256GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Notebook and Desktop Installation Kit (MZ-7TD250KW) $150 + Free Shipping
 

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

Adorama via eBay has 250GB 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.$150 + free shipping.

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Buy.com via eBay has 250GB 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

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DEAD - OOS


Important:
There is a new Firmware update for this Drive.
Description This update addresses the following issues : Improved ''''dirty drive'''' write performance.

The only way to do it now is after OS install. You can do it through Windows in the Samsung Magician Software Suite. Just released December 13th. PLEASE NOTE WINDOWS OS ONLY FOR FIRMWARE UPDATE. NO LINUX or MAC.

http://www.samsung.com/us/support...Z-7TD250KW

Warning: Updating the firmware on anything except a Windows based PC is done at your own risk, we only support upgrading firmware from a Windows based PC.

Important: You must load the firmware onto the USB from a Windows based computer.

You may be able to update the firmware on the SSD if your using a x86 based Linux or MAC computer, and you can boot from USB.

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Don't believe Samsung's power usage claims. The 830 topped the charts in a recent Anandtech review even though Samsung claimed super low power usage. The 840 uses less than the 830 but nowhere nearly as little as the specs say.

Install kit makes this about on par with the previous 840 deal from B&H @ $144.

about to pull the trigger on this one...

Just now putting together my rma return for one of these to B&H. 6th different SSD drive I have owned and by far the worst. Windows freezes on install, slow speeds on new z77 chipset, sluggish performance, hiccups and glitches, just not what I am used to in SSD. Put my Crucial M4 back in place and smooth sailing.

Current firmware update did not improve performance, did not remove windows install bugs on intel controller

Thinking whether to pull the trigger now or wait out for the Pro to come back around $200...Decision...decision :(

In 4 1. I've yet to test these 840's out in the field, but I do run an IT shop and am looking forward to hearing about better reliability before rolling them out and recommending them to clients. Right now we stick to the 830's, any Intel's, and m4's.

I think we can get it cheaper, if we wait a bit more.

I was just reading about how fast MS Office 2013 install on SSDs here [digitalversus.com]

Samsung, just like in many other reviews, again shows excellent results, better than Intel. I am using 128GB Crucial, so want to upgrade to 256GB, but will wait for a deeper price cuts

That being said, good find and thanks for sharing, OP!

Samsung 840 Series SSD - 250 gb - $149.99 FS - Buy.com via eBay
 

Samsung 840 Series 250gb SSD - $149.99 w/ free shipping

buy.com via ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Samsu...0557950971

Ok price, not the Pro version. Got this for $140 at Microcenter.

repost

got one..my first ssd. i have a toshiba l45-s7409. should make it much more tolerable

Great for those that got in the dell 8500 deal :D

Sadly I'm not one of them :(

Height: 0.3" = 7.63 mm, means this a 7mm drive? Fits ultrabooks?

nevermind

picked one up, thanks

Thinking about this. Thanks OP.

Damn it since when does ebay charge sales tax. almost %9 for NYC kills practically any deal.

No PRO no go

It's the seller that charges tax. Buy.com

got this for my macbook pro. Thanks OP.

140 already include tax?

Decent just got a intel for 140 but the 120gb. Regret if a little but the only good Samsung is the pro and 830. So is rather have reliability and sustained speed

I seriously doubt you got 6 bad drives... you must have some conflict/issue in your system.

I did a new z77 build with this drive and Win8 boots in 5 seconds... runs crystal smooth.

He said he has had 6 ssd drives, not 6 of this particular drive.

Damn u really way over paid for that

I bought 4 830 256GB, love em.

Did you get the latest Firmware?
I just installed one of these yesterday and a Firmware update came down through the Samsung Magician?

Plural of 830, Intel, and m4 is 830s, Intels, and m4s. Not 830's, Intel's, and m4's.

As far as OP, 840 series is just a bit too new. If you're a tinkerer, they're fine, but if you want this for reliability, go with the older drives.

It's probably a compatibility issue. Not common, but does happen with new hardware.

n41tu+rep

in 4 1! Good deal with upgrade kit, then, I don't need to spend time clone the whole system.

*sigh*

We have this debate every time the 840 (not pro) gets mentioned here. I'll just quote

Comparing this drive to the 830 or 840 Pro is really inaccurate. They aren't meant to be the same level of drive. The 840 (not pro) is meant to be a power-efficient, low cost, but still quite fast entry level SSD. If you just need something cheap to give an older system a boost this is a good option. If you want the fastest, bestest, most spec-gasm SSD then go look at the 840 Pro or it's ilk.

