Samsung 840 256GB for 169.99 + Far Cry 3

[tweakboy]

This is a amazing deal www.amazon.com has for black fridays...

No tax and free shipping.

This thing was 270 dollars just seems like yesterday, plus you get Far Cry 3 full version downloadable which is 59.99 by itself.

Guys whoever doesn't have a SSD right now, JUMP ON THIS! and your life will change foreever for the better. The Bottleneck will be removed. gl

 

[TemjinGold]

That is indeed a great deal. Where is it?

 

[m.alkhalel]

Can't find it any where on amazon !
It would be great if you could provide us with a link.

 

[Fayd]

http://www.techspot.com/news/50856-...t-to-170-with-far-cry-3-for-the-holidays.html

not the pro.

 

[TemjinGold]

Lol never mind then...

 

[Coup27]

More incorrect postings from tweakboy then.

tweakboy, PLEASE pay more attention to the details on what you post. I am sick of reading this forum and finding out 5 minutes later what you have posted is totally wrong.

 

[Soundmanred]

Get used to it, it's been happening for years.

 

[Remobz]

More incorrect postings from tweakboy then.

tweakboy, PLEASE pay more attention to the details on what you post. I am sick of reading this forum and finding out 5 minutes later what you have posted is totally wrong.

At least I was excited for all of 10 seconds before I scrolled down

 

[tweakboy]

That is indeed a great deal. Where is it?

I said in my OP. www.amazon.com free shippin no tax,

 

[tweakboy]

At least I was excited for all of 10 seconds before I scrolled down

Why are you hollering at me,, I saw the freakin deal @ www.amazon.com Quit crying , ...www.amazon.com[/URL] changed it I doubt it tho...

Go to amazon.com and type samsung 840 pro 256GB and you will see 169.99 sheeeeeeez relax yourself I am the Alpha Omega

 

[tweakboy]

Oh guys, Its not the pro version...... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm I thought it was

I apologize deeply guys. 830 is good enough too

 

[Soundmanred]

No it's not.

 

[GPz1100]

Cry wolf too many times and people don't listen to you any more....

 

[corkyg]

Requiescat in pace!

 

[UaVaj]

If gaming is not your thing and peformance is.

For less money ($150 to be exact) and way way way better overall performance. Yes I did say triple. Read speed in the 900MB/s and write speed in the 800MB/s.

Get two OCZ Vertex 4 128GB from NewEgg and RAID 0. If you have a Series 7 Intel MB with the latest iRST driver. You do onto sacrifice TRIM.

This setup will put the 840 PRO to shame.

 

[GPz1100]

Uavaj, that's a good idea for someone who's not maxed out their sata ports. My present situation is the opposite. I have 8 ports on board (built into the system board), 2 esatas, and 2 addin pci-1x cards with 2 ports each. I have 10 physical drives, and a card reader with a front facing esata port. Every available port is precious.

While benchmark performance will be outstanding with a raid0 as you mention above, real world applications will be limited with 256GB. I don't think this is enough room for a scratch disk. Maybe really fast game load times.

 

[tweakboy]

If gaming is not your thing and peformance is.

For less money ($150 to be exact) and way way way better overall performance. Yes I did say triple. Read speed in the 900MB/s and write speed in the 800MB/s.

Get two OCZ Vertex 4 128GB from NewEgg and RAID 0. If you have a Series 7 Intel MB with the latest iRST driver. You do onto sacrifice TRIM.

This setup will put the 840 PRO to shame.

Im a believer in this post. Wow 900Mbps is sick. right now Im 260mbps LOL sata 2.0 lol

 

[jhansman]

Kind of a shame the the 840 under performs compared to the 830; the 256GB 830 can still be had for $190 at a few vendors, but not for long. I hope Samsung can bounce back from this.

 

[Corporate Thug]

$158 @ egg!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...%20MZ-7TD250BW

 

[jhansman]

Read this review before pulling the trigger on this drive:

http://techreport.com/review/23887/samsung-840-series-ssd-reviewed

Better than the fastest spinner? Certainly. Best value per GB? Sorry, no.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Read this review before pulling the trigger on this drive:

http://techreport.com/review/23887/samsung-840-series-ssd-reviewed

Better than the fastest spinner? Certainly. Best value per GB? Sorry, no.

yes, mechanical drives are cheaper per GB...no surprise there.

 

[UaVaj]

although the GB/$ is good, i think jhasman was referring to the TLC NAND life expectancy.


btw.
the ocz special deal on newegg is sold out. 0.59 per GB. :thumbsup:
my 3 should arrive next week.

 

[kleinkinstein]

More incorrect postings from tweakboy then.

tweakboy, PLEASE pay more attention to the details on what you post. I am sick of reading this forum and finding out 5 minutes later what you have posted is totally wrong.

+1

 

[Corporate Thug]

although the GB/$ is good, i think jhasman was referring to the TLC NAND life expectancy.


btw.
the ocz special deal on newegg is sold out. 0.59 per GB. :thumbsup:
my 3 should arrive next week.

The use of TLC NAND and life expectancy is a hugely overblown IMHO.

 

[tracerbullet]

Looks like the original post got edited so I'm not sure if I'm looking at apples / apples. That said -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820147189

The original post here triggered me to look around at SSD's and I came across this. $180 - 12% is about $158, and shipping is free. Includes a coupon for Far Cry 3 as well which they claim is worth $50. That doesn't make it a $108 drive, but for 250GB it still seems pretty good?

Hope so, I bought one. I won't speak to how this one performs, but I know it'll be faster than any mechanical spinning platter drive I currently own, and should pair well with the SATA III ports on the board I also ordered.

I don't game (I get motion sick too easily) and am hoping I can sell the game coupon here or on ebay or something. If I even get $30 or $40 for it I'm thinking I did well.