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  1. New Samsung 840 Evo firmware will add ‘periodic refresh’ capability

    by , 04-23-2015 at 11:15 PM

    When Samsung shipped the 840 Evo, it seemed as though the drive struck a perfect balance between affordability and high-speed performance. Those impressions soured somewhat after it became clear that many 840 EVO’s suffered performance degradation when accessing older data. Samsung released a fix last year that was supposed to solve the problem for good, but a subset of users have begun experiencing ...
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  2. The best SSDs of 2014: A buyers guide, and What’s changed (and what hasn’t)

    by , 10-23-2014 at 06:35 AM

    When I sat down to write this article, I thought it would be straightforward: “Write an SSD guide,” my editor said. “Make some recommendations!” he said. What could be simpler?

    It turns out, quite a bit — but the good thing about getting hip-deep into a product segment is that I get to wade back out and describe the thinking process that ought to go into choosing an SSD. This guide ...