Samsung quietly adds 8TB 870 EVO SATA SSD
Samsung has quietly expanded its 870 EVO SATA SSD series with a new 8TB mode l. The drive appeared on Samsung’s official product pages in markets including Germany and Singapore, more than five years after the 870 EVO family first launched in January 2021 with capacities from 250GB to 4TB.
The new model keeps the same SATA specs as the rest of the lineup. Samsung lists sequential speeds of up to 560 MB/s read and 530 MB/s write, along with up to 98,000 random read IOPS and 88,000 random write IOPS. The 8TB version also uses TLC NAND, carries 8GB LPDDR4 cache, and is rated for up to 4,800 TBW with a 5-year limited warranty.
That makes this the first 870 EVO to go beyond the original 4TB ceiling. When Samsung introduced the series in 2021, the company only announced 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities. At the time, the 4TB model topped out at 2,400 TBW and 4GB LPDDR4 cache, so the new 8TB variant mainly doubles capacity, endurance, and DRAM while leaving interface-level performance unchanged.
Source: Samsung
The bigger change is the memory type at this capacity point. Samsung already sold an 8TB 2.5-inch SATA SSD in the 870 QVO family back in 2020, but that model used QLC NAND. The 870 EVO 8TB moves that capacity tier into the EVO line, which Samsung lists with TLC NAND .
Pricing is high, which is not surprising for a late-cycle 8TB SATA SSD. Current German price trackers show the 870 EVO 8TB starting at about €1,259, while 4TB 870 EVO listings start around €600. That puts the new model at a little over 2x the price of the 4TB version for 2x the capacity, with the main appeal being users who still need large 2.5-inch SATA storage and prefer TLC over QLC.
Source: ComputerBase
