DEAD: Samsung 840 Pro - 256GB SSD - $209.99 FS - Newegg

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tracerbullet

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Ooooooohhhhhh, why must you tempt me so?!?!? I have been contemplating taking my 128GB version of the 840 Pro and turning it into the 256GB version, so I can split it in half to dual boot and play with Win8.
 
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holden j caufield

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tracerbullet said:
Ooooooohhhhhh, why must you tempt me so?!?!? I have been contemplating taking my 128GB version of the 840 Pro and turning it into the 256GB version, so I can split it in half to dual boot and play with Win8.
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Make a virtual machine to play with win8, you can basically try everything and vm's are nearly as fast as the native machines now.
 
Capt Caveman

Capt Caveman

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Got one last week for $215 from Newegg. I'll see tomorrow if they'll credit it $15 back.

Awesome drive.
 
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TemjinGold

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Reminds me of when the 830 did this last year. Wonder if that means we'll see $150 this year!
 
fleshconsumed

fleshconsumed

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Great deal, sadly will have to pass since all but one of my machines already have SSD in them... However, if this hits $150 or lower at the end of the year clearance, then all bets are off :D
 
HomerJS

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Going to build new rig in next 3 months. Wonder if I should jump on this now or wait. Think it will go back up??
 
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mshan

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Any reliability issues with this SSD, and is the 128 GB one just as fast as the 256?
 
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Childs

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I caved and bought one. I had the 512GB version on backorder for $450, but its been a month. I can still record 60 min at 1080p60 with 256GB.
 
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Ksyder

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Paid 280 for this at microcenter at the beginning of December. If only I would have waited... but oh well awesome drive well worth it still.
 
Engineer

Engineer

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Just filled in "most" of my taxes and my refund is quite a bit larger than I thought. I am thinking strongly about getting 2 of these for a RAID 0! ARGH...it's a sickness.
 
Engineer

Engineer

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tracerbullet said:
Yep. I justify mine by reminding myself I don't have a boat, snowmobile, cabin, beach house, kids, etc. which means I can buy PC parts once in a while.():)
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Damn, that's good stuff. I can remind myself (at 44 years of age) that I don't have a house payment (for 7 years), don't have a car payment (my car is 10 years old), have enough money for my kid's tuition, have no other "real" payments and have a decent sized retirement. But somehow, I feel like I'm not doing enough for retirement and savings at times. It's a struggle at times. Still holding out hoping it will go dead.
 
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Charlie98 said:
Damn... $215 last week, $200 this week.... what will next week bring?
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Well..I'm hoping next few months brings them down even further - 500gb for the same price.

"memory devices" are in the tank right now - so hopefully the prices for SSD drives will drop significantly. :)
 
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