Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD for $168 at PLE Computers Perth

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  MATTDAMON on 18/07/2012 - 01:30

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  Great price for one of the best drives on the market. And before someone asks yes these are superior to m4's

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  fleabag on 18/07/2012 - 02:45

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  they should be going down, intel is scheduled a price drop for august

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    MATTDAMON on 18/07/2012 - 05:11

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    The distro price actually dropped Sunday

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  natski23 on 18/07/2012 - 07:40

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  $165 Excluding Shipping @ PCDIY (VIC, NSW, SA) + Min. $15 Shipping
  http://www.pcdiy.com.au/ad/pricelist.pdf

  $168 Excluding Shipping @ IJK (Formerly UMart) (Enfield, NSW) + ~$10 Shipping
  http://ijk.com.au/branch/ijk/product_info.php?cPath=27_502&p…

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  bereta91 on 18/07/2012 - 08:57

  I'm not a computer geek but wouldn't it be better to go for Samsung SSD 830 120Gb for $128 than this intel SSD?

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    h4lcyon on 18/07/2012 - 09:32

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    Here is the way I see it.

    • Intel
    • Crucial M4
    • Sandisk
    • Others (including Samsung)
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      lostn on 18/07/2012 - 12:06

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      Who downvoted this guy? He pretty much has it spot on.

      Samsung makes good TVs and phones, but it doesn't automatically mean that everything they make is the best.

      Not that this SSD isn't good or anything, but Intel and Crucial are the benchmark for reliability in SSDs.

      $128 is cheaper than $168 ($165 if you look around), but you're getting Intel's reputed reliability, 5 year warranty and their RMA rate of less than 1%.

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      MATTDAMON on 18/07/2012 - 16:42

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      @h4lcyon

      That list is incorrect.

      If you want to weigh up reliability vs speed vs warranty support vs availability it goes

      Intel
      Samsung
      Fusion
      Everything else.

      You need to remember that Samsung, intel, Fusion IO are being deployed on a mass scale in consumer and server products, hell OEM's weapon of choice is Samsung SSD's.

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        h4lcyon on 18/07/2012 - 20:23

        Thanks for the heads up :)

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        mooboy on 19/07/2012 - 16:51

        Hi Copie - I don't know anything about Fusion, but wouldn't Crucial be a step above everything else (more reliable but maybe slower write speed?)

        And I thought a lot of big review sites tend to put Samsung and Intel neck and neck?

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  effgee on 18/07/2012 - 09:24

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  $169 as MSY.

  Love seeing the prices drop but don't think this is anything special

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    imaximax1 on 18/07/2012 - 22:59

    http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8641

    MSY just dropped its price to $158, not massive but still better than this.

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  imaximax1 on 18/07/2012 - 09:36

  http://www.techspot.com/news/49423-intel-cuts-ssd-prices-int…

  Price drop just announced, i would wait a little while.

  Also, you can get the OEM version for cheaper, on amazon, or PCI DIY in australia ($149).

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  Airborne99 on 18/07/2012 - 10:55

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  I have 2x OCZ vertex 3 MI in RAID 0, currently TRIM is not supported in raid.

  Apparently Intel were releasing drivers to enable TRIM support for RAID 0 setups. This would be the only reason i would buy intel 520 SSD, anyone know the update for these trim enabled drivers? Else wise ill stick to my ocz vertex 3 MI for the time being.