Samsung 860 EVO 2TB: US $336.14 (~AU $466.90) Delivered @ Amazon AU

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RefusdClassification on 13/12/2018 - 07:32 amazon.com (140 clicks)
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After seeing a deal for a Seagate 2 TB SSD posted yesterday for under $400 delivered, I did a little research. The Seagates use a 4 year old controller and is mediocre in benchmarks and power consumption tets, except for sequential read tests. The Samsung 860 Evo seems to have the best overall results of the cheaper TLC equipped SATA drivers. According to CamelCamel, The 860 Samsung drivers have been falling in price over time and were their lowest during the Black Friday period, at $295 USD (they are now $300 USD).

The listing I am posting is for a drive with a 2.5inch form factor. The cheapest retailers in Australia are selling this drive for $509 AU without shipping, so Amazon is about 20% cheaper. The 1 TB version of the 860 Evo is exactly half the price: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Inch-Internal-MZ-76E2T0B-AM/d… . There is a 4TB version too but it is still very expensive. Also, the 860 Pro series is much more expensive because it has MLC, and in a lot of benchamarks there is little difference in performance between the 2 (MLC has greater longevity though).

If you want an 860 Evo in a M.2 form factor, look here: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-860-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E2T0BW…
The price is $298 USD, $2 less than the 2.5 inch version, though performance is likely the same since it uses bottlenecked SATA rather than the newer NVME standard. If you have a newer motherboard with NVME support, DON'T purchase the new Samsung 970 Evo from Amazon. It is about 25% cheaper to buy it from a local retailer like MSY or MWave or UMart ($289 for a 1TB model, $639 for a 2TB).

I hope my research results are of value to somebody.

Mod Note: Price in title updated with GST.

Price History at CamelCamelCamel.

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  VAA on 13/12/2018 - 07:39

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  I purchased 2TB 970 evo m2 nvme from computer alliance through Ebay for 594aud during ebay 10% off and with cashback of 167 the final price will be 427. The current cashback promo makes them very reasonable here. I did not post it here as there was only one in stock that I purchased.

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  Puti on 13/12/2018 - 08:02

  Wait, I'm a little confused here. Wouldn't the Samsung SSD Cashback offer make the $509 2TB drive down to $384?

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    nfr on 13/12/2018 - 09:15

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    It's from Amazon US, won't qualify for samsung au cashback.

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      id on 13/12/2018 - 13:36

      what Puti means is that most australian retailers are selling these for $509. And with the $125 sammy cashback it makes it 384. staticice will tell u which shops. However most have sold out and are awaiting stock with preorders.

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  seb on 13/12/2018 - 08:04

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  I don't think this is a deal.

  $529 on Ebay, 5% off and Samsung $125 Cashback. $377.55 from an Australian seller.

  Was even cheaper yesterday with Ebay 10% off.

  Even with the higher price of the current Ebay 20% off 68 sellers, 20% off $679 minus cashback gives $418 which is still cheaper than buying from Amazon US.

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  ShotzzAU on 13/12/2018 - 08:10

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  Not a deal i got a 1tb for $155 and if i buy another one its only $310

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    Nadder on 13/12/2018 - 08:13

    +5

    While your argument is not a bad one, it is irrelevant. Some people want single 2GB drives (like myself who only has space for one drive in my laptop).

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    Jollystacker on 13/12/2018 - 08:21

    cant really compare it to the 2tb tho, might be handy for people who only have one slot and like the additional storage.

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    nfr on 13/12/2018 - 09:21

    Not sure why you got negged. Dollars/GB is one of the key metrics. Not relevant to everyone, but not irrelevant to everyone either.

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      ShotzzAU on 13/12/2018 - 11:57

      Excatly people just wanna hate for some reason

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  Cobalt_ on 13/12/2018 - 12:05

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  2TB Evo 860 for $509 from MSY. Take the $125 cashback off for a final price of $384.
  Cheaper and Australian warranty.

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  getho on 13/12/2018 - 12:45

  read an article that reckons ssds will drop to nand flash prices of $0.08 USD PER gb. That would make 2TB $220AUD. I'm a skeptic, but not hard to imagine them reaching ~$300 by easter.

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  Major Mess on 13/12/2018 - 14:04

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  You really need the pro version to get substantially better specs. But for the little extra with cash back the 860 is probably the better buy.