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May 24, 2023 8:38 PM

Samsung EDU/EPP: 870 EVO SATA 2.5" SSD: 1TB $57, 2TB $99, 4TB

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Samsung has for EDU/EPP Members: 870 EVO SATA 2.5" Solid State Drives on sale when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Meowssi for sharing this deal.

Note: You may need to sign in to your eligible program and add product to cart to see deal price; discount may vary depending on your program.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit the Samsung Discount Program page and select your qualifying program
  2. Choose from the following:
  3. You may be prompted to sign in to your EDU/EPP Account
  4. Proceed to checkout
  5. If eligible, your total should be as listed above after EDU/EPP savings + free shipping.
Specs:
  • SATA 6 Gbps Interface, compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s & SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface
  • Read/write speeds of up to 560/530 MB/s
  • Encryption: Class 0 (AES 256) TCG/Opal v2.0, MS eDrive (IEEE1667)

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Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that the 4TB Drive is $25 less (10% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $249.99 at the time of this posting. -StrawMan86
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas & discussion.

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Written by Meowssi | Staff
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Samsung has for EDU/EPP Members: 870 EVO SATA 2.5" Solid State Drives on sale when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Meowssi for sharing this deal.

Note: You may need to sign in to your eligible program and add product to cart to see deal price; discount may vary depending on your program.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit the Samsung Discount Program page and select your qualifying program
  2. Choose from the following:
  3. You may be prompted to sign in to your EDU/EPP Account
  4. Proceed to checkout
  5. If eligible, your total should be as listed above after EDU/EPP savings + free shipping.
Specs:
  • SATA 6 Gbps Interface, compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s & SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface
  • Read/write speeds of up to 560/530 MB/s
  • Encryption: Class 0 (AES 256) TCG/Opal v2.0, MS eDrive (IEEE1667)

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that the 4TB Drive is $25 less (10% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $249.99 at the time of this posting. -StrawMan86
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas & discussion.

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May 24, 2023 9:13 PM
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dankim1987May 24, 2023 9:13 PM
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Also 7% cash back through PayPal under offers.

Most likely will drop further in the coming months. I couldn't wait any longer as my 2TB 860 EVO is out of space, so I pulled the trigger on the 4TB. With the cash back, this puts it around the same price as the 4TB Crucial MX500. Not crazy slick, but pretty decent.
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BigBGMay 25, 2023 1:39 AM
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Quote from dankim1987 View quoted comment :
Also 7% cash back through PayPal under offers.

Most likely will drop further in the coming months. I couldn't wait any longer as my 2TB 860 EVO is out of space, so I pulled the trigger on the 4TB. With the cash back, this puts it around the same price as the 4TB Crucial MX500. Not crazy slick, but pretty decent.
I watch NAND prices closely. Strong agree on this. Samsung has been very slow to react to the price pressure and has lost out on a ton of sales as a result. They are behind the curve on reducing prices.

However, in the long term, I suspect they may kill the 860 series, or nerf it somehow. It's too expensive to produce and sell at the prices we are going to hit.
May 25, 2023 2:26 AM
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kulchecjMay 25, 2023 2:26 AM
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Quote from BigBG View quoted comment :
I watch NAND prices closely. Strong agree on this. Samsung has been very slow to react to the price pressure and has lost out on a ton of sales as a result. They are behind the curve on reducing prices.

