We?ve seen many solid state drives over the past few years, some memorable and some forgettable. But it's rather rare to see new technologies emerge that push the boundaries of performance, features, and even pricing. Typically we see such advances when entirely unique tech comes to light, either hardware or software. We do see some modest improvements, but the SSD market has been rather stale for awhile, with incremental gains and price reductions.

We think today may be one of those rare instances which genuinely surprise and impress us, as we look at the Samsung 850 PRO SSD.