Today's Giveaway Prize
- 180GB (SSDSC2CT180A3K5) $135 After $70 Rebate [discuss]
- 60GB (SSDSC2CT060A3K5) $50 After $20 Rebate
- Newegg also has this deal for $50 after $20 rebate.
Frontpage Deal
Intel 330 Series SATA III 6GB/s SSD's: 180GB $135 After $70 Rebate, 60GB $50 After $20 Rebate + Free shipping (expired)
Amazon has a few great deals on Intel 330 Series SATA III 6GB/s Solid State Drives. Shipping is free. Thanks andyk & handai
Original Post
Amazon price matched Newegg. Use links in iconian's post.
Rebate valid for two units. Looks to be the same rebate as on Newegg.
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/im...10488_.pdf
Submit online at https://ssdrebate.com/, should not need to mail anything in if it's like last time.
If you prefer Newegg:
http://slickdeals.net/f/4731004-I...tarts-6-12
Also on Amazon:
The 180GB is now $130.71 AR (price dropped), see http://slickdeals.net/f/4732692-I...3K5-134-AR
The 120GB is now $104.99 AR (price dropped)
Storagereview.com:
http://www.storagereview.com/inte...330_review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/575...-sandforce
The 330 product brief doesn't talk about data protection at all. The 520 product brief was just updated to talk only about AES 128-bit.
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/...-brief.pdf
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/...-brief.pdf
Intel support page:
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/supp...sd330-60gb
Rebate valid for two units. Looks to be the same rebate as on Newegg.
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/im...10488_.pdf
Submit online at https://ssdrebate.com/, should not need to mail anything in if it's like last time.
If you prefer Newegg:
http://slickdeals.net/f/4731004-I...tarts-6-12
Also on Amazon:
The 180GB is now $130.71 AR (price dropped), see http://slickdeals.net/f/4732692-I...3K5-134-AR
The 120GB is now $104.99 AR (price dropped)
Storagereview.com:
http://www.storagereview.com/inte...330_review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/575...-sandforce
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Quote : The 330 differs from the SandForce based Intel SSD 520 in a couple of key areas. The 330 uses lower p/e count NAND (still Intel 25nm MLC) compared to the 520, reducing Intel's rated lifespan from 5 years of 20GB of writes per day to 3 years under the same workload. Intel's ratings have historically been conservative, so I'd expect that the 330 would last much longer than 3 years for the vast majority of workloads - particularly based on previous calculations on the topic. With a 3 year usable lifespan rating however, Intel dropped the limited warranty on the 330 to 3 years as well.
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http://www.intel.com/content/dam/...-brief.pdf
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/...-brief.pdf
Intel support page:
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/supp...sd330-60gb
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$203.86-$70 Rebate (with No CA tax!!! and Free Shipping) = 73.8cents/GB!!!
SLAM DONE!
(should change the title to include 180GB @ $133 to make this deal hotter)
60GB: 83.33cents/GB
120GB: 92.5cents/GB
180GB: the best deal. Select Amazon as your seller and $70 reb [amazon.com] rebate will show up. Direct Link to Amazon.
if you are resisting, there is always going to be 43.33cents/GB at black friday for you.
Update: 4 hours after placing order, price dropped to 199.97, chatted with Amazon customer service and got the difference. Sweeter @ 72.1cents/GB.
My 40GB G2 is getting so tight for a boot drive, the 180 is going to be an epic upgrade
I opted for one 60GB myself. I like Intel and I don't need much space. I don't expect the performance penalty to be a deal-breaker for me.