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Crucial BX200 240GB SATA 2.5 Inch SSD - USD $59.04 (~AUD $85) Delivered @ Amazon

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Crucial BX200 240GB SATA 2.5 Inch SSD - USD $59.04 (~AUD $85) Delivered @ AmazonAffiliate
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Jase2801 on 26/01/2016 - 20:04 amazon.com (893 clicks)
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Sequential reads/writes up to 540 / 490 MB/s on all file types and random reads/writes up to 66k / 78k IOPS
More than 13x faster than a typical hard drive and 40x more energy efficient
More durable than a hard drive - no small moving parts that are prone to failure and available in 2.5-inch form factor in capacities up to 960GB
Includes an activation key for Acronis True Image HD software for easy data migration
Compatible with the free Crucial Storage Executive tool for easy drive monitoring and maintenance

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  • Rukiata on 26/01/2016 - 20:08
    +7

    This is making me want to buy another ssd

  • scrimshaw on 26/01/2016 - 20:21

    Oh my dayum. Dat price. Must resist.

    • albert0pia on 26/01/2016 - 20:43
      +14

      Good… good. Let the impulse to buy flow through you.

      • scrimshaw on 26/01/2016 - 23:46
        +7

        Sigh. I find my lack of funds disturbing.

  • Max999 on 26/01/2016 - 20:24
    +2

    Holy shit. Makes me wonder how i can resist for so long.

  • lyl on 26/01/2016 - 20:26
    +6

    Quite a bit of bad reviews on BX200 though… so I'll pass.

    Really great price though.

    • Hiphopopotamus on 26/01/2016 - 20:35

      good to know, when i saw $85, crucial and 240gb i automatically +ed.

    • CyberMurning on 26/01/2016 - 20:38

      What's bad about them?

      • lyl on 26/01/2016 - 20:39
        +1

        Check out the comments here

      • garage sale on 27/01/2016 - 07:16
        +2

        they have an mx series and bx series, bx uses a slower controller and doesn't have the built in encryption (which I never use anyway) …..same nand chips though. Not sure what that impacts to in real life at that price though considering the other components in a PC.

  • thebargainhunter on 26/01/2016 - 20:27
    +13

    Silently the senses, Abandon their defences.
    Helpless to resist the read/write…
    For I must buy this SSD tonight.

    • theStinge on 27/01/2016 - 00:21

      You were a poet, and you didn't even know it!

  • jcsantos on 26/01/2016 - 20:33
    +1

    Please dont make me buy!!!!

  • Usemame on 26/01/2016 - 20:47
    +1

    Everytime I see SSD posts they getting cheaper and cheaper.

    • Cheeper on 26/01/2016 - 23:19
      +4

      Imagine how many ssd's we would have if AU$ = US$? :-)

      • chipstss on 27/01/2016 - 01:09
        +1

        So many the website would be OzSSDbargains

    • garage sale on 27/01/2016 - 07:20

      yeah but we don't see the 1TB often at bargain basement prices …. just lots of 250gb and 500gb.

      I manage to get one of the crucial 1TB a while back on the last amazon deal for $340 AU and I haven't seen 1TB for under $400 in a while. Seems the price drops are certain sizes and probably based on certain chip sizes.

      Unfortunately PCs only have a limited number of sata ports and eventually size does matter.

      • chyawala on 27/01/2016 - 09:32

        And they are getting exponentially faster. See the MBP type ones, 2x and 4x this speed. Makes this seem like slow old tech.

  • vortex on 26/01/2016 - 20:51

    I bought the lenovo e460 with the 1tb hard drive. If i wanted to buy an ssd like this, will i have issues installing windows? Is windows preinstalled on the laptop hd that comes with it?

    • Damned on 26/01/2016 - 20:58

      You can install windows on the new drive if you buy this. Format the 1tb use as storage on the laptop.

