250GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Notebook and Desktop Installation Kit (MZ-7TD250KW) $150 + Free Shipping

Quote from VOUDOO : Never said a thing about 6 bad drives. This is the 6th SSD I have owned and its plagued with bugs and its SLOW

lol, I thought you said you got 6 bad ssd's as well from your other post.

Quote from Infinity : The price is pretty good, lowest I've seen on this drive with the kit. However, I too am a bit nervous about the 840 series and it's TLC versus MLC. TLC is estimated to last 1/3 as long as MLC.

Sorry for quoting myself but:

Quote from Arreo : All the reviews that I've seen comparing the 830, 840 and 840 Pro have run limited endurance tests, gone by what the manufacturer said, and then extrapolated out an expected lifespan of the drives. And frankly, the lowest lifespan I've seen under normal usage conditions for the 840 is 7 years which I'll grant isn't the 830's 21 years, but do you honestly think you are going to be using the same hard drive in 7 years? Not to mention that isn't the entire story because that 7 years is how long it would take to wear out the NAND. That doesn't take into account any DSP technology that the drive might have, which could at least double that lifespan, if not significantly more than that. http://www.anandtech.com/show/633...b-review/4

Quote from Arreo : Which means that with wear leveling you would have to write 275TB of data to this drive before it hit that threshold. Is the 840 the successor to the 830? No it isn't, that is what the 840 Pro is for. Does that mean that the 840 is a bad drive? Hell no, it is faster and more capable then many drives out there and for its price point it is really the best deal out there.

Again, it depends on what you expect to be using the SSD for.

Quote from brisar : Buy.com via eBay has 256GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Notebook and Desktop Installation Kit (MZ-7TD250KW) for $149.99 with free shipping. Thanks DJ3xclusive

I know this is kinda off subject but can you add this as the main drive in desktop and use current drive as 2nd drive, and if so where shoulld I install operating system and other programs? thx for any help

The 840 Pros are the only way to go, dont waste your money on the basic 840. Also, for anyone that missed this weeks deals on the 840 Pro 256mb which was going for $210-$220 B&H still has them on sale for $220 an sorry I haven't made a post for thist, I'm too lazy.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pro...D_840.html

You have to add it to cart in order to see $220

Let me know when the Pro version are this price and we have a deal.

Quote from socialdis : The 840 Pros are the only way to go, dont waste your money on the basic 840. Also, for anyone that missed this weeks deals on the 840 Pro 256mb which was going for $210-$220 B&H still has them on sale for $220 an sorry I haven't made a post for thist, I'm too lazy. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pro...D_840.html You have to add it to cart in order to see $220

256mb for $220 you got ripped off lolz

uhh, this is a brand new drive an the cheapest it has hit is $210 an then either sells out or the sale price doesn't last long. Your prob getting your models mixed up an you will have to wait 8 months for the Pro version to hit the same price as the standard 840, dip.

An who said I waited an bought them at $220.

Quote from rickh6586 : I know this is kinda off subject but can you add this as the main drive in desktop and use current drive as 2nd drive, and if so where shoulld I install operating system and other programs? thx for any help

Yes, assuming your desktop has space for two hard drives (which like 99% of them should). What you'd do is put this SSD in your computer and use the included software to copy the current drive over onto it. And then you could wipe the old drive and use it just for storage.

Or you could do a clean install on the SSD and just go from there.

Get a HyperX fora little more if you have SATA3 ports. Much faster write time! If you have Sata2 this is great =)

Because of Tom's Hardware's recommendation [tomshardware.com], I bought this drive (my first SSD) for a core i5 system that had a 1 TB WD Caviar Black about two weeks ago. Been running great, and boy is it fast!

Two thoughts:

1) There are a some people in this thread saying there are faster/better drives who are serious SSD enthusiasts or wanting to use the drive in enterprise situations. For the average consumer, this drive is such an improvement (which is why Tom's Hardware recommends it, and also lists it as a tier 2 drive [tomshardware.com]).

2) Comes with a SATA USB connector. I didn't use it for the Samsung 840 install, but then I caught the SSD upgrade bug and got at Kingston HyperX 3K for my laptop, and ended up needing it for that. Handy to have.

Just a question, will there be NOTICEABLE difference between the Crucial M4 MSATA 256gb and Samsung 256gb 840 PRO?

Kind of want the M4 Msata for reliability and it's already connected to the motherboard via 6 gb/s.


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Yes I do realize that this question is a bit off topic, but love to hear some techies advise.

Quote from InEvX : Just a question, will there be NOTICEABLE difference between the Crucial M4 MSATA 256gb and Samsung 256gb 840 PRO? Kind of want the M4 Msata for reliability and it's already connected to the motherboard via 6 gb/s. -- Yes I do realize that this question is a bit off topic, but love to hear some techies advise.

Impossible to answer as I have no idea what you would consider "noticeable". But based on my perception of your level of expertise, I'm gonna go with: No.

Tempting, but many of the more established ssd's go on sale for just a few bucks more.

I got my 840 250GB from Tigerdirect for $189 - $40rebate - $30FarCry3 = $120.

That being said it has been as fast and reliable as the 830 128GB it replaced and WEI disk index actually went up.

7 year shelf life? Even if it last 7 years, by then a 910 2TB will probably cost the same price!

Quote from m00ky : All 830 and 840 series samsungs are 7mm and ultrabook compatible. A good deal would be an 840 pro that is double the capacity for the same money...and buy 1 get 20 free. That would be a good deal.

A good deal today is $150 for 256GB 840 Pro. That's what I meant.

Samsung marketing just created from thin air the new name, inflated the price double the 830's, and now is selling something that is worth at most $70-80 /like the BS old generation OCZ drives/ on a "deal" at $150...It is still a BS drive, that I will not use at all, but some people may take the risk. However, the risk is definitely not worth $150 today.