SOLD OUT: Samsung 830 - 256GB SSD - $189.99 - FS AC - Newegg - ends 6/28/12 (hurry!).

[Zap]

they purchased crucial m4 or intel 330's samsung waited too long to do the sale

Yeah, Samsung showed up late to the price war, and only brought some safety scissors to fight with.

 

[moonbogg]

The buy button has been clicked! Can't believe this deal. Rush overnight shipping about $220 out the door. Can't believe it. THANKS!

My vertex 2 will be dedicated for Steam and the 830 will be the main drive...epic WOOT!

 

[ViRGE]

Our win. The 830 is a top shelf component.

Indeed. If I didn't already have a 256GB 470 I'd be all over this. The 830 is a damn nice SSD, both with respect to performance and reliability.

 

[Zap]

Can't believe this deal. Rush overnight shipping about $220 out the door.

I don't understand. If the drive was needed sooner, why wait for a deal? If cost is an issue, why waste money on rush shipping?

 

[moonbogg]

I don't understand. If the drive was needed sooner, why wait for a deal? If cost is an issue, why waste money on rush shipping?

I was planning on getting one in the near future. I saw the sale, got excited, bought it and then suddenly couldn't wait to get it. I want it installed and ready for the weekend. I am sick of waiting 5 seconds for BF3 to load. I want 3 second load times by this weekend damn it.

 

[gigahertz20]

This guy on the Slickdeal forum thinks the price of this SSD will be at or lower then $128 ($.50/GB) by the end of this year. I'm gonna make a bet with him that it won't go that low, I outlined the details here of what the loser has to do lol

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=51285578&postcount=274

 

[BenJeremy]

This guy on the Slickdeal forum thinks the price of this SSD will be at or lower then $128 ($.50/GB) by the end of this year. I'm gonna make a bet with him that it won't go that low, I outlined the details here of what the loser has to do lol

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=51285578&postcount=274

It could, but only if Samsung releases a newer, faster iteration.

SSD prices are getting to $0.50/GB on older models (OCZ Agility 360GB now $200 after rebate), and manufacturing has ramped up like crazy.

 

[moonbogg]

It could, but only if Samsung releases a newer, faster iteration.

SSD prices are getting to $0.50/GB on older models (OCZ Agility 360GB now $200 after rebate), and manufacturing has ramped up like crazy.

I read that there is currently a price war to try and force smaller SSD companies out of the market. It appears to be a collective strategy to maintain the health of the market or something like that.

Heres an article from Guru going back to April (OK to link to guru?)

http://guru3d.com/news/price-war-in-the-ssd-market-is-starting/

 

[BenJeremy]

I read that there is currently a price war to try and force smaller SSD companies out of the market. It appears to be a collective strategy to maintain the health of the market or something like that.

Heres an article from Guru going back to April (OK to link to guru?)

http://guru3d.com/news/price-war-in-the-ssd-market-is-starting/

Not surprising... there is probably a lot of profit margin on SSDs right now, compared to platter drives, and everybody and their mother has been releasing SSD drives with barely modified reference designs. Samsung saw the writing on the wall and got out of the platter business to devote attention to the SSD market. They also enjoy being their own source for almost everything on their drives. They can probably afford to drop to $0.20/GB and still be incredibly profitable.

Don't forget that the scale is constantly changing on the sold state stuff.... as more chips are manufactured, they get cheaper to make. Technology is adopted quickly, which also means they get more reliable, larger capacity and faster. This drives the prices down as well. Outfits like Samsung can bring these to market quicker than, say, Kingston or Corsair.

 

[moonbogg]

People were excited when the 830 hit $260-300, but this $190 deal is ludicrous.

 

[Trigun555]

Sold out!! on newegg

 

[mkpalak]

Bummer was hoping to snatch one

 

[moonbogg]

Bummer was hoping to snatch one

Amazon has them as well. The price is around 250 i think, but check it out maybe it went lower. You'll get one. This low price fiasco isn't ending any time soon.