    • stellaaddicted on 26/01/2016 - 21:04
      +7

      Follow the following steps:
      - Install Speccy to get the product key for the Windows you have installed on your machine, print the result and save the result as XML and Text File to an USB flash drive
      - Shrink the size of your hard drive
      - Install Macrium Reflect and make an image of your hard drive to an external hard drive
      - Buy a SATA adapter to connect the new SSD to your computer
      - Using Macrium Reflect, clone the hard drive on your computer to the SSD that is connected to your computer
      - physically disconnect your old hard drive from your machine and install the new SSD in the its place
      - Power on your machine and it will operate as if it was using your old hard drive but at SSD speed and performance
      - Expand the size of your hard drive
      Finished! These are the steps… Google for details.

      • Abaddon on 27/01/2016 - 10:15

        I just connected the new ssd via USB, cloned directly to it with Macrium Reflect Free (it resized the chosen partitions on the fly, I skipped laptop recovery partitions etc).

        Swapped the drives over once complete and booted straight up.

    • jjsnacks on 26/01/2016 - 22:22
      +4

      Great directions above but a simpler way is to do the windows 10 upgrade, make sure its activated, then download the windows 10 install usb maker for your version, make a usb stick for install then physically swap out the Hdd for ssd, then boot from usb and go through the install process, it will automatically activate once installed, I have done this a few times, really easy

      • aoiro on 27/01/2016 - 09:36

        It's also supposed to work on a clean install unactivated and inputting your Windows 7/8 key directly, although I have only activated first then clean installed.

      • chyawala on 27/01/2016 - 09:39

        I see, clean install over clone. Though I'm not sure why you'd want Windoze 10. It's like spyware out of control, recording you, making s custom profile of you, updating whenever it wants, sharing your wifi etc. The defaults breach privacy in so many ways it's apalling.

  • Chall5 on 26/01/2016 - 21:11

    Got the 500GB version in my PS4. It was horrible before I updated the firmware to MU02. After that had no problems

    Not sure it makes a huge amount of speed difference in the PS4

    • furythree on 26/01/2016 - 21:30
      -5

      did you overclock the mainframe and install more DDR5 ram in the PS4?

      maybe if you watercooled it you might get more megahertz out of the PS4

      all the SSD does is improve load times

    • garage sale on 27/01/2016 - 07:23

      i put an ssl into my console (250gb left over from an upgrade) , made no difference in speed but runs quieter and cooler so that's a bonus in its own.

  • singlefished on 26/01/2016 - 21:33

    Does anybody have any recommendations for a USB/SATA connector? I could search eBay and just buy an "el cheapo" but prefer to follow the advice of someone who actually knows what I should really be buying :)

  • rgr on 26/01/2016 - 21:33

    if you can still get the BX100 at the same price, you should. BX200 is a shitty update. Get if desperate.

  • scynaz on 26/01/2016 - 21:36
    +1

    This drive keeps getting cheaper. How bad is it really? IS it worse than the Sandisk SSD Plus 240GB on sale on Shopping Express for $95?

    • Qbagger on 26/01/2016 - 23:38

      I want to know this as well, thanks for asking.

      • scynaz on 26/01/2016 - 23:59
        +1

        I did some research. It is that bad. Even as the cheapest 240GB SSD it's a terrible buy. The crap TLC flash is to blame.

        The Sandisk SSD Plus 240GB, despite being a budget drive, is significantly better and is MLC based.

  • knaff on 26/01/2016 - 22:06

    it didnt work with my laptop, neither Asus or Crucial would do anything, blamed each other

    Had to ebay it

  • ash_G on 26/01/2016 - 23:43

    ok . just ordered one :/

  • Vyviel on 27/01/2016 - 00:53
    +1

    Warning that the BX200 is a terrible drive.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/41ao8y/stop_recom…

    etc

    • garage sale on 27/01/2016 - 07:27
      +1

      it's slightly slower than the MX and doesn't have onboard encryption ….. I have the MX and don't even use the encryption, also have BX in laptops and they work fine.

      The BX is sold as their value range …. lots of storage per $$, the MX is their business range. Same MLC NANDS inside, just different controllers to bring price down.

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