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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
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500GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive SSD (MZ-7TD500BW) $280 + Free Shipping (expired)
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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.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/897033-REG
$10 cheaper than the FP deal two days ago
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/90038
Alternatively, Amazon has it for $289.24. Eligible for Amazon Prime and free Super Saver shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NHAF3I
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/897033-REG
$10 cheaper than the FP deal two days ago
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/90038
Alternatively, Amazon has it for $289.24. Eligible for Amazon Prime and free Super Saver shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NHAF3I
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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 may increase because of the higher error rate. This translates to higher power usage. The HardOCP review site even suggested that Samsung use a thermal pad because of heat production. It has the lowest program/erase cycle rating in the industry, which will only continue to get worse as the NAND process shrinks occur. It also offers lower write speed and IOPs, particularly in the 120 GB size.
People like to make comparisons to enterprise SLC flash, but those aren't so useful, because the cost difference between MLC and TLC flash is much smaller than the difference between MLC and SLC.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...stcount=73
Triple layer flash has worse durability than common MLC flash. It has higher voltage needs, which may increase because of the higher error rate. This translates to higher power usage. The HardOCP review site even suggested that Samsung use a thermal pad because of heat production. It has the lowest program/erase cycle rating in the industry, which will only continue to get worse as the NAND process shrinks occur. It also offers lower write speed and IOPs, particularly in the 120 GB size.
People like to make comparisons to enterprise SLC flash, but those aren't so useful, because the cost difference between MLC and TLC flash is much smaller than the difference between MLC and SLC.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...stcount=73
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With 500gb I could put all my programs in there!
Seems like there will be no reason to worry (given my current habits of computer usage).
My Intel 320 series 120GB boot drive has been going strong for over a year now, and I highly doubt I would notice a difference between SATA2 and SATA3 in real world performance, but when I got this drive, the hoi polloi were yelling then too, "Don't get SATA2, wait for SATA3!"
No thanks.