(I own a 840 Pro by the way)

What version was the new firmware? According to the samsung website [samsung.com], the drive is still on firmware version 1.0.

I had to RMA my 830 to Samsung also. Super slow read speed. The one they replaced it with is running better but still not as fast as advertised and what I'm getting from my Crucial M4.

I'm a bit mixed feelings on Samsung SSDs now unfortunately.

1.0 is an updated firmware.
Not sure about original.

This is not worth the money, in my sole opinion. A good deal would be the Pro for the same money.
In fact, Samsung shrank the chip process and it cost them at least 30% less to make the Pro, compared to the 830 series. They can retail the Pro at $150 and still make considerable margin.
In other words, unless I am desperate to have a SSD just today, I would not buy. Also, more reliable models are M4, Kingston HyperX and Intel for roughly the same money.

Waiting for a steal on another Intel 520... love the 5 year warranty on those dogs. This is a good price, but i'll save some bones right now and it will pay off later.

In 4 1. Guess it's time to return the 120GB 840 I just got yesterday. Paid $99 for that one. Needed something a bit bigger for my HTPC boot disk so it can hold some assorted games too.

I've been running the 830s RAID0 in my desktop for a while now and love them. Kind of wanted to switch to 840 Pros for the desktop and move the 830s to the HTPC but I really don't need it yet. I think I'll let the desktop sit until i can get to 1-2TB level on SSDs without drive caching.

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.

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

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.

In for 1 for my Macbook Pro. Thanks for the post.

Too bad they charge sales tax in California.

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

Sorry for quoting myself but:

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

quick question
 

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. ;)

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.

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.

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!

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.

Oh boy! Grammar Nazi here!

I was a bit sceptical when this Drive first came out and we avoided deploying them until earlier this Month.
So far the couple we did deployed have been solid.
What sold me was a Samsung Distributor (Avnet) we deal with who even though his Division(enterprise)does not distribute the Consumer Line he felt that Samsung is very aware of their reputation for Product performance and reliability and they would not risk releasing a product that could damage all the good will they get from being the leader in the Computer Component Market. Samsung's Company Philosophy is to be # 1 in every Market they compete, so they are very careful with reliability of every product they sell. In just the fourth quarter of 2012 they moved up 8 places in the rankings of total SSDs shipped.

Can you give an example of an 840 Pro 256GB that was $150? I am curious as I own one and paid significantly more for it, even though it was on sale and free shipping.

Not to mention that they control every portion of the manufacturing, from fabing the NAND to designing the firmware. They are the only company that has start-to-finish control of everything that goes into their SSDs.

In my opinion this means that they are going to get a lot better QC and tighter firmwares that are written for their drives.

I made a mistake there are Companies that shipped more, but Samsung is the fastest growing.
# 1 in volume is a company most of us never heard of Fusion-io
They make PCIe Storage Products.

Titles says 256GB, but its a 250GB. Im assuming most ppl have caught this. You will be few more GB short.

You can't because it doesn't exist. Just like my suggestion of a deal for buy 1 get 20 free Samsung 512GB 840 Pro @ $150 (but you have to pay for shipping, /kills the deal). If you are giving a price point that doesn't currently exist and has never existed then of course it's a deal, but that doesn't help anyone because the price has simply never come down that low.

(camel shows that the best price on 256GB 840 Pro is $215, I got mine for $225)

There are some unknow Companies that sell SSDs to embeded Systems & Server Builders who ship a lot of Volume, because one Server can use multiple Drives.

I jumped the gun on the 256GB Samsung 840 Pro series earlier this week for $210.

I was looking to upgrade my 2010 Macbook Pro that only supports SATA 2. Should I return the 840 Pro and get the regular 840 instead? The only difference for me would be 3 year warranty vs the 840 Pro's 5 years, correct?

IIRC, using a SATA 3 SSD on a computer that only supports SATA 2 is akin to using a USB 3.0 device on a computer that only supports USB 2.0.

:/

Nope yet :), hence no deal has happened yet. When it happens, I will TU. My suggestion is just to wait. This regular 840 today, is not worth.

The forum below has been doing continuous daily stress tests for a while.

The 840 was able to withstand a total of 432 TiB of continuous data writing at an average speed of 101 MB/s, over 52 days before dying.

Whereas the 830 was able to withstand a total of 6.22 PiB of continuous data writing at an average speed of 300 MB/s, over 261 days before dying.

Basically, the samsung 830 was able to write 14 times more data total, and lasted >5 times the lifetime of an 840, while also writing at speeds 3 times faster than the 840. Supposedly the 830 could've kept going, had he not had to remove power from the computer.

