OCZ Trion 150 480GB SSD - $99.99 USD (~$135 AUD +Shipping) @ Amazon

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samba on 17/06/2016 - 22:01 amazon.com (412 clicks)
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Have had this on CamelCamelCamel for a few weeks waiting for it to drop to below $100 USD. Just dropped $10 USD to $99.99, which works out to be $135 AUD. Shipping to the ACT for me was only ~$7 AUD, so a total of ~$142 shipped.

Cheapest on StaticIce is $184.08 plus shipping —> http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=trion+150+4…

I know people are a bit wary of the OCZ name but they've improved a lot recently, and they have one of, if not the best replacement warranties you can get at the moment. If you have a failure within the warranty period, they will express advance ship you a replacement, and, if I recall correctly, a shipping label to return your defective unit at no cost to you.

Speeds are good at 550 R / 530 W.

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  Diji1 on 17/06/2016 - 23:34

  +3

  Looks good to me, tempted to buy to install games on.

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  zaqwsx3 on 18/06/2016 - 10:12

  In the market for a new SSD myself, and the Tom's Hardware review indicates there "The Trion 150 is a welcome replacement for the poorly-received Trion 100, but it's still not as competitive as it needs to be. It's difficult to recommend this model when the same company offers an MLC-based SSD for the same price.".

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    samba on 18/06/2016 - 10:20

    +1

    Definitely not the same price at the moment, hence the bargain post. OCZ has some 480GB MLC SSD's around as well, but you're looking at $149.00 USD for the Arc 100 (https://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Solutions-2-5-Inch-Ultra-Slim-ARC…) or $161.95 USD for the Vector 180 (https://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Storage-Solutions-2-5-Inch-VTR180…).

    So considering that you've got a 50%-60% price increase for either of those drives, I don't think it would be a difficult recommendation after all :-)

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      garage sale on 18/06/2016 - 10:47

      +2

      go with the cheap option and spend the saving on a slab of beer ….. in a few years you will be using 2TB drives, the cells in this won't be worn out but you will be short of sata ports so this ends up like the box full of 360GB 2.5" drives people have.

      the hypothetical difference of mlc vs tlc in this price point for this amount of storage isn't an issue, and they are all going TLC so they can fit more on the silicon die …. samsung 850.

      often it's not about technology but more fit for purpose.