> firmware geared towards write performance and high endurance
because stock firmware was geared towards slowness and losing data ...
>480GB
>Endurance Rated for 30GB/day host writes for 4 years under typical client workloads
for math challenged: this is 43TB of written data, after that your guarantee is VOID and NULL
43TB on a 480TB drive, this is more than a joke, this is spitting in your face. This comes from Toshiba - manufacturer of both controller and flash memory, party that is best informed about REAL endurance capabilities of that combo.
In case you are wondering - Samsung doesnt impose any write limitations on their 3 year guarantee for 840 EVO drives. Both drives look pretty much the same in tests.