I suppose I could be wrong, but I thought that the 830 drives were basically maxing out the SATA6G interface, weren't they? I guess I don't see how 840 Pro drives could be worth their price premium over them.
I guess I see buying an 840 Pro like I see people buying Monster-branded HDMI cables. Sure, they might be a little better, but better enough to warrant paying double the price of alternative products?
Edit: To put it another way, imagine that this was $100 off the price of a $1000 "Extreme Edition" Intel CPU. Sure, it might be a great deal for someone specifically in the market for an Extreme Edition CPU, but for most folks, the value just isn't there, unless the price somehow magically came down to earth, in line with competitive alternatives.
For example, you can regularly get the Intel 330 180GB drive for $100. 180GB is worth more to me than a slightly faster 120GB drive. ("Slightly faster" == faster in benchmarks, but not percievable in actual use. Most SATA6G SSDs perform similarly in actual usage.)
OK, I didn't see you actually came back with a retort to my warning and my mod edit.
Now hear me. Stay out of this thread.
esquared
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