,i'm sure it'll get replaced by Intel 540 Series.

I'd take Intel SSD over Transcend SSD anyday.

intel 530 is a ssd released in 2013, while transcend 370 is a new drive released in 2014. so on paper, transcend looks better because it should be based on newer technologies. however for general use, you will not feel significant differences.

both have appropriate disk management software for you to manage and monitor the ssd. the most significant advantage for intel 530 is its 2-year-longer warranty.

this is the answer wat i looking for. thanks =)

oh don't mention it haha

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsu...20GB/1886vs1934

based on the userbenchmark, i m dilemma for intel 530 or samsung evo 840 now. horns lai pick between this 2 then i straight go for it.

anybody looking for plextor m6m or samsung 840 msata? is there any shop in KL with stock? whole LOWYAT don't have stock.. and new 850msata dont know when will it be coming Malaysia

i will pick intel 530. i suggest you take 240gb if possible. that userbenchmark.com use incompressible data for testing, sandforce controller will look bad. however for general use, it doesn't matter. oi mai blame me if it doesn't work nicely for you ya.

are you looking for performance only or overall value? i pick overall value if for general use lol

wait patiently. i think it will come soon.

why take 240gb? different performance?

much higher iops than 120gb; and more space for you . if you are going to use it for more than 3 years, that is.