Cheapest according to camelcamelcamel!
Delivery is US$5.74 to Syd.
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM)
UPDATE: New lowest price @ US$ 161.99.
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Good deal.
Finally, another price drop.
This one had been sitting on USD $177 (and in my Amazon cart) for quite a while.
Will actually get it this time.
Thanks for posting!
Hey, I don't usually buy from Amazon but this is tempting, how can we claim the warranty if we needed to though?
You will have to send it back to Amazon. They pay for the return shipping.
Been waiting to upgrade the 840 thanks!
Why would you want to upgrade from the 840? There is no point. You aren't going to notice any difference unless you read at >400 MB/s and write at >250 MB/s.
Pardon me if you're upgrading from a 120 or 250 GB capacity.
This is the 840 not the 840 pro i'm talking about so double the write speed, but really it's actually about two years old, would rather upgrade now, sell it for 100 or so bucks, rather do small incremental upgrades at a few hundred dollars then spending 1000's every few years, this way my pc is always fairly good…
Do people actually buy 2 year old products? I have a tonne of old phones and PC parts, but unsure where I should sell them.
Where do you sell yourself? Ebay??
I am not a fan of gumtree.
Dude, i sold my 4 year old power supply for 35 bucks, the guy paid 17 bucks to ship it to TAS, so YEAH they buy old stuff.
Yeah ebay mainly, look it's all about your attitude and mine is, i'd rather the 20 bucks in my pocket then some old hardware that is losing value faster then i can make money. And Ebay is good since you don't have to deal with people, they pay you, you just it in the post, give them the tracking number, as long as you didn't lie, they leave you positive feedback, it's all over!
@tendollar: I think exactly the same. Never sold something old, but never bought something either (YET!)
There are PC enthusiast forums, like Overclockers.com.au that have dedicated sections, where people are happy to advise/help with pricing advice etc. etc.
…I just haven't bit the bullet yet, dunno why. Just being shy/weird :D
840 EVO has known issues with the TLC NAND: it gets very slow as the data ages and might even eventually lose data. Lots of firmware update workarounds that try to rewrite data in the background, but they don't solve the root problem.
The 850 EVO isn't affected as far as anyone knows, and it uses a larger process size NAND so it might be in the clear.
I think I need a 500GB SSD m.2 type!? Any deals?
You should have asked this question yesterday when the eBay 20% off was still on. Futu Online was selling 500GB 850 EVO M.2 for $260 after discount.
Thanks, been waiting for a deal on the 1TB, but this is so cheap that 500GB will keep me going until 1TBs come down.
Just buy 2!
Only so many SATA ports unfortunately! But it was more cost effective if you had as many SATA ports as you needed.
Why would you even need more than 500gb SSD? Seems like a waste bro. You're better off buying a 500mb SSD with a 2tb HDD. You won't need more than 500mb unless you're storing data on your SSD, which is pointless. You should only be putting applications, OS, and games on your SSD that you want to boot up faster.
I used to think this too, and that's why I'm rocking a 128GB Crucial M4.
After repeatedly micromanaging my storage, I've realised that it's a lot easier now to just buy a decent capacity SSD and not worry about it. They've come down so much, it's a cheap enough now to do so. I'll still install the majority of my games on the HDD, but so many programs just seem to prefer the C: drive.
That's 128gb, no wonder. 500gb is about 4 times that size. I don't think I'd go over 500gb for my programs. I'd probably have about 200gb for games, OS, and 100gb for applications. It seems like you're going from one extreme to another.
I seen a 1tb version of this evo 850 before(the deal where I bought mine was on the same page as the 1tb model), but it seemed pretty steep for over $440. I'd rather spend the $200 I save on a 4tb HDD WITH the SSD, or a new CPU (which would give a much greater performance increase). It's about provisioning money correctly into your rig. I'm having a hard time seeing how one would use over 500gb on an SSD by only putting essential applications on there, but to each his own.
@mattydogge: I can see what you're saying, but it can be very particular to the user, and I think the situation will change as time goes on.
Game installs are getting quite large. Just 3 recent titles could fill up 150GB+ of the SSD.
Witcher 3 - 40gb
Arkham Knight - 55gb
GTA V - 65gb
When you look at those sizes, it's easy to see how you could be getting close to 500gb.
I don't install games to my SSD though, I install everything I can and all data files to different hard drives. The problem is many applications insist on using the C: drive for installation. Video editing in particular I've had some issues with, as some love to automatically cache to the C: also (with issues telling it to cache elsewhere!). When you're working with large video files, this also fills things up quickly.
I totally agree that 500gb should be enough for many peoples needs, but I wouldn't discourage users from 1tb options as much as I would have a couple of years ago.
Thanks been waiting so long for the price to come down. Finally placed an order
I am about to place an order, however Amazon let us select currency payment (with AUD option US$ 169.72 = ~ AUD$ 230), What if I choose US$ option, and let Australian bank do currency converting, which option is better?? what should I select? This's my first time shopping with Amazon. Thanks Ozbargainer - and thanks for posting this.
It's almost like you need to do two currency conversions and compare them or something.
Never mind! Order Placed!!! Thanks OP!
In short: pay with USD.
In long: Your bank do not convert the currency for you. It's done by credit card provider (Visa/master/Amex), which is almost guarantee to have better rate than Amazon.
Your bank may charge you a overseas transaction fee no matter what currency you choose. (except if you use something like 28 degree master card. Wiki)
Very detailed, and helpful inputs!! Thanks heaps.
I'd also recommend a 28 degrees card http://www.28degreescard.com.au/
No currency conversion fees/no annual fee
Damn just bought the one off FUTU at $240!
I personally would pay the extra $20 for local warranty.
Same here. But the truth is it's not much of a difference, and there's always going to be deals on after you buy something. When you see a deal and you jump for it your run that risk. But you also run the risk that the deal won't come back in the future. The point is we got a good SSD at a great price(which actually competes with some of the more expensive SSDs). The up side is we've got it from a local buyer, thus if it plays up we've got a local warranty(as pointed out by suito below). We've only paid $18 more, that's nothing. Plus we don't have to wait (profanity) ages, I got my SSD today!
Gone up to USD 174.99
Back down to 165.05 USD
SOOO Tempting!!
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thanks, purchased