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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.

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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.

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  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.
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  • 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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Samsung [samsung.com] has for EDU/EPP Members: 870 EVO 2.5" SATA SSD Solid State Drive on sale for the prices listed when you follow the instructions below. Shipping is free.

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Because many legacy computers lack nvme support AND the performance difference with everyday tasks is actually minimal.
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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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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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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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05-24-2023 at 06:39 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.
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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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