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hmmm do I want? already have a collection of 120gb ssd's I could try selling off
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with my luck, this will probably drop to $270 shipped tomorrow after i buy one today
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Had a hell of a time installing a 250gb 840 PRO yesterday, the Norton Ghost that came bundled in the Samsung Magician didn't support the drive cloning feature. Fortunately, Hiren's Boot CD 10.4 has...
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Yes. Current boot drive was replaced with a 120GB Intel 520 and original 320GB is in the optical bay. Not too fond of having a drive with platters in the laptop. It IS a laptop after-all so...
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I would feel much better about this product if Samsung had called it the 820 TLC, instead of disguising it with practically the same name as a good MLC drive. This is too much like the LCD panel...
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I love how the TLC evangelists gloss over the higher power usage issue that "alarmist" HardOCP discussed, too.
In a desktop system, the power usage isn't an issue. In a laptop, it is.
I've...
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Great deal! repped op~
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Wow, the price of SDDs are dropping. I want to jump on this but also feel like it might be worth it to hold off another month or so.
With 500gb I could put all my programs in there!
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wow....I bet some people are kicking themselves for paying $290 the other day :P
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Exactly. And in the meantime, traditional hard drives have gained a lot of speed. Even putting a modern SATA HD in an older computer with a current IDE drive makes a huge difference. Most desktops...
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MacMall has 500GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive SSD (MZ-7TD500BW) on sale for $279.99 with free shipping. Thanks netvope
B&H Photo Video also has it for...
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The Samsung "840 Series" is the only SSD in the marketplace using TLC (triple layer) flash chips.
Triple layer flash has worse durability than common MLC flash. It has higher voltage needs, which...
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There's always a reason to buy the next best upgrade. Better yet than simply staying away from TLC, why don't we start an endless loop of "Don't buy now, wait until the new ones come out next...
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Mac Mall - $ 279.99 + cashback site (from 2% to 5%)...
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What many don't take into consideration is their personal usage scenarios. If one isn't doing anything that's crazy disk intensive, then they're likely not to notice the differences between many of...
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Is it recommended to buy an extended warranty with this SSD? I see it comes with a three year limited manufacturers warranty.
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In the real world would anyone notice a difference between 840 vs 840 pro?
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How low can u go??????? $250 please :)
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Best price I have seen for what is probably one of the best SSDs around.
I will jump on one of these once they hit $200. My 256Gb 830 still has 40gbs available :D
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That's why when people move from their ordinary laptop without an SSD to a computer with an SSD standard ( e.g. MacBook Air) they get surprised at the speed difference.
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good price..would have been better if it was the kit for this price
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Great deal - may actually pick this one up.
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B&H Photo Video has 500GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive SSD (MZ-7TD500BW) on sale for $279.49. Super Saver shipping is free....
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wow first to reply, awesome price since the last lowest price i saw the other day was for 290 from adorama.
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No problem. More for us :cool:
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I wont go that far but I will say people NEED to read:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5067/understanding-tlc-nand...
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It's funny that people have a fast CPU and think they need a new computer when their HD is the bottleneck. Having said that, I'm still too cheap to buy this but when they get a little cheaper I...
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as long as you use these as storage drives (non stop backup/restore high amount of data), these are fine for 15 years (this is 500GB, mostly more life than the 250GB).
by the time (in 10 years)...
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ok I had to bite from Amazon.. this is too slick to pass up when I can still sell the smaller SSD & the mechanical drive in my rig for probably 200 of the 290 dollar cost..
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Am thinking to dump my HDD for it. Makes sense?
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Never. You ll notice it when you put them under testing.
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You do that while others just enjoy theirs. I know I do since I have one running in my machine right now.
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I got this when it first "dropped" to $300... I'm not even missing that $20 :)
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Anyone help me out? I know it is a bit off topic. But I am trying to decide between the Kingston V300 or V200, the V200 is $10 less than the V300, which would be better? I was reading review and it...
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i'm in the same boat. i thought of getting 2x 256gb ssds and raiding them instead, but have too many mechanical drives with not enough sata ports. i am hoping that we see somewhat affordable 1TB...
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Counting the days!
http://www.vortez.net/news_story/crucial_debut_the_m500_at_ces_2013.html :woot:
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The bottom line is that it's deceptive product naming to call this an 840 and call the MLC version with good performance 840 Pro. Samsung also uses the "panel lottery" in its LCD panels. Companies...
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Great drive for price, but the PRO specs are way better. This feels like your average ssd drive.
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Let's set this straight. I did NOT state that HardOCP is alarmist. I am stating that YOU are being alarmist, in the way you are interpreting and reporting the data and the associated remarks. We've...
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Who downloads that much porn a day, and is that even possible? You gotta have like the fastest internet to do that...
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