However, in the long term, I suspect they may kill the 860 series, or nerf it somehow. It's too expensive to produce and sell at the prices we are going to hit.
Soooo true. Samsung has been behind the curve big time. I honestly wanted to get some of the 4tb's for a 2 bay mini-NAS. I have two 2tb set up in my workstation for processing cloud point data and they have held up very well for 4 years of abuse.
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May 25, 2023 3:54 PM
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Half DecafMay 25, 2023 3:54 PM
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Yay, prices are slowly sliding down. My dream of building an 8 x 8TB SSD NAS may yet happen in my lifetime, but it still is at least 2 years until it looks to be economically viable for me (unless a significant and wonderful development happens in mass storage).
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DerProfiMay 25, 2023 10:46 PM
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Quote from LightProtector View quoted comment :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
Because many legacy computers lack nvme support AND the performance difference with everyday tasks is actually minimal.
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May 26, 2023 12:54 AM
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dee-khanMay 26, 2023 12:54 AM
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Quote from LightProtector View quoted comment :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
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May 26, 2023 1:25 AM
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trzaMay 26, 2023 1:25 AM
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Quote from LightProtector View quoted comment :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
Because I have more SATA ports than nvme slots and it's still faster than my network speed so it's not really that slow at all.
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JesusFreakMay 26, 2023 2:00 AM
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Quote from LightProtector View quoted comment :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
They are starting to get to the point where they are great for archival/read-heavy storage.
May 26, 2023 2:49 AM
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SiennaHeat6816May 26, 2023 2:49 AM
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Quote from LightProtector View quoted comment :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
I need them for creating cache drives in unraid. Cache drives allow me to move tons of movies over super quick and they also run programs fast. Plex etc..
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MWinkMay 26, 2023 3:05 AM
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Quote from BigBG View quoted comment :
However, in the long term, I suspect they may kill the 860 series, or nerf it somehow. It's too expensive to produce and sell at the prices we are going to hit.
The 860 EVO is long dead. I wish it wasn't. It's successor, the 870 EVO, has been riddled with issues.

Quote from LightProtector View quoted comment :
Other than compatibility, why do people spring for these SSD's? They are slow, quite frankly outdated, and there are MUCH faster options for cheaper.
In addition to what others have mentioned, those impressive "up to" numbers you see are only part of the story, and an often insignificant one. Most people wouldn't notice the difference between a SATA and an NVMe drive. Additionally, there are cases where a SATA drive can outpace an NVMe SSD. SATA is nowhere near as useless as many make it out to be.
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May 26, 2023 3:09 AM
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LightProtectorMay 26, 2023 3:09 AM
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Thanks for the helpful responses everyone!
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JesusFreakMay 26, 2023 11:07 AM
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Quote from Half Decaf View quoted comment :
Yay, prices are slowly sliding down. My dream of building an 8 x 8TB SSD NAS may yet happen in my lifetime, but it still is at least 2 years until it looks to be economically viable for me (unless a significant and wonderful development happens in mass storage).
Surprisingly, their 8tb qvo is currently less than 2X the price of the 4tb here. $430. Maybe less with an EPP discount.
May 26, 2023 1:39 PM
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JP818914May 26, 2023 1:39 PM
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Quote from JesusFreak View quoted comment :
Surprisingly, their 8tb qvo is currently less than 2X the price of the 4tb here. $430. Maybe less with an EPP discount.
QVO is Quad-layer cell tech.

Fill up a shot glass. You can easily and quickly see if it's more than half full - Single Layer Cell (you can represent 0 and 1)

Split the shot glass into 4ths (00 01 10 11). Try to fill it up to 3/4ths to represent 10. Takes time right? MLC or Multilayer Cell

Split it into 8ths that's TLC, the most common compromise

Split it into 16 so you can represent 0000 all the way to 1111 that's QLC. It's going to be hard and slow to fill it up to a certain point or read where it is right? Drawback #1

When you write to a cell in flash memory, you don't just put more or take off some voltage. You hit that thing with high voltage (it's based on EEPROM, electronically-erased programmable Read-Only Memory.. ROM's advantage is persistent or "non-volatile" memory).

Say you have measurement lines on your shot glass to make it easy to read how much you got. You want it at 9/16ths instead of 8/16ths, you don't just put a couple of drops, you rinse the whole thing with bleach and then fill it up to that point. Over time those lines are going to fade and you'll lose that cell. Don't worry, you'll have extra shot glasses (overprovision) but not an unlimited amount. And you'll also have to rely on those measuring lines way more when you've split them into 16ths than 8ths. So lowered longevity for QLC which is drawback #2

TLDR: do not get QLC if you can afford TLC
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bert90987May 26, 2023 4:08 PM
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nice find op

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