Toshiba 256GB SSD/$149.99

[xodusgenesis]

NewEgg shell shocker deal for today:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820168063

Seems like a great price for a 256GB SSD and free shipping.

 

[PliotronX]

Nice! I've been impressed with my 128gb Toshiba.

 

[Jimzz]

I bought this drive maybe 3 weeks ago. So far ahs been working great.

Replaced a 128gb Crucial which will go to my HTPC after my Toshiba is a couple months old.

 

[VirtualLarry]

128GB also on sale, it appears. ~$79

 

[JTsyo]

The SSD prices are looking great now. Next computer, I'm going either SSD or hybrid.

 

[Elixer]

Dunno if they still have it, but a random newegg banner that when clicked on, it will generate a 10% discount code for any SSD over $100 I think it was...

 

[VirtualLarry]

Dunno if they still have it, but a random newegg banner that when clicked on, it will generate a 10% discount code for any SSD over $100 I think it was...

I got it to pop up by putting some SSDs into my cart (while not logged in), and browsing around the SSDs.

 

[PliotronX]

The SSD prices are looking great now. Next computer, I'm going either SSD or hybrid.

Hybrids only make sense for notebooks IMO where they tend to have a single drive bay so you get a lot of the speed benefits of SSD with the massive storage of rust technology. For my desktop I went SSD for the system drive and a RAID0 array of 1TB drives for games and storage

 

[Holler]

Dunno if they still have it, but a random newegg banner that when clicked on, it will generate a 10% discount code for any SSD over $100 I think it was...

Yep got it for 135 shipped with the additional banner discount. Running great so far, super fast. Toshiba name, is a plus imho. 3 year warranty.

 

[Artista]

I picked this up. The problem though, and correct me if I am wrong, Toshiba doesnt have any software to firmware update this or secure erase.

Its working well so far but having more support would be nice.

Plus secure erase equals taking a hammer to it. (Unless I missed the software somehow)

 

[Elixer]

I picked this up. The problem though, and correct me if I am wrong, Toshiba doesnt have any software to firmware update this or secure erase.

Its working well so far but having more support would be nice.

Plus secure erase equals taking a hammer to it. (Unless I missed the software somehow)

Yeah, they don't have any utility software for this SSD.
There are some 3rd party ones though.

 

[manly]

I picked this up. The problem though, and correct me if I am wrong, Toshiba doesnt have any software to firmware update this or secure erase.

Its working well so far but having more support would be nice.

Plus secure erase equals taking a hammer to it. (Unless I missed the software somehow)

Toshiba primarily sells to OEMs so we can presume their firmware is pretty solid, and it's unlikely we'll ever see an end-user firmware update.

Just the box alone tells you they didn't put too much effort into these SKUs; they probably somehow overproduced NAND and hastily decided to throw it into the consumer channel.