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500GB Samsung 840 SSD - $295 Shipped EDIT: NOW $279.49!

So tempted, I'm trying to decide if I should go with a 500gb ssd or get a 120gb ssd and a optibay type HDD maybe a 1.5tb Toshiba... Price so tempting ugh!
 
One of these days the 500GB 840 Pro will go on sale for $250.00 and I will know the promised land has finally come.
 
RaistlinZ said:
One of these days the 500GB 840 Pro will go on sale for $250.00 and I will know the promised land has finally come.
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LOL. I note your registration date - do you remember the days when a WD 80GB hard drive would show up on here, from the Dell site I think, for like $100 and everybody including me jizzed themselves? And we were worried that if too many people bought it, they'd catch on to the price mistake?

I'm kinda looking forward to a 500GB SSD being $100, and curious as to what is next, though admittedly that could be another 10 years out.
 
these are great if you can deal with the 1000 P/E cycles, they live up to their rep - and nothing more.

I'd be curious if the crucial m4 512gb would last longer @ 299? MLC and biggest NM process probably 5K to 10K p/e cycles, but much slower.
 
It seems like the fastest SSD's are reching the limits of what SATA 6G can provide. Is the next step more PCI-E 16x SSD's?
 
RaistlinZ said:
One of these days the 500GB 840 Pro will go on sale for $250.00 and I will know the promised land has finally come.
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I'll bite when they are $99.

I'm willing to take a smaller drive if its faster, but I'm not willing to take 50% less space for more than 3 times the cost.
 
LumbergTech said:
I'll bite when they are $99.

I'm willing to take a smaller drive if its faster, but I'm not willing to take 50% less space for more than 3 times the cost.
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Um it IS faster. Much faster (than a platter drive). Anand has said before that an SSD is the single most impactful upgrade you can make to a modern PC, and I agree with him.

If you're waiting for SSD prices to get down to platter levels, you'll be waiting a long time. All while missing the very real speed benefits. /shrug
 
bznotins said:
Um it IS faster. Much faster (than a platter drive). Anand has said before that an SSD is the single most impactful upgrade you can make to a modern PC, and I agree with him.
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I agree with this as well. I just threw an Intel mSATA drive into my laptop to serve as an OS/Programs drive. Some things, I notice no real difference, but boot, shutdown, and some programs definitely load noticeably faster. Plus, I was able to keep my 500GB drive in my laptop for my data.

I don't think I'd jump for a 500GB SSD - just too expensive for storage. With current pricing, I'd stick with a hybrid approach: smaller SSD for OS and programs, larger, traditional drives for data storage.
 
That's good. Much faster. Importantly, no noise. There is no mechanical motor and fan, so that noise values as 0 DB. Some high-end or bulk product is equipped with a fan, so that it will generate noise.
 
After 3 days of using Check4Change (Firefox addon) and still seeing "Sold Out" on the $299.99 (was $279.99) 840 PRO 512GB, I have decided to turn it off and give up on it. Great deal....just wish I would have saw it when it was live! 🙁
 
The samsung 830's were down to $149 before they sold out. Crucial M4's go for $299 for 512gb.

Worry about reliability first, speed second.

Like buying a 512(480gb) ocz = bad investment.

Buying a solid 830 or M4 = good investment.


Older ssd's were 5000 P/E cycles.

Newer MLC (19-20nm) 3000 P/E cycles.

TLC 1000 P/E cycles.

Ancient X25-E 100,000 P/E cycles.

However I suppose you could just use 50% of the 512gb drive and it would last FAR longer.

An Intel 320 SSD 320gb @ 200gb usable would probably last 100x longer than a samsung 840 non-pro if it matters to you.
 
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