The Samsung 870 QVO SATA III SSD with 8 TB of capacity is now available to purchase for $399.99 at a range of retailers that include Amazon, B&H Photo, Best Buy, Newegg, and Samsung’s own web store. This SSD may be of interest to those with larger Steam libraries and want to keep their entire game collection on a relatively speedy drive, one that’s advertised with sequential read and write speeds of up to 560 and 530 MB/s, respectively. Samsung announced the 8 TB version of the 870 QVO in June 2020, and according to PCPartPicker’s sales data, the drive originally retailed for as high as $849.99.
“Following the launch of Samsung’s first consumer QLC drive – the 860 QVO – in 2018, we are releasing our second-generation QVO SSD which offers doubled capacity of 8TB as well as enhanced performance and reliability,” said Dr. Mike Mang, vice president of the Memory Brand Product Biz Team at Samsung Electronics. “The new 870 QVO will allow more consumers to enjoy the performance benefits of an SSD at HDD-like capacities.”
Samsung 870 QVO SATA III SSD (8 TB) Specifications
From a Samsung press release:
The 870 QVO offers best-in-class sequential read and write speeds of up to 560 MB/s and 530 MB/s respectively, with the drive’s Intelligent TurboWrite technology allowing it to maintain peak performance levels using a large variable SLC buffer. The 870 QVO also delivers a 13% improvement in random read speed compared to the 860 QVO, making it ideally suited for everyday computing needs such as multitasking, gaming and web browsing. The renewed Data Migration and Magician 6 softwares provide a host of improved and added features, enabling users to upgrade, manage and optimize their SSDs with greater ease.
In addition to the industry-leading capacity and performance, the 870 QVO provides an exceptional endurance rating of up to 2,880 terabytes written (TBW), or a three-year limited warranty.