In conclusion, for the average user, one would not really expect to reach 432 TB of (re-written) data in a short period of time. Personally, I feel like it would probably take me at least 10 years to reach that, probably more.) So the 840 in that sense is okay. Considering a few months ago you could've bought an 830 for around the same price, well first of all it makes me regret not getting one then; But overall it makes me feel like the value isn't quite there yet for an 840.

Samsung 840:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/foru...ost5163560


Samsung 830: (Note: for some reason this isn't linking correctly, I tried to link it to posts # 5393 & #5400 for those that want to look)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/foru...ost5157369



(For reference: 1 PiB ≈ 1000 TiB. 1 TiB ≈ 1 TB ≈ 1000 GB)

P.S. These stress tests are performed by continuously re-writing different size blocks of data onto the harddrive. No one will ever expect to have this done in a practical situation. Also for a long period of time before the deaths of each unit, they also were prone to some errors (read/write/etc.) but overall were still able to function.

Fusion IO doesn't make NAND. They buy from Samsung and Micron and put it on PCIe cards. There are only 4 fabs in the world. Toshiba, Samsung, Intel, and Micron. Sandisk buys from Toshiba.

What happen to OCZ Agility 3 and 4 ???

I thought they are the pricing leader in this many months back.

All of a sudden, it seems they have stop their sale.

It's called threadcrapping when you come into a thread (such as you have done here) and state that is is not a deal, but you are unable to produce a better deal. This is the best deal on this drive right now, the deal I got on my drive was the best deal at that time and so I bought it. Wait 10 years and I bet you can pay $50 or less for these same drives. Does that mean that me paying less than retail now is not a deal? No. Your logic is flawed.

I was not stating NAND Manufacurers, just SSDs in any form.
I am aware that they are just an assembler, but they lead in Units shipped.
They were the first Manufacturer to get into the SSD PCIe Form and have been a leader in volume of Drives shipped since 2010.
HP & Dell use them in some Servers.

830 was better than the 840, problem is that 830s are no longer being produced and most websites have delisted them. You can still find them, they are just not as readily available.

lame, and not helpful -4 rep

I know that, hence why I said I regret not having bought one.

OCZ has serious financial problems and is having problems sourcing components since they have cash flow problems and thus are past due with many Suppliers.
OCZ if it does not get purchased by another Company could be gone by the end of the year!
OCZ has lost 90% of it's Market Cap in the last 8 months and has not reported a profit since 2009(could be further back?) and that is as much history as I could find.

Reading comprehension is required. Sorry I can't help you out with that.

I agree. OCZ doesn't have any mfg relationships. They buy from open market, which may hinder the quality, consistency, and product availability. You seem to know quite a bit in the industry.

Personally, I like Toshiba NANDs, which are found in Violin arrays and Sandisk consumer SSDs.

Very great link, the Anandtech article I linked to earlier estimated that the average desktop user writes something like 10 GiB/day and assuming 10x write amplification you end up with 100 GiB/day effective.

Which works out to an 840 with TLC NAND lasting 12 years, 47 days. Which really shouldn't worry anybody who just wants an SSD to upgrade an older computer and make it a bit snappier.

Yes, I sound as a threadcrapping today. Btw. you don't need to wait 10 years, most likely 15 to 30 days :)
Patience, young Jedi :)

off-topic :
960GB SSD is coming under $600 at Q1 2013
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/..._you_think

Same to you, friend. This "non-deal" as you described it has gone FP.:wave:

Random reads and writes still don't max out SATA 2, and the 840 Pro performs much better than a regular 840 there. When you load an application such as Photoshop, hundreds of different files are loaded from the drive so this is most important benchmark to me.

Only sequential read/write speed will be bottlenecked (ie. reading from a large file).

I think the 840 Pro is worth the extra $60 you paid for it.

it's sold out from buy.com. Now, it's sold by Adorama.

Thanks for restating my point. 7 is 1/3 of 21.

He made a great point. +5rep to him.

This.

it depends what you do in your computer. Most people only do web surfing, word/excel, video streaming, light gaming or light photoshop editing. The pro is definitely better, however, not everyone need that fast speed.

The Server market with all the Cloud Computing is actually a faster growing market than Consumer for SSDs right now, but Analyst predict that Consumer & Business/Enterprise(non Server Market) will become the biggest Marketplace for SSDs by the 2nd Quarter of 2014.
You should see a slew of new Models for this Marketplace by the end of the 2nd Quarter of 2013.
As you can see Samsung is leading the way with the 840 Series, Intel 300 series and Plextor with the M5.
Sandisk is replacing the Extreme and the other certainty is less models with Sandforce Controllers!

