Differences in Samsung 830 256GB

[corkyg]

At Newegg, there are three Samsung 830 Series 256GB on sale. The bare drive (Internal) is $229. The laptop kit is $249. The desktop kit is $216.

I understand the added cost of the notebook kit, but why is the desktop kit $13 cheaper than the bare internal drive? Is it inferior or less reliable? Seems like you get more for less. ???

 

[JBT]

Same drive. No differences as far as the drive is concerned. You get a 3.5 adapter, Ghost and possibly even a game last time I looked at them.

I picked up a bare drive awhile back. Its an excellent drive.

 

[corkyg]

The puzzler is why is the desktop kit $13 more than the bare drive?

 

[razel]

It's probably just due to newegg's automatic pricing algorithm. They probably have more of the desktop kits in stock.

 

[corkyg]

It's probably just due to newegg's automatic pricing algorithm. They probably have more of the desktop kits in stock.

That makes sense. I want to put the 830 in my Thinkpad - don't need kit. Looks like the desktop is the best buy - use the drive and can the rest.

P.S. I just ordered it from the Egg - $219.99 w/free shipping. Looks like best value at present.