Lowest price ever according to 3 x Camels
Tried and tested with good reviews 560MB/s read and 510MB/s write speeds with 4GB of DDR3 DRAM.
These SSD's just keep getting cheaper!
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Doesn’t matter if they are. You won’t notice any difference.
Depending on the use case, for large copies/writes QLC drives may be slower than HDD.
Chances of getting QLC MX500 are actually higher from Amazon because of their turnover
This is not a deal when it was $305 earlier in the week and the superior TLC 870 EVO is currently the same price
Yeah even if no eBay plus I would rather pay 335 for the Samsung Evo, local stock and TLC.
How do Amazon go with warranties on internationally shipped stuff? Concern would be having one fail and having to send to Germany for warranty?
Not sure about warranty but returns are the same as from .au
The catch is if you're wanting to excercise your rights under Consumer Law. Consumer Law is Australian, so if a business does not operate in Australia you have no recourse.
If the business is solely importing from overseas they have little incentive to assist you and will generally try to fob you off to the manufacturer (which is not in line with ACL but many will try anyway). Businesses like Amazon are a bit tricky as they operate in many countries - if you purchase from Amazon UK, why does Amazon AU need to comply with ACL as your purchase was not through them?
My understanding here is that you would only be covered by the law in the country you purchased from - it's why you see comments/posts from users talking about having to ship their product back to the US, UK, etc to claim warranty - I believe it was Western Digital who offer global warranty but their policy is that products need to be returned to the region they were sold in.
Note I'm not saying I agree with all this, but this is my understanding…
I've bought and returned to Amazon.uk and Amazon.de and had the exact same experience as returning to Amazon.au.
if you purchase from Amazon UK, why does Amazon AU need to comply with ACL as your purchase was not through them?
Because even when you buy from Amazon UK, you're doing it through Amazon AU - you'd have to go directly to the .co.uk site to exclude Amazon AU from the transaction…
Amazing! But any ideas on the best deals for these or basic SSDs at 120gb for basic old laptop upgrades from HDDs? Thanks
best small capacity deals will be on 512 or 1tb drives, the 128gb drives never come up with value deals these days & 256 seems to be less common too. Plus the super budget drives use a SLC cache instead of dram so you will want to keep some empty space on them if using as a cheap OS drive. The super cheap ones will drastically slow down as they reach capacity & the free space to use for SLC caching shrinks.
edit: if you just want a basic tiny drive at absolute minimum cost the patriot elite 120 is cheap, not sure if it's value, but it's certainly the cheapest way to get a boot drive in a computer unless you want to go to AliExpress. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08LKMQ9T4
Just a heads up your link sends me to the Patriot Burst.
Patriot P210
edit: I misread your post. Nevermind
Bought a 10 pack of patriot burst 240gb for about $190 the other week from amazon
@vanyellow: Same price still, good find.
Patriot Burst Elite SATA 3 240GB SSD 2.5" - 10 Pack https://amzn.asia/d/biXLxi6
If it’s just an old laptop, look at second hand 256 or 512gb. Should be able to get one for next to nothing.
Never bought 2nd hand cheap SSDs. Don't want the risk but maybe I'll have a look.
tbh the SSD market has dropped so rapidly second hand sellers are matching cheap drive prices at best. I buy a fair few cheap drives to referb old machines & second hand isn't worth it right now, no meaningful savings.
Looks like this deal would be good for refurbing
Patriot Burst Elite SATA 3 240GB SSD 2.5" - 10 Pack https://amzn.asia/d/biXLxi6
Cheers guys , ye have bought a few Silicon Power A55's from Amazon $17 to $25. As I upgrade old laptops for the elderly. Didn't have a good experience with the Patriot but it may have been a one off.. (don't need the dram drives) just want decent and cheap but not dogfish from China 😂
Have also used the SanDisk A400 , and bx500
does this work on ps5?
No it's not an M.2 NVMe Gen4 SSD. Rather a 2.5" SATA.
It might be a yes, if you put this "on" your PS5, in an external USB enclosure to play some or most PS4 games.
But I would get the Samusung 870 Evo via eBay Computer Alliance atm for the same price if you have ebay plus which uses TLC not QLC like these ones
there is also this deal to consider Samsung 870 EVO 4TB 2.5" SATA SSD $335.20 ($326.82 eBay Plus) Delivered @ Computer Alliance eBay
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/780184
$256 for 4TB Silicon Power A55
Silicon Power 4TB A55 SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive https://amzn.asia/d/8MDuTWT
Surprised the better 4tb sata SSDs haven't dropped below $300 yet
Are MX500s QLC these days?