Spotted some good prices for SSDs at computer Alliance:
1TB Samsung 2.5" 860 QVO SATA 6Gb/s SSD PN MZ-76Q1T0BW $151.20
240GB WD 2.5" Green SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive PN WDS240G2G0A $39.20
240GB Crucial BX500 2.5" SSD Drive PN CT240BX500SSD1 $39.20
480GB WD 2.5" Green SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive PN WDS480G2G0A $76
480GB Crucial BX500 2.5" SSD Drive PN CT480BX500SSD1 $79.20
500GB Samsung 2.5" 860 EVO SATA 6Gb/s SSD PN MZ-76E500BW $103.20
It looks like you a get copy of Far Cry New Dawn with it as well.
redemption from Samsung for NVme
I don't this this is eligible
scroll a bit further down on Samsung page, it mentions the SATA-based EVO and QVO models
https://www.samsung.com/au/offer/farcrynewdawn/
Mwave already sent me my game key.
Help please - will this work as a replacement for the 1TB standard HD in my old laptop to give it a final kick in the guts before I have to upgrade ? Thanks in advance for any help.
Laptop - https://www.cnet.com/products/acer-aspire-v-nitro/specs/
Yeah, all the drives listed are SATA 2.5" form factor drives, you just pull out the old drive and stick the new one in.
Most of them will come with a free download for software that easily transfers data from old drive to the new one, though you will need some kind of USB->Sata converter cable or portable HDD enclosure.
Cheers - thought so but wan't sure if being newer than my old laptop it wasn't compatible. Thanks
EDIT - MSY have the same 1TB SSD for $160 so I might pick one up tomorrow.
@Fitzy777: Delivery is super fast from computer alliance, though I guess the local warranty might be worth the bit extra.
Crucial BX500 got some bad reviews here 2.5 out of 5 https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-bx500-ssd,5377.…
It's an unfair review, IMO. The BX500 isn't a fast SSD, not designed to be, not priced to be, not purported to be by anybody. Compared to other SSDs around the same price bracket (e.g. the WD Green), it's similar in terms of performance.
At $40, it's not an enthusiast product. It's something that I would put in an old laptop to give it some new life or something I'd install in my grandparents' PC when they're saying that programs take a little too long to load. And yes, let's not kid ourselves, it's by far and away faster than any hard drive.
You would be better spending a little more for the samsung, or the seagate at umart
You could say that about anything at the super budget end.
@p1 ama: Well hold on
Compared to entry-level WD Greens or Kingston UV400/A400 Crucial has neither the brandname recog, reliability, or extended warranty that these companies provide
For example my Kingston SSDs I bought 2 years ago had a 6 month Kogan warranty, Kingston's own 2 year warranty where I just snap a picture of the box with serial number on them and they'll send me new ones no questions asked and Aus consumer protection warranty however long that is. I can live with Kingston/WD Greens being slow for the peace of mind their brand names give me.
This isn't like a Xiaomi phone doing what more expensive phones can do at great price point/utility ratios, it's a very average card which is unreliable by a company unfamiliar to the everyday consumer who's looking for a cheap SSD
@[Deactivated]: Crucial doesn't have brand recognition? What?!
Micron Group (i.e. Crucial) are the third largest NAND flash manufacturer in the world after Samsung and Hynix. They are a far larger company than either Western Digital or Kingston.
I don't know anything about how reliable these are as I don't own one and have never researched it. Would you be able to give some evidence for Crucial SSDs being less reliable than Kingston or WD?
Micron: $20.32bn Revenue
Western Digital: $19.09bn Revenue
Kingston: $10bn Revenue
So is Crucial still an unknown brand made by an unknown company?
Got the bx500, funny how that review never came up. Was mainly comparing to a Kingston uv400 at the time. Wouldn't have picked that it was behind the mx500 or the wd blue.
The issue with BX500 initially was the pricing. It wasn't that cheaper to justify it when the older (but faster) MX300 or EVO 850 works out same price then. And that was when SSD was still expensive.
Thanks OP, Got a 1TB perfect replacement for my second laptop drive
This code can't be applied to your order. What am I doing wrong? :(
Same. Code isn't accepted via web or eBay app for me either. :(
$15 delivery kills deal
Well at least eBay Plus members finally have a use for the subscription
Not bad price for the 1 Terabyte QVO, if you missed out the $145 Mwave deal.