l M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) - Max. Read: 500MB/s + Max. Write: 250MB/s - Max. Read: 72,000IOPS + Max Write: 60,000IOPS - 20nm Micron MLC NND - AES 256-bit Hardware Encryption Engine (CT240M500SSD1)
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note.. minimum 2% surcharge for payments.. which makes the price go up around $141.xx
Amazon price would be around $135 delivered..
got a link for that?
how does the m500 compare to the samsung eve 840?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BQ8RM1A/ref=twister_B00C9UFTGO
its currently US $114.99 + US $8 postage would be US $122.99, using google around AU $132.32.
but the conversion rates vary depending on payments options you choose..so that why I guesestimated it to around AU$135…
$132.32 + credit card conversion fee if you're not paying with a currency conversion fee free card. Yes it will probably be around the $135 mark that you indicated.
and with Mwave..you would get local warranty..assuming their warranty service is upto scratch.. :) also.. this can be claimable during tax time..
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think whether it's purchased from Oz or O/S makes a difference whether or not it's tax deductible.
how does the m500 compare to the samsung eve 840?
If we were comparing the M500 480GB it would be more of a case of "close enough for most users to not notice", but the M500 240GB has about half the sustained write speed of the M500 480GB. Read speeds should be on par, but with a slight edge to the 480/960 models.
The M500s deal with power-failure better and have more reserve NAND to cover any bad blocks, which is a bonus.
Personally I think anyone considering a 240GB SSD should spring for the Samsung Evo 840 at all costs; however if you're contemplating a 480GB or 960GB SSD then there's excellent value to be had in the M500 480/960 models.
At the end of the day though, it doesn't matter and you won't notice it for a boot drive.
I have a very old Intel X-25M from back in the days where a 120GB SSD would set you back more than what an i7 processor would cost.
It's very slow, around 1/3 of the speed of current SSDs yet I basically don't notice it in day to day use and I can probably say that for most people, if they were to do a blind trial, would not even notice.
At the end of the day though, it doesn't matter and you won't notice it for a boot drive.
We both have a point.
When you fill up an SSD you separate the winners from the losers. For some of them, that free space/performance gradient is very steep and declines at even 30% used capacity, so it pays to have as much performance out of the box as you can afford.
Yes I agree that when it comes to boot times and the general sensation of "snappiness" you can't tell whether you're running a $100 dollar SSD or a $350 dollar SSD just by booting up and opening some files.
But I certainly do notice the difference between individual application load times, (namely things like Photoshop, CAD stuff, Mozilla with a million tabs saved, CyberLink PowerDVD, Nero, etc) file copy times and game level load times between different SSDs; that might count for some.
Amar89, do you have any sources for M500 NAND reserve? I can't find much of the info from a google search.
As someone who had an SSD crash on them (Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB), it wasn't pretty. Just checking if the Crucial or a Samsung would avoid it
Yeah, but you'll have to wait two weeks. You get this in about a few days. At the end of the day, you're paying $4 to get it faster.
If you want a really fair comparison, compare it with the express shipping option from Amazon where this deal turns out cheaper.
Shopping express did it delivered for $140 a few weeks back for reference.
So this is a good price still.
I have used Mwave before, they have non-existing customer service, rude front line staff and very slow warranty return or replacement procedure and pickup. I buy stuff from them when they are really cheap as compared to other suppliers and I do not need it urgently.
looking at the crucial site it's recommending a slightly different part number - CT3770595. Anyone know if the mwave item (T240M500SSD1) will fit in a lenovo T500?
Sexy price