256GB Crucial SSD £99.95 (SATA-II)

[LosOjos]

Thought I'd share as I thought this was a bit of a bargain!

 

Crucial V4 256GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive [CT256V4SSD2]

[tech_guy]

I hate you. That's another £99-odd quid gone.

[crc-ict]

Look at the specs though, not exactly cutting edge.

 

How small are those IOPS values??!!

[LosOjos]

Look at the specs though, not exactly cutting edge.

 

How small are those IOPS values??!!

 

It's not top of the range, but 256GB for just under £100 it's not going to be... it's hard to compare the IOPS figures to be honest, most manufacturers seem to only give one IOPS measure, not separate read and write, so how do you compare that? 10K is good, 5K not so good, but who knows what most drives are? Also you have to bear in mind this is a SATA-II drive. I think taking all that in to consideration, it's a bargain upgrade for those who don't have an SSD yet or want a second one for additional storage. It'll still blow the socks off any HDD.

[tech_guy]

It's good for older systems. I've got a creaky desktop that it'll beef up a bit. Better than buying a new PC.

[Arthur]

For £15 more, you can now get the significantly faster 256GB Samsung 830!

 

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007BBQQ04

 

http://i.imgur.com/JPwU6.png http://i.imgur.com/dSKeL.png

 

^ Samsung 830 (Left), Crucial V4 (Right)

Edited October 8, 2012 by Arthur

[LosOjos]

For £15 more, you can now get the significantly faster 256GB Samsung 830!

 

Showing up as £147.19 here... still a pretty good deal mind you, but a tad more than £15 more expensive

[Arthur]

It seems the SSD was only available for that price until 9.20 a.m. Thanks to HUKD it sold out extremely quickly.

 

I did manage to get two for myself however.

 

http://i.imgur.com/5FDpQ.png

[glennda]

What about these?

 

OCZ Vertex Plus Series - Solid state drive - 240 GB - internal - 2.5" - SATA-300 - buffer

[north-ict]

It seems the SSD was only available for that price until 9.20 a.m. Thanks to HUKD it sold out extremely quickly.

 

I did manage to get two for myself however.

 

http://i.imgur.com/5FDpQ.png

 

 

Keep an eye on the price of the samsung I just read my emails from amazon and there is a lightning deal happening in 2 hours (1pm). Hope that helps.

[LosOjos]

What about these?

 

OCZ Vertex Plus Series - Solid state drive - 240 GB - internal - 2.5" - SATA-300 - buffer

 

My personal opinion is that OCZ drives are best avoided, they have a very high fail rate compared to their competitors

[Arthur]

What about these?

OCZ = Junk

[glennda]

OCZ = Junk

 

 

What about the Sandisk ones?

[Arthur]

The SanDisk Extreme SSDs are good, but they still haven't released a firmware update to fix the TRIM issue (as Corsair and Kingston have done).

[north-ict]

go to amazon uk click todays deals and its listed there for 116.99 with 67% claimed. i don't think you can view the discount direct on the description page of the hard drive.

[glennda]

go to amazon uk click todays deals and its listed there for 116.99 with 67% claimed. i don't think you can view the discount direct on the description page of the hard drive.

 

It goes through as 147 and they give you a £30 credit when checking out.

 

EDIT: I've got one

Edited October 8, 2012 by glennda

[north-ict]

It goes through as 147 and they give you a £30 credit when checking out.

 

Aaah ok thought I would let the peeps know anyhow there nearly all gone with 8 mins left. I am not getting one just yet anyways.

[sted]

and all gone by the looks damn my 128 is nearly full want a bigger one so i can put 128 back in old laptop