If you noticed they stopped offering rebates since that was a huge hit to a balance sheet they are desperately trying to improve to get some value for the Company.
The other Public Relations problem they have been dealing with is their CEO was a convicted Felon! Currently @ $1.88 per share they are not far from being delisted or forced into a reverse split.

link?

edit: found it here [ebay.com]

Post #2.

Ahhh the uneducated......

This drive has 1/3rd the life of the previous gen 830 series and is SLOWER, YES, 1/3rd the cell writes due to the cheap TLC cells.

This drive will last about 2 years max. Then you will have to buy another.

Education is key to understanding our reality.

yup. put it in my zenbook without removing the casing. works like a charm


good thing it has a 3 year warranty then, huh?

Don't believe Samsung's power usage claims. The 830 topped the charts for watts in a recent Anandtech review even though Samsung claimed ultra low power usage. The 840 uses less than the 830 but nowhere nearly as little as the specs say.

Anandtech said they don't have the equipment needed to verify Samsung's power usage claims (for notebook use).

Yeah, don't know how to say this any clearer, the 830 is not the previous gen of the 840 (not pro). Samsung has stated as much. If you want the successor to the 830 then buy the 840 Pro.

As for the drive lasting 2 years, whatever. Go read the previous posts where actual research and experimentation has been done and determined the expected lifespan of the TLC.

seems I heard this about LCD/Plasma TV's.... and it never happened

chart showing 250GB 840 beats the 256GB 830... it's really close... probably nearly identical performance (SO YOU'RE WRONG)
http://www.tomshardware.com/chart...,2824.html

read and be educated... from AnandTech review... (YOU'RE WRONG AGAIN)

Lower Endurance: Hardly an Issue

With perfect wear-leveling and write amplification of 1x, you would get 256,000GiB (that's ~275TB) of writes out of a 250GB Samsung 840 with TLC NAND and 1,000 P/E cycles. That is still a lot but wear-leveling and write amplification are never perfect. Giving any specific numbers for endurance is hard because every drive behaves differently and users have different workloads, but it's unlikely for a light consumer workload to see more than 10GiB of writes per day. That's 3,650GiB per year, which is only 1.4% out of 256,000GiB. In the real world NAND writes will be bigger than host writes but even with a write amplification factor of 10x, you will only end up writing 36,500GiB each year and exhausting ~143 P/E cycles out of the available 1,000. In other words, it would take roughly seven years for you to wear out the NAND.

And he got it wrong too!

Probably a stupid question, will this work with Windows 8? Description only states Windows 7. Thanks.

I have three 240gb OCZ Agility 3 each bought for $140 and $110.

Its too said they will not be pushing prices lower.

Keep in mind though that the 240 gb version of the Intel 520 IS NOT available in 7mm. I just purchased 8 of them (correct part number from the Intel website and confirmed with the vendor) and they sent me the 9.5mm. When we contacted Intel they said they never released th 7mm version of the 520 in the 240gb size and were going to update the erroneous info on the site ( part ending in 301 vs.310). This was confirmed by two Intel techs and sales people. They said that we'd need to get the 330 if we need 7mm....though the 330 has a shorter warranty, and the 300gb version was more than 2x the price than the 240gb 520 series. We went with the 840 pro for the team laptop upgrades and then used the 520s in a SAN rather than RMA them (wasn't the orignal plan but we made "lemonade" as the 520 was certified in our SAN unit (Qnap)). I was, and still am, very upset with Intel about this since it is on their site, data sheet, and part numbers distributed to vendors (GovConnection, CDWG, etc.) but they say it doesn't exist and are telling vendors it is the equivalent part number.

Point being, if you are waiting for a deal on the 520 in this type of capacity and need a 7mm unit you might have to wait forever....

Does anyone know how Samsung would handle/honor RMAs since this is Buy via eBay?

Title is misleading, This is a 250GB drive, not 256.

330 is still 9.5mm. The 520 has a spacer that you can remove to make it 7mm if you're brave to enough since it probably would void the warranty

You're right. maybe they'll get bought cheap. STEC is in the same boat in the enterprise space.

Yes, of course :) . Any OS designed for computers will work with this

I bought 3 of them and absolutely love my PC's now

bump. Does anyone know for adorama as well and/or the general policy for this? This is the dealbreaker for me

Fairly Great Price for first timers, installing an SSD on desktop/laptop. Compare to a few months (6-7) ago I pay 120$ for a 90GB SSD Corsair =/

Amazon, why u no price match?!!??!

Personally I was VERY VERY TEMPTED to jump on this deal as I'm building a Desktop PC at the moment. However after doing some research I found that going with either the Samsung 840 PRO (w/ MLC NAND) or the Plextor M5 Pro are much much better options both performance wise and also they both have a 5-year warranty all for ONLY about $50 more.

