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

Quote from Bobby_Pro : It's an SSD. Performance counts. You can get WD 3Tb @150 if you dont want to bite.

yea and this isn't that great at performing either.

In for one. Thanks!

Quote from stickycash : Trim with RAID 0?

That depends on your RAID controller, not the SSD.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/647...boards-too

I guess it's finally time to replace my old SATA II Intel SSD. In for one.

Quote from stickycash : Trim with RAID 0?

If, and only if, you have a Z77 chipset motherboard (assuming you want the onboard Intel controller). Works great. I have a pair in RAID 0 and it runs as well today as when I first set up the partition.

Quote from stickycash : Trim with RAID 0?

Trim with RAID zero is more of a function of the motherboard disk controller and driver.
Use an H77 chipset with latest driver and you'll get TRIM with RAID 0.

Did a quick benchmark in Samsung Magician under Windows 8 x64 with AHCI enabled and OS optimization set to performance. I am still playing with the various settings with Magician, Windows 8, and my ASRock BIOS:

http://screencast.com/t/fdVfIpx0Ka

531MB/s sequential read // 257MB/s sequential writes
50K random read IOPS // 45K random write IOPS

Decent, and probably room for small bit of improvement, especially with the IOPS.

Thanks... just to make sure ..includes Z79 chipset also?

Bought one. TU

Quote from JabberWockey : This is for the 250 gb version. There's another deal going on for the 500 gb version: http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/8...mz7td500bw Note that the 840 series is TLC SSD memory, which works well for normal/personal use (>5 years) but may die sooner if used for enterprise (2 years).

Why would you even be surfing this deal if you're going to buy of enterprise use?

Quote from stickycash : Thanks... just to make sure ..includes Z79 chipset also?

Should work. As long as you the chipset supports Intel RST version 11 or later.

I'll buy one when 500GB becomes $100.

Quote from plasnu : I'll buy one when 500GB becomes $100.

May be in 3 years when sata 5 15GB per sec drives come out.

Just to make sure, can someone verify this is how it works:

-Hook up the new SSD to laptop via USB
-Clone old drive onto new SSD
-Install SSD into Laptop and enjoy a faster computer

Also, is there a way to only bring over some data and programs?

Quote from tennis8363 : Just to make sure, can someone verify this is how it works: -Hook up the new SSD to laptop via USB -Clone old drive onto new SSD -Install SSD into Laptop and enjoy a faster computer Also, is there a way to only bring over some data and programs?

This is what I did for my Macbook Pro (late-2009) a month ago when this deal was up. Hooked up the drive witht he supplied USB adapter cable and used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the contents of my HDD to the new SSD. This took a few hours. Then I just powered off, swapped out drives, and instantly had a much more responsive computer. I don't know how this works if this will reduce to the size of your storage (ie going from a 500 GB HDD to this 250 GB SSD).

I'm also not sure how this works for WIndows, as I haven't used it since Windows XP and if I remember correctly, there sometimes issues with changing hardware due to "hardware profiles" that Windows liked to keep consistent. Someone please chime in if this is no longer an issue.

Quote from shockz420 : does this come with the 3.5" mounting bracket kit?

I got this kit last month. It comes with a 3.5 mount bracket (nothing fancy just thin metal) and USB adapter for cloning/copying your old HDD. The USB adapter worked great for cloning my Macbook Pro's old HDD.