Rawns Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 Part of Amazon's Black Friday deals, I thought I'd draw peoples attention to this: Crucial CT120M500SSD1 2.5-inch 120GB M500 SATA 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive At the time of posting, this offer is gone in 1hr 15mins. 1
X-13 Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) I would say it'll be good to the upcoming PS4... but I'm not actually sure. Comes with a 9.5 adapter, so it should fit. But it has hardware encryption so it could refuse to work... If only the 960GB version wasn't so expensive... Edited November 26, 2013 by X-13 Forgot PS4 has a standard 2.5" drive.
mac_shinobi Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 Great Find Prawns, wonder if they do the 240gb model or a 240gb Samsung Pro 840 series for half price ? 1
X-13 Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 Great Find Prawns, wonder if they do the 240gb model or a 240gb Samsung Pro 840 series for half price ? It's not half price. It's 50% off the RRP, which they DON'T sell it at. It has 37% off by default. 2
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 Great Find Prawns, wonder if they do the 240gb model or a 240gb Samsung Pro 840 series for half price ? LOL Prawns has stuck hasn't it! That's a half decent price for a nightmare of a drive. No end of troubles with Crucial M500s our end. Can't beat a Kingston V300 120GB SSD for £66 inc VAT. 3
mac_shinobi Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 LOL Prawns has stuck hasn't it! That's a half decent price for a nightmare of a drive. No end of troubles with Crucial M500s our end. Can't beat a Kingston V300 120GB SSD for £66 inc VAT. Yes, Yes it has !! In that case will stick with either a Samsung 840 Pro or possibly an OWC Drive ? That or an Intel one ? 1
Rawns Posted November 26, 2013 Author Posted November 26, 2013 Yes, Yes it has !! In that case will stick with either a Samsung 840 Pro or possibly an OWC Drive ? That or an Intel one ? I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the Samsungs on the Black Friday deals too. I have an 840 Pro and it is the best bit of kit I've ever had. If I can get another one or two, I'll be a happy man. 1
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 Yeah the Samsung 840 Pro's even look nice and pretty. Like pulling up the bonnet and revealing a shiny, chromed up V12. 2
zag Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) I was gonna say, these SSD's are horrible. Very unreliable. There is a reason they are on sale!! Edited November 26, 2013 by zag 2
Arthur Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the Samsungs on the Black Friday deals too. Me too. I picked up three 256GB Samsung 830's in one of Amazon's flash sales last year. I wouldn't mind an 840 Pro for £100 or so!
chazzy2501 Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 me 3 I'd love a Samsung 840 evo £33 quid cheaper and almost as good. Speed Test Samsung 840 Evo 250GB vs Pro 256GB MZ-7TE250BW MZ-7PD256BW
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 I was hoping someone would spread the love to the Evo model. We like.
teejay Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 Considering it's £71.80 inc VAT direct from Crucial, it's not exactly the bargain it claims to be either.
SHimmer45 Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 ive been looking at one of these Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories looks like a good price for a samsung drive, im assuming the basic drive is slighty neutered compared to the larger capacities
Danp Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 840 fan here, have them in our own machines plus about 120 of them fitted around the school 1
Trapper Posted November 26, 2013 Posted November 26, 2013 840 Pro fan here. I'm my PC at home, at work, home laptop, work laptop. Have had SSDs from the old OCZ 64GB drives and none of them are as good as the Samsung 840s.
XiJ Posted November 27, 2013 Posted November 27, 2013 Yep have an 840 in my MacBook - been great. Had trouble with early ocz models. So bad I currently have a spinning hdd
Arthur Posted November 27, 2013 Posted November 27, 2013 I thought I'd draw peoples attention to this The 960GB M500 is currently £384.99 at Dabs.com with the code below. http://i.imgur.com/j8tu1wG.png
Arthur Posted November 29, 2013 Posted November 29, 2013 (edited) I was hoping someone would spread the love to the Evo model. Amazon have just reduced the price of the 250GB 840 Evo to £119.90 (£5.90 cheaper than it was yesterday). www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E391OX6 Edited November 29, 2013 by Arthur
zag Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 Mmmm the 1tb version is only £449, tempting to replace my NAS drives with that!
Arthur Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 The 120GB Crucial M500 is now £41.62 + VAT on Amazon. :eek: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BQ4F9ZA How much cheaper are they going to get?
featured_spectre Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 After 3 failed drives at work within 2 months there is a reason the crucial ones are cheap. Thankfully we make everyone save everything to the servers and have exchange so nothing was lost, but still a massive hassle.
localzuk Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 I'd say pay an extra tenner and get a Sandisk model: SanDisk SDSSDP-128G-G25 128GB SATA 6GB/s 2.5 Inch Internal SSD: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories Or an extra 2 quid and get a Kingston model: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00A1ZTZOG
zag Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Or an extra £40 and get an intel http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Series-120GB-Solid-State/dp/B00F0RD3ZM/ Prices are dropping fast all over the place. I remember when it was more than £1 a GB not too long ago!
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