Samsung 840 120GB SATA III SSD $89 w/code

[MAX_M]

Hi all, not a bad price $89 for Samsung 840 120GB, here is code: EMCXVWV45

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-20147185-L04C

 

[luv2liv]

very tempting!
i was looking for 40gb or 64gb for a netbook

 

[PokerGuy]

I have a couple of old laptops that could really use a nice speed boost, but unfortunately they used PATA drives so I can't plop in one of these. Good deal though, I'm tempted to get one.

 

[HisDivineOrder]

They must be really having trouble selling this relatively low-life variant on the TLC-powered SSD's because they keep rock-bottom'ing the price on this one. I wish they'd move some of that magic over to the only TLC-powered Samsung drive I'd consider: the 500 GB one.

It will have the longest life, the best performance, and it offers real advantage (capacity) to offset the performance/lifetime disadvantages. The rest will likely see their flash stop accepting writes before I'd normally stop using them.

 

[shortnugly]

They must be really having trouble selling this relatively low-life variant on the TLC-powered SSD's because they keep rock-bottom'ing the price on this one. I wish they'd move some of that magic over to the only TLC-powered Samsung drive I'd consider: the 500 GB one.

It will have the longest life, the best performance, and it offers real advantage (capacity) to offset the performance/lifetime disadvantages. The rest will likely see their flash stop accepting writes before I'd normally stop using them.

What does that mean in real-world use?

How often would a person write 10+ gig files several times a day, and if so, would this drive still perform well after 2 to 4 years of use? Maybe still going strong after 8 yrs? 10 yrs?


I see posts about the drives longevity but if it's anticipated to crap out prematurely at 15 or 20 yrs (writing gigantic multi-gb files many times a day)..... great.

I won't care. 5 yrs from now, we'll have better storage solutions anyway.

The only hesitation to buying these drives would be to wait and see if they continue to come down in price.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I think people get a little too wrapped up in that topic due to the past. Unless you are using these for ever changing databases, you aren't going to kill any drives anytime in the near future you'll be using it. They still have a better longevity than a standard hard drive.

They don't die that fast under normal usage. Even if after 20 years you have it around, you aren't writing to it, you just have stuff on it you want to keep and maybe read from occasionally (like even old hd's I have sitting around from 15 years ago). They aren't going to from reads....

 

[coloumb]

Tempting...but..yes..I'm a cheap beeztard who wants to wait until the prices are just a smidgen lower..

 

[shortnugly]

Me too.

Just waiting for the 500's to hit $200.

Desktop gets more storage, and the laptops get refreshed.

 

[breweyez]

I have the 240G version in a new i7 laptop....scream'n fast

 

[grrl]

OOS.

 

[Charlie98]

I have a couple of old laptops that could really use a nice speed boost, but unfortunately they used PATA drives so I can't plop in one of these. Good deal though, I'm tempted to get one.

I'm in the same boat with my old Dell 6000... I'd love to drop a SSD in it. The only PATA SSD I've seen available is the Transcend, and it's $1.50/GB... :'(

 

[Kantastic]

I'm in the same boat with my old Dell 6000... I'd love to drop a SSD in it. The only PATA SSD I've seen available is the Transcend, and it's $1.50/GB... :'(

See if you can find a mSATA or mini PCI-E SSD and convert that to PATA. A smaller SSD should allow you more room for adapters within the laptop caddy, and being that SSDs are light and completely flash-based, securing it wouldn't be a problem.

 

[john3850]

Samsung 840 120GB SATA III SSD $89 w/code seems dead out of stock

SanDisk Extreme SDSSDX-240G $164.99

With Promo Code: EMCYTZT2930

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...em-_-20-171-56