Samsung 840-Series 120GB 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD Desktop/Notebook Kit $88 + Free Shipping (Ebay Daily Deal)

Pretty good price. Would make a great upgrade for a laptop. Kinda small for a Desktop Upgrade. I'm waiting for a 250GB-512GB for my Desktop.

Quote from webculb : Pretty good price. Would make a great upgrade for a laptop. Kinda small for a Desktop Upgrade. I'm waiting for a 250GB-512GB for my Desktop.

I thought a 120gb SSD was too small for a desktop, but now I think in combination with a traditional platter data drive, it is the ideal setup in many cases. I realized this after configuring Win 7 to use less space. Got it down to around 10gb possibly lower - will have to check when I am home. Even with MS Office and Adobe CS5, I still have plenty of room to install MS Visual Studio and other apps, probably will not get much past half full on the SSD.

I do have a 256gb SSD but so far, it is kind of a waste. I could have got along fine with a 128gb drive. Maybe someone with a lot of large games could use a larger SSD, but so far 120 range seems the sweet spot if you got a data drive, at least for desktop usage.

Quote from Indio22 : I thought a 120gb SSD was too small for a desktop, but now I think in combination with a traditional platter data drive, it is the ideal setup in many cases. I realized this after configuring Win 7 to use less space. Got it down to around 10gb possibly lower - will have to check when I am home. Even with MS Office and Adobe CS5, I still have plenty of room to install MS Visual Studio and other apps, probably will not get much past half full on the SSD. I do have a 256gb SSD but so far, it is kind of a waste. I could have got along fine with a 128gb drive. Maybe someone with a lot of large games could use a larger SSD, but so far 120 range seems the sweet spot if you got a data drive, at least for desktop usage.

SSD would be awesome for games. I however have to large of a steam library for that. My steam install is around 1.5 TB.

I predict this will be FP pretty soon. Good price.

What is the better deal. This or the PNY xlr8 120GB for $75

Quote from DukeBroadway : What is the better deal. This or the PNY xlr8 120GB for $75

This, Samsung drives are very reliable and has a much better controller than PNY.

Quote from Indio22 : I realized this after configuring Win 7 to use less space. Got it down to around 10gb possibly lower

Can you send me a link on how to do this?

would you guys rather get this or the crucial m4?

Thinking about picking this up. My current desktop has 80g intel SSD, if I get this I will replace the intel with it. Move my intel to my laptop =D

Quote from Indio22 : I thought a 120gb SSD was too small for a desktop, but now I think in combination with a traditional platter data drive, it is the ideal setup in many cases. I realized this after configuring Win 7 to use less space. Got it down to around 10gb possibly lower - will have to check when I am home. Even with MS Office and Adobe CS5, I still have plenty of room to install MS Visual Studio and other apps, probably will not get much past half full on the SSD. I do have a 256gb SSD but so far, it is kind of a waste. I could have got along fine with a 128gb drive. Maybe someone with a lot of large games could use a larger SSD, but so far 120 range seems the sweet spot if you got a data drive, at least for desktop usage.

The 250gb and 500gb versions of the (base) 840 both outperform the 120gb. So whatever.

SanDisk extreme for is a better deal at $80

nice deal - to bad i already bought the kingston v300 120gb few days ago