500GB Samsung 840 SSD - $295 Shipped EDIT: NOW $279.49!

[Corporate Thug]

http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.a...TD500BW&ref=cj

Lowest price I've ever seen on this drive.

EDIT: NOW $279.49!

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/897033-REG/BI/865/KBID/1173

 

[shortnugly]

woohoo ! ! !

Samsung's makin' it rain all up in here !

 

[philipma1957]

tax in nj kills the price. 321 not 299 oh well

 

[Tdavis5432]

So tempted, I'm trying to decide if I should go with a 500gb ssd or get a 120gb ssd and a optibay type HDD maybe a 1.5tb Toshiba... Price so tempting ugh!

 

[SunRey]

Thank You!

 

[RaistlinZ]

One of these days the 500GB 840 Pro will go on sale for $250.00 and I will know the promised land has finally come.

 

[Hulk]

One of these days the 500GB 840 Pro will go on sale for $250.00 and I will know the promised land has finally come.

Amen to that!

 

[tracerbullet]

One of these days the 500GB 840 Pro will go on sale for $250.00 and I will know the promised land has finally come.

LOL. I note your registration date - do you remember the days when a WD 80GB hard drive would show up on here, from the Dell site I think, for like $100 and everybody including me jizzed themselves? And we were worried that if too many people bought it, they'd catch on to the price mistake?

I'm kinda looking forward to a 500GB SSD being $100, and curious as to what is next, though admittedly that could be another 10 years out.

 

[Emulex]

these are great if you can deal with the 1000 P/E cycles, they live up to their rep - and nothing more.

I'd be curious if the crucial m4 512gb would last longer @ 299? MLC and biggest NM process probably 5K to 10K p/e cycles, but much slower.

 

[RaistlinZ]

It seems like the fastest SSD's are reching the limits of what SATA 6G can provide. Is the next step more PCI-E 16x SSD's?

 

[LumbergTech]

One of these days the 500GB 840 Pro will go on sale for $250.00 and I will know the promised land has finally come.

I'll bite when they are $99.

I'm willing to take a smaller drive if its faster, but I'm not willing to take 50% less space for more than 3 times the cost.

 

[Soccerman06]

It seems like the fastest SSD's are reching the limits of what SATA 6G can provide. Is the next step more PCI-E 16x SSD's?

SSDs have pretty much been at the limit of sata 3 since the vertex 3 came out.

 

[bznotins]

I'll bite when they are $99.

I'm willing to take a smaller drive if its faster, but I'm not willing to take 50% less space for more than 3 times the cost.

Um it IS faster. Much faster (than a platter drive). Anand has said before that an SSD is the single most impactful upgrade you can make to a modern PC, and I agree with him.

If you're waiting for SSD prices to get down to platter levels, you'll be waiting a long time. All while missing the very real speed benefits. /shrug

 

[finbarqs]

I thought these had issues with firmware? the 840 series? I'll stick to intel, tried and true...

 

[tracerbullet]

I thought these had issues with firmware?

Per the threads here they were pre-production samples. Nothing purchased has had any problems.

 

[CurrentlyPissed]

Wow thats a good deal, almost wish I didn't buy my 840 pro 256 for damn near the same price.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

wow great price. very tempted

 

[Engineer]

One of these days the 500GB 840 Pro will go on sale for $250.00 and I will know the promised land has finally come.

It was $279 for a short time yesterday before selling out at Newegg. Close enough?

 

[suncare]

Wow...Price is acceptable.

 

[lambchops511]

http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.a...TD500BW&ref=cj

Lowest price I've ever seen on this drive.

How do these compare to Intel SSDs in terms of reliability?

 

[Brainonska511]

Um it IS faster. Much faster (than a platter drive). Anand has said before that an SSD is the single most impactful upgrade you can make to a modern PC, and I agree with him.

I agree with this as well. I just threw an Intel mSATA drive into my laptop to serve as an OS/Programs drive. Some things, I notice no real difference, but boot, shutdown, and some programs definitely load noticeably faster. Plus, I was able to keep my 500GB drive in my laptop for my data.

I don't think I'd jump for a 500GB SSD - just too expensive for storage. With current pricing, I'd stick with a hybrid approach: smaller SSD for OS and programs, larger, traditional drives for data storage.

 

[lenablue]

That's good. Much faster. Importantly, no noise. There is no mechanical motor and fan, so that noise values as 0 DB. Some high-end or bulk product is equipped with a fan, so that it will generate noise.

 

[Engineer]

After 3 days of using Check4Change (Firefox addon) and still seeing "Sold Out" on the $299.99 (was $279.99) 840 PRO 512GB, I have decided to turn it off and give up on it. Great deal....just wish I would have saw it when it was live!

 

[Emulex]

The samsung 830's were down to $149 before they sold out. Crucial M4's go for $299 for 512gb.

Worry about reliability first, speed second.

Like buying a 512(480gb) ocz = bad investment.

Buying a solid 830 or M4 = good investment.


Older ssd's were 5000 P/E cycles.

Newer MLC (19-20nm) 3000 P/E cycles.

TLC 1000 P/E cycles.

Ancient X25-E 100,000 P/E cycles.

However I suppose you could just use 50% of the 512gb drive and it would last FAR longer.

An Intel 320 SSD 320gb @ 200gb usable would probably last 100x longer than a samsung 840 non-pro if it matters to you.

 

[Centauri]

The samsung 830's were down to $149 before they sold out...

Not for 512GBs they weren't...