May I Get Opinions on this Puppy, Pls?

[Shmee]

How does it compare to a samsung 840 Evo for $149?

 

[Virgorising]

How does it compare to a samsung 840 Evo for $149?

I have no clue, but you have 20 mins Eastern Standard time. If, I mean, the 149 is a Black Friday price.

 

[Cerb]

How does it compare to a samsung 840 Evo for $149?

Cheaper. But, now the Evo can be had for $120, so if that's what you want, go ahead and pay a lower price for it, while you can.

The features and/or performance from the likes of the Seagate 600, Sandisk Extreme II, or Crucial M500, really need serious power users, and/or SMB users not integrating SSDs into larger clustered and/or tiered storage systems, to matter. Not that you shouldn't buy them, but you probably won't benefit from their speed or other value-adds, compared to a more "mundane" SSD (FI, the M500's data protection and thermal throttling).

So, amongst these SSDs, just get the cheapest that is big enough for you, only forgoing some due to power use if using a notebook with a small battery (840 Evo, Q, and Ultra Plus would be good choices for that), because unless you get Crucial V4, Sandisk that isn't an Ultra Plus or Extreme II, 840 non-Evo, or random SSD from a rebrander, they will all be fast enough and reliable enough that you won't notice a difference, unless you are in like the top 1% of disk-heavy users on this forum. Even a random rebranded Sandforce, or 840 non-Evo would be fine for >90% here, but why do that, when prices are currently what they are for other SSDs?

 

[Shmee]

where would I get an evo for $120?

 

[Cerb]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2356271
Rakuten. The promo code is at the top. It may end very soon, depending on their definition of when 11/29 ends (hopefully pacific time).

 

[Shmee]

Ah ya, saw that, I don't have mastercard or masterpass.

 

[Virgorising]

Cheaper. But, now the Evo can be had for $120, so if that's what you want, go ahead and pay a lower price for it, while you can.

The features and/or performance from the likes of the Seagate 600, Sandisk Extreme II, or Crucial M500, really need serious power users, and/or SMB users not integrating SSDs into larger clustered and/or tiered storage systems, to matter. Not that you shouldn't buy them, but you probably won't benefit from their speed or other value-adds, compared to a more "mundane" SSD (FI, the M500's data protection and thermal throttling).

So, amongst these SSDs, just get the cheapest that is big enough for you, only forgoing some due to power use if using a notebook with a small battery (840 Evo, Q, and Ultra Plus would be good choices for that), because unless you get Crucial V4, Sandisk that isn't an Ultra Plus or Extreme II, 840 non-Evo, or random SSD from a rebrander, they will all be fast enough and reliable enough that you won't notice a difference, unless you are in like the top 1% of disk-heavy users on this forum. Even a random rebranded Sandforce, or 840 non-Evo would be fine for >90% here, but why do that, when prices are currently what they are for other SSDs?

OMG.... I got the wrong drive???????

 

[Cerb]

OMG.... I got the wrong drive???????

I dunno, did you?

If you're getting it for a notebook you have to work to scrape battery life out of, yes. If not, you just might not be doing any better, battery-wise, than the HDD. OTOH, if you're waiting on the HDD a lot in your notebook, it will offer better battery life, even being one of the more power-hungry SSDs, because it will be idle so much more of the time.

Though, in the future, it would be a good idea to mention what kind of computer you're getting something for.

On the off chance it is still in, "packaging," you could go cancel the order and change it for a Samsung 840 Evo or Sandisk Ultra Plus, and then not have to worry about it.

 

[Virgorising]

I dunno, did you?

If you're getting it for a notebook you have to work to scrape battery life out of, yes. If not, you just might not be doing any better, battery-wise, than the HDD. OTOH, if you're waiting on the HDD a lot in your notebook, it will offer better battery life, even being one of the more power-hungry SSDs, because it will be idle so much more of the time.

Though, in the future, it would be a good idea to mention what kind of computer you're getting something for.

On the off chance it is still in, "packaging," you could go cancel the order and change it for a Samsung 840 Evo or Sandisk Ultra Plus, and then not have to worry about it.

The target home for the drive is this Optiplex 980 MT. Full sized, ATX.

I almost never use my laptop anymore. My smart phone essentially replaced it.

I've been an active member here for a while, but, I guess I should not assume others know what my go to system is. Why do you assume notebook/laptop???

I am very discerning in all things. After posting to solicit opinions, I got mainly luminous ones for this drive from people I believe are qualified to offer such differentially, and then went ahead and bought it.

And where I sit, Black Friday prices are ovah.

Should I get important info indicating I should not have bought this drive, I will just send it back unopened. But I hope that's not what happens.
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Edit: It was my understanding that SDDs, unlike HDDs, since they are always ready and ON and so, are unmodulated ....draw consistent power ongoing. Was that wrong?

 

[Shmee]

For 129, and looking at benches, I picked one up.

 

[Soulkeeper]

most all the current gen SSDs are comparable from a real world perspective
I've been telling people for awhile to buy on price, choose the top handfull of drives and buy the cheapest. You can't go wrong

Virgorising you got a good SSD for a good price.
don't second guess yourself

 

[VirtualLarry]

Virgorising you got a good SSD for a good price.
don't second guess yourself

Seconded. I think that the Seagate is an underappreciated drive. It has a decent controller (non-SandForce, which is a plus).

If I hadn't picked up two 240GB OCZ refurb drives last week, I might have picked up the Seagate. But I got a better deal, price-wise. 240GB for ~$85 ea.

 

[fluffmonster]

The wife said "my system is slow" today, more than enough permission to pull this trigger. Ordered.

 

[BertolomeoDiaz]

SEVEN?????????? U have SEVEN?

that´s for 3 computers though

most all the current gen SSDs are comparable from a real world perspective
I've been telling people for awhile to buy on price, choose the top handfull of drives and buy the cheapest. You can't go wrong

exactly my thoughts