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Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57528930 added 02-12-2013 9:09 AM by Spotmom in Archived Deals
I have a 120gb ssd that is strictly installed programs. It is FULL :eek:. I have 5gb of space left. I have scoured it for things I don't use or files that don't need to be there and there is nothing...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57531092 added 02-11-2013 3:08 PM by wikipost in Archived Deals
Samsung 840 Series SSD: Cost-Efficient Performance A lot of NAND is being made at 19nm, so the P/E lifespan could be even lower than just 750 cycles. Performance comparison graphs:...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57514620 added 02-11-2013 4:19 PM by Hydd in Archived Deals
Just picked one up. Repped!
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Post #57541636 added 02-12-2013 6:25 PM by fatbaby in Archived Deals
You basically will get the same amount of storage in either way. I would, however, go for a bigger single drive to save a port. And I just guess, it would take longer to read and write from 2 drives....
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57515886 added 02-11-2013 5:25 PM by 3asym0ni3s9862936 in Archived Deals
good $$/GB, but just wondering what would once possibly do with a 512GB SSD? Well, the only "useful" application I see is in laptops where you want to store significant amount of media such as...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57515722 added 02-11-2013 5:16 PM by Synthetickiller in Archived Deals
Can anyone prove that TLC fails more quickly under normal uses? So much TLC > MLC, but I have yet to see ppl on here prove anything. I'll say it again, TLC 840 non-pro drives can withstand 400TB...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57516020 added 02-11-2013 5:32 PM by BlueMan10 in Archived Deals
Yes the prices keep comin down on these.. Keep comin
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57517244 added 02-11-2013 6:31 PM by 1fortheteam in Archived Deals
I agree...i always tell people its like switching to broadband from dial up.....
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57516518 added 02-11-2013 5:59 PM by drdiaboloco in Archived Deals
You basically answered your own question, but replace "media such as music/videos" with "whatever it is that fills up your HD". I have very few videos on my computer and still have used 400GB on my...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57517312 added 02-11-2013 6:35 PM by indiekiduk in Archived Deals
good job because the 840 is pish
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57516564 added 02-11-2013 6:02 PM by Neo42 in Archived Deals
If someone is considering the 840 pro, this is a bad analogy. Write speed on 840 pro is definitely more than 5% faster. I have an m4 right now in my dev laptop, but running low. This is not much...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57516586 added 02-11-2013 6:03 PM by schnoid in Archived Deals
exactly what I was thinking. I actually looked at this thread to see what people were actually using it for. I have a 60GB SSD in my desktop that's getting pretty full, but I can't imagine I'd need...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57520400 added 02-11-2013 9:28 PM by Mako1215 in Archived Deals
So if I partition say 430gb then the rest of that will help with making the drive more reliable?
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Post #57520532 added 02-11-2013 9:38 PM by Larron in Archived Deals
Absolutely. The drive will keep a floating pool of unused space. Different parts of the drive will remain unused, keeping any small portion from being overly used. If you go up to 25%, random...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57520590 added 02-11-2013 9:41 PM by Mako1215 in Archived Deals
I think I will go to 15%. Thanks for the info. I never knew that!
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57514208 added 02-11-2013 3:58 PM by deskbound in Archived Deals
I don't know about price adjustments, but they have always been wonderful to work with re: other things, like returns and other stuff. never a problem. FYI
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57514982 added 02-11-2013 4:36 PM by calistyle in Archived Deals
Fixed. :)
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57514994 added 02-11-2013 4:36 PM by zazon in Archived Deals
Very tempting, but I'm waiting for about $150 before I can replace the platter drive in my desktop, nice deal though.
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57518064 added 02-11-2013 7:15 PM by norazi in Archived Deals
the problem with this drive is not speed, its plenty fast enough... but it uses TLC Nand which has a real world lifespan of about 5-8 years... i like to donate my older SSDs and hardware to my...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57528000 added 02-12-2013 8:34 AM by MichaelIv in Archived Deals
It will last you 2 years if you are doing 684 GB of incompressible writes/day every day for 2 years straight. That's pretty much enterprise usage. Anyway if you're writing that kind of data you...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57513406 added 02-11-2013 3:18 PM by purificada in Archived Deals
repped and updated op with the code. thanks PrjctArchAngel
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57514254 added 02-11-2013 4:00 PM by calistyle in Archived Deals
Excellent. :thumbsup:
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57515686 added 02-11-2013 5:14 PM by trpt4him in Archived Deals
TLC? $300? No thanks. I don't want 500GB of my stuff sitting in TLC.
