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Liteon LZT-256M3S 256GB SATAIII SSD - Now Only $169.00 (was $185)

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Liteon LZT-256M3S 256GB SATAIII SSD - Now Only $169.00 (was $185)
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wisc on 06/09/2012 - 13:42 scorptec.com.au (2020 clicks)
Last edited 10/09/2012 - 20:09 by 1 other user

was 185 here: http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/75059
now only 169!
Read up to 515MB/s
Write up to 440MB/s
Ran. Read Speed (IOPS 4K) 75,000

from the last bargain these should be the specs
http://www.liteonssd.com/25q-sata-mlc-ssd/item/25q-sata-mlc-…

cheapest on shopbot is 174 - however when you drill down its $176
http://www.shopbot.com.au/m/?m=Liteon%20256M3S

shipping still between 10 and 14 bux…

Edit:
sneakydean also found it at greeboxit for 158 (below)
they seem to be located at the following address for you sydney people:
69a Spit Road Mosman, NSW 2088
however it looks as if there shipping is more expensive.

Mod: Please note users are reporting they have received the LZT-256 and not the LZT-256M3S. Please check with Scorptec before ordering.

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  • blazer on 06/09/2012 - 14:00
    +1

    why doesn't this have more upvotes?

  • scotty on 06/09/2012 - 14:02

    I thought we haven't had a SSD deal for a few days… Now they are BACK!

    Some good reviews when Scorpion Tech rep posted the deal back in July.

  • brocky2006 on 06/09/2012 - 14:23

    how do these compair to the agility/force 3 drives?

    • lycos on 06/09/2012 - 14:48

      I'm also interested how this SSD performance compared to OCZ, Corsair & Sandisk Extreme.

      • wisc on 06/09/2012 - 14:51
        +1

        from the last post courtesy of "giggles"

        "giggles on 18/07/2012 - 09:08

        I benched against OCZ Vertex 4 and the Liteon wins in most scores. Damnit!"

      • IamEzza on 06/09/2012 - 18:12
        -2

        It uses a Marvel controller (same as the Crucial drives)

        So it will be WAY more reliable then the OCZ, Corsair and Sandisk Extreme drives

        Performance should be competitive, but really on modern SSDs performance hardly even matters anymore. It's like comparing the speed of a Lambo and a Ferrari, both are so damn fast I'd be happy with either one :)

        • mikk on 07/09/2012 - 17:48

          The Marvel controller doesn't really have the same advantage it did 2 years ago.

  • EggