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Samsung 840 Pro 256GB 2.5inch SATA SSD $197 Delivered @ Amazon UK

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  • +1

    It seems cheap but I'd suggest you're about to see ssd prices plummet, going by the pricing on crucial's new drive.

    IF they update existing models (to make them cheaper) they'll also be using less nand, making the smaller capacity drives slower (careful buying updated models of 250/256gb or less). Won't go into the technical reasons why.

    • I agree with you just to reply. I would be cautious about buying ssd now unless you really need to. Prices are definitely set to plummet.

      • how long do we have to wait?

      • Looking for one myself.
        Do you mind expanding on why they are going to plummet?
        I certainly hope so….

        • +1

          They are manufacturing nand memory on a smaller manufacturing node.

          Which means it is physically smaller. They make substantially more memory from the same amount of silicon. That's why its substantially cheaper.

          An SSD has a number of memory chips in it. So if each memory chip now holds twice as many megabytes you need half as many memory chips. But normally each chip can be accessed simultaneously - so with half as many chips there are half as many read/writes you can do simultaneously - hence it's slower.

          Big drives still have enough memory chips that you don't notice the loss in speed. And of course other things like the microcontrollers in the drive, the cache, the firmware all improve with newer models and this helps offset the speed loss.

          @istops: The first drive on smaller nand just came out. Probably a couple months for the other manufacturers to catch up. After that probably a slow decline in price by 20% over the next year. Then probably due for the next big price cut as the next manufacturing improvement comes. But it's all a guess. Personally I wouldn't buy right now though, let it sit a couple months.

  • So tempting

  • Good deal - I have been thinking about clipping together a new PC to give Win8 a try

    • +2

      Win 8 is great, if you sit and play with it for a while… and you buy a Touchscreen thats responsive.

  • It is showing as AUD$204 on my checkout. Did the price change in a few minutes?

    • +3

      Don't use Amazon currency calculator, its a rip off
      Change currency to GBP and pay using a 28 degree's card

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  • Damn, i missed out.
    I was only looking at these today

    • -2

      Im predicting that it should be back in stock soon when Amazon recheck their stock levels

      • +2

        Probably at a higher price when they restock.

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