 

[Termie]

I was planning on getting one in the near future. I saw the sale, got excited, bought it and then suddenly couldn't wait to get it. I want it installed and ready for the weekend. I am sick of waiting 5 seconds for BF3 to load. I want 3 second load times by this weekend damn it.

Just a money-saving tip: if you go through to the final checkout on Newegg before pressing Place Order, it will tell you what the estimated delivery time is. I chose free shipping, and it told me it would be delivered in one day...

...and it was delivered today, whatdya know?!?

 

[gigahertz20]

So I'm guessing the big boys like Western Digital and Seagate haven't entered into the SSD market in full force yet because they wouldn't be able to compete effectively with the memory module manufacturers like OCZ, corsair, etc. because those companies have access to many of the components of SSDs for substantially lower prices.

If WD/Seagate don't adapt though they will lose out on alot of sales in the future. But I guess for now people/companies will have a need for large capacity hard drives for little money so their business model should be fine until 1-3TB SSD prices reach hard drive level prices.....and that is not going to happen anytime soon.

 

[Termie]

So I'm guessing the big boys like Western Digital and Seagate haven't entered into the SSD market in full force yet because they wouldn't be able to compete effectively with the memory module manufacturers like OCZ, corsair, etc. because those companies have access to many of the components of SSDs for substantially lower prices.

If WD/Seagate don't adapt though they will lose out on alot of sales in the future. But I guess for now people/companies will have a need for large capacity hard drives for little money so their business model should be fine until 1-3TB SSD prices reach hard drive level prices.....and that is not going to happen anytime soon.

The HD manufacturers posted record profits in the last quarter, in large part due to the additional costs they were able to pass onto the consumer, above and beyond the costs related to the flooding. Seagate in particular made out like a bandit, as it wasn't directly impacted by floods but increased prices anyway to meet market demand.

Source: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/129874-hdd-pricewatch-higher-prices-are-the-new-normal

 

[Engineer]

Back in stock boys and girls! :biggrin:

Edit: OOS again.

 

[Diogenes2]

OUT OF STOCK as of this post..

 

[Engineer]

OUT OF STOCK as of this post..

Yes, it went out of stock less than 8 minutes after I had updated the OP. I guess it's hit or miss right now.

 

[Wyndru]

Yeah, Samsung showed up late to the price war, and only brought some safety scissors to fight with.

This drive has been on sale a few times before this (even before intel and crucials dropped). Maybe not this cheap, but the last 2 I bought were ~210 and ~200 with f/s.

 

[lopri]

Mine came already. It's one condolence dealing with NewEgg, living in Jersey. I have to pay tax but most stuff comes overnight.

 

[JBT]

Mine came yesterday. Plugged it in, Installed Macrium reflect, cloned my old SSD to the new one swapped the SATA location. Booted up. Good as new!
The old SSD is installed now in my wifes to replace the old 74GB Raptor in hers.

 

[Termie]

Mine came yesterday. Plugged it in, Installed Macrium reflect, cloned my old SSD to the new one swapped the SATA location. Booted up. Good as new!
The old SSD is installed now in my wifes to replace the old 74GB Raptor in hers.

Macrium worked for me as well. I did a quick format first, then cloned, then expanded the partition. Easy.

 

[etrin]

got mine in.
I used easeus and clone disk with ssd optimization settings.
took 10 minutes and booted just fine.

hey I remember people saying yes and no to using ssd with swap disk in winders.
does anyone have any final info on this good or bad?

 

[gigahertz20]

Got mine in today, didn't realize how small these things are, about the size of a cell phone. I am kind of surprised that Newegg just ships these in a padded envelope but I guess that must be fine or they would of changed it to a small box if people complained about receiving broken ones.

Have you guys noticed that clear sticker on the SSD packaging box that says "Warranty Void if Removed"...I'm not talking about on the SSD itself, just the cardboard packaging. That is kind of weird, I don't understand why they would put a sticker there? So if you open the SSD packaging from the wrong end and peel the sticker off you void the warranty???? I've never seen that on a products packaging box before.

The only logical explanation is they got lazy and used this stickers there because they didn't want to create new ones.