Anandtech has a nice benchmark tool that makes comparing drive speeds for several different usage scenarios. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/SSD/65 Testing the Samsung 830 256 gb against the smaller 128 gb version is enough to show the signifigant performance the additional nand gives you with 256gb over 128gb. ( in most…
My Samsung 830 arrived and it was a somewhat smooth installation. Unplugged my old hdd and plugged the ssd into its slot, bios automatically recognized it and installed win 7 as normal off the disc. From there I then plugged my old hdd back in and it showed up as an inert second drive, formatted that and am currently in…