I too am waiting for amazon to have a good deal on a ssd. Have some gift cards that I'd like to use.

If they are like Buy.com the policy is the same as their regular website.

adorama is reputable. many orders through them for camera items.
policy is 30 days no RMA needed. otherwise return policy [adorama.com] and warranty [adorama.com]. essentially after 30 days, dealing with Samsung for any warranty issues. Use Amex and they extend the 3 years one more year too, making it 4 years total coverage.

mainly because its ebay.

Hrmm I have some ebay bucks, I really want to pull the trigger on this, but I might get a new laptop soon which would make this pointless.

These are one of the best ssd's onthe market. regardless of the tlc nand, these are even better than the crucial m4. I had tried and tested both the m4, and this one at 512/500gbs and can easily say that the samsungs won.

Not sure if your listing read/write speeds there, but the write speed on this drive is about half the read speed. Looks like you listed the read/write for the PRO model, which this is not. And it would be MB/s not gbs.

i bought tested and returned the m4 512gb model, and 840series 500gb model.

Sorry, now I understand what you typed. I was confused and thought you were talking about read/write speeds, when you actually talking about the sizes you bought and tested.

Anyways, good luck trying to convince anyone that these non-Pro Samsung drives are the best on the market. Maybe you just meant Samsung as a brand and not just this specific model.

I have to conject my 2 cents here. Sorry, but your logic is flawed. Why would anyone in the world want to buy less for more? That's essentially what you would be doing by purchasing this drive right now when the 830s (significantly better drive) were selling for less months ago. It's backward logic. These 840s should retail for half as much as the 830s did. The guy you're attacking (along with many others - I hope) feel that tech like this should (and usually does) get better and less expensive with each passing generation. Just because there's not a better deal right this very nano second doesn't mean that another deal isn't right around the corner. You can easily see that there's been a plethora of decent SSD deals (there's a search box at the upper right in case you haven't noticed), and there's most likely going to be a few more to come before the end of days. I don't understand that impatient "gotta have it" now logic. I guess if your hard drive just took a crap on you today and you want to replace it with a SSD, then you're at the mercy of whatever current deals are going on. But if you're putting together or upgrading a system (as I suspect most spectators here are), then set up your deal alerts and purchase the components over the course of a few months. You're not going to save much money purchasing everything all at once.

Who is the seller.... there is no link from where to buy this drive.... Kindly help a novice at SD... Pleeeeeeeeese.

No Seller's link
 

I can't figure out, who is selling this drive ::confused:

There are two links to ebay listings in the second post. One for Adorama and one for buy.com

The Adorama via ebay deal shows limited quantity available but appears to be active.

The buy.com via ebay deal appears to be DEAD as the link on ebay says This listing has ended.

My mistake on previous post. Got an Intel 520 and it's pretty golden. If I had the revenue at the time I'd pick this up as a second ssd though

I was I the process buying the one this morning from EBay (adoramacamera) for 149.99, showed 59 in stock, as I was checking out with PayPal And went to complete transction, got a popup that item is no longer available. Hate hate hate it when that happens.

I have the samsng 840 250gb and it has been great, 12s to boot my mac. i bought mine for 156$ at B&H so i say this is a even better deal

Please elaborate. Really, please do!

WTF??
Dear Samsung,
It is now 2013 not 1993. Kim Il-sung is dead and Windows isn't the only OS used on the planet. Hell, even little 'ol SanDisk offers better SSD support.
;)

Got this for 139.99 last November. This is still a good deal. I have this and the 830 and both are equally fast.

Hoping to pull that off with the $10 bill me later promotion. Just using it for the $10 then going to pay it off.

Edit - Sweet...

Credit Adjustment 1/20/2013 PAYPAL PROMO CREDIT $10 APPLIED
-$10.00 = $139.99
6 Months No Payments + No Interest

Missed the deal -=(

Not really the speeds slow down once you surpass like 30% of the space on the SSD and the life expectancy isn't the best. But it is a great backup drive or second ssd for like apps and such (not the OS)

Pro version
 

What is the pro version of this model. Thanks!

It says 840 PRO and it's 256GB instead of 250

FYI - The Pro is also around one and a half times the price of this.

is it not supposed to come with a norton ghost disk key? mine didn't and now i can't copy

NCSU2008: you can download the Samsung software here

http://www.samsung.com/samsungssd/

that includes Data Migration software, Samsung Magician and firmware updates.

It does void the warranty, but more of an issue is that if you remove the spacers the screws are too long and you can't tighten the cover back on.