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57515926 added 02-11-2013 5:27 PM by zhopa in Archived Deals
Nobody can because it doesn't. Read the primary literature on this type of memory. Google scholar and scifinder scholar are your friends. I would not use this drive for enterprise use, but for...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57516762 added 02-11-2013 6:11 PM by waveofdestiny in Archived Deals
I have 512GB Raid-0 SSD right now and the maximum I've ever used is around 300GB (that was with a lot of old games that I no longer played/etc.). If I had it to do over again I'd just grabbed one...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57516848 added 02-11-2013 6:16 PM by BigFontana in Archived Deals
Just an FYI, buydigs free shipping is really slow. I purchased this drive through their ebay store and used the free standard shipping (Fedex home delivery), and its projected to take 10 days. ...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57516954 added 02-11-2013 6:20 PM by maddoggyusa in Archived Deals
yea I ordered this drive through buydig on ebay for $300 and it took well over a week with FedEx shipping. seems the price has gone up already?
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57517722 added 02-11-2013 6:56 PM by Changsta in Archived Deals
This is exactly how I feel every time an 840 vs. 840 pro discussion is brought up.
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57518496 added 02-11-2013 7:42 PM by cheapchips in Archived Deals
got too much money in my sofa so...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57514086 added 02-11-2013 3:52 PM by wiihunt in Archived Deals
Does anyone know if Buydig is good with price adjustment? I paid $318 for this last week and not sure if it's worth my time. The price is only shown in the order review page, and I don't think I...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57514746 added 02-11-2013 4:25 PM by fatbaby in Archived Deals
Wow, a nice find! I paid $500+ last fall for 830. Repped!
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57514962 added 02-11-2013 4:35 PM by iHeartFreeMoney in Archived Deals
whats wrong with this drive?
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57518088 added 02-11-2013 7:17 PM by tmaxx123 in Archived Deals
the 10 dollar off coupon says it cant be used for samsung products. but I am researching TLC vs MLC as we speak, anyone have and first hand experience that shows TLC < MLC ??
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57518938 added 02-11-2013 8:05 PM by valloq in Archived Deals
Same thing happened to me. I actually called Fedex about the package and they said it had never been picked up. I called Buydig to ask them, and they said it had in fact been picked up. Lo and behold...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57520352 added 02-11-2013 9:25 PM by Larron in Archived Deals
Not really. That's why these drives ship with a percentage of the drive unused and inaccessible to the user, This "over provisioning" is often around 7% to 8% of a drive's space and it is used...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Thread created 02-11-2013 by purificada
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Post #57526066 added 02-12-2013 7:13 AM by 5thElement in Archived Deals
the drive has very low endurance due the TLC memory used. This drive will not last more than 2 - 2.5 years.
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57515308 added 02-11-2013 4:53 PM by pjdavep in Archived Deals
And at that point you are going to be wondering why it took so long to upgrade to SSD :lol: Later, pjdavep
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57516356 added 02-11-2013 5:50 PM by ruffrhyno in Archived Deals
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6459/samsung-ssd-840-testing-the-endurance-of-tlc-nand This is an interesting article. It estimates a conservative figure of daily writes that a 256gb drive will last...
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57518290 added 02-11-2013 7:32 PM by drdiaboloco in Archived Deals
It wasn't meant to be taken literally, it could refer to any manufacturer of cheese products.
Samsung 500GB 840 Series 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) $295 free shipping!
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Post #57518342 added 02-11-2013 7:34 PM by deathbyfire in Archived Deals
This. I understand SSDs will last the life of one computer. But I still use HDDs that have gone through 3+ computer lifetimes, and still are kicking. If I'm putting money down for an SSD I'd at least...
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