180gb Intel 520 $129.99 @ Bestbuy + tax + FS

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VirtualLarry said:
What advantage is there over the 330? Both are Sandforce.
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I copied a post/link from Corporate thug. The 330 uses lower endurance RAND as opposed to the 520.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=34286304&postcount=32

This is from Anand in the linked article of his review of the 330.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5817/the-intel-ssd-330-review-60gb-120gb-180gb/3

"If you assume a typical client drive sees 10GB of writes per day, within a year you'd write 3650GB to the drive. I wrote that much in 24 hours. In fact, I wrote more than two years worth of data to the 60GB Intel SSD 330 in two days. All the while the Intel SSD 330 didn't even blink. "
 
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esquared said:
I copied a post/link from Corporate thug. The 330 uses lower endurance RAND as opposed to the 520.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=34286304&postcount=32

This is from Anand in the linked article of his review of the 330.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5817/the-intel-ssd-330-review-60gb-120gb-180gb/3

"If you assume a typical client drive sees 10GB of writes per day, within a year you'd write 3650GB to the drive. I wrote that much in 24 hours. In fact, I wrote more than two years worth of data to the 60GB Intel SSD 330 in two days. All the while the Intel SSD 330 didn't even blink. "
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And just to add to this:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5751/intel-ssd-330-officially-announced-affordable-sandforce

The 520 is simply faster and has a 5yr warranty v. 3yr on the 330.

Larry, take a look at the anandtech review. If you are looking for a SSD as a primary drive, I would definitely recommend this. I bought the 330 as well but that is going in my laptop (which sees very little work, basically word and outlook). For the desktop, I'm going w/ the 520.
 
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Tdavis5432

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Best Buy shows 3 year warranty although the 520 Intels should have 5 years, I noticed the model number starts with BB so perhaps this is a special version boxed by Intel with a reduced warranty = cheaper?
 
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I've all but lost hope to find a good deal on Samsung 830. Shall I wait further or get this instead?

EDIT: How does their NAND compare?
 
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That's a great deal, but I already scored 2 of the Samsung 830s at the $70 fire sale at TigerDirect a few weeks ago. These 520s would've probably been a better fit for me too. Maybe I should grab a couple anyway and sell the 830s or use them elsewhere.
 
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I picked up mine from a B&M in Chesterfield, MO. They had a mix of stock in the shelf, some made in August 2012 and some made in Feb 2012. The boxes were a bit worse for wear but the pair I got were fine.

Some of them looked like the Intel security tape had been broken and re-taped.

The website shows this back at $199, but they allowed me to purchase a second one at the $129 price anyways.
 
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These drives are simply amazing in raid 0 with trim turned on! Got a AS SSD bench score of 1250 with 950 mb /sec reads. Wow! Only thing is almost had an extra $25 off as Bestbuy had a special if you purchase over $250 they give you a $25 dollar card but Bestbuy.com only allowed one purchase at a time so no luck with that one. Good deal none the less!
 
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Edit: Nevermind, it is only 5% right now (someone posted it was 10% on SD):

10% back in cash back using ShopDiscover. Offsets the tax in most states or better if you don't pay tax.
 
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So I'm assuming this drive is as good as or better than Intel's 330 line in every way?
 
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DSF said:
So I'm assuming this drive is as good as or better than Intel's 330 line in every way?
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It is faster, uses faster flash and has a 5 years warranty vs 3 years of the 330 line. Will you notice a difference in real life? Doubtful.
 
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BoomerD said:
The Best Buy site says 3 year warranty...(mentioned above) and specifies this for laptop use.

Is there any reason this wouldn't work in a desktop?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Intel---...specifications


The part number shown by Best Buy (BBSSDSC180A3K5) doesn't come up at the Intel site...but they say 5 years for the 520 warranty.
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I bought this from bestbuy so I can answer:

1. the product # is actually SSDSC2CW180A3K5 (directly from the box)
2. The box states 5 year warranty
3. The box states desktop or mobile use (and comes w/ an adapter for desktop us)

Basically, all the info on the BB site is wrong haha
 
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BoomerD said:
Is there any reason this wouldn't work in a desktop?
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No it will work fine and Corporate Thug is right it has the 5yr warranty. You also get a link to cloning software on Intel's sight to download.
 
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BoomerD

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Corporate Thug said:
I bought this from bestbuy so I can answer:

1. the product # is actually SSDSC2CW180A3K5 (directly from the box)
2. The box states 5 year warranty
3. The box states desktop or mobile use (and comes w/ an adapter for desktop us)

Basically, all the info on the BB site is wrong haha
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Cool...I'm not surprised that BB has it wrong...as they so often do.

I keep hearing about "problems" with Sandforce controllers...I don't really know WTF that even is...:p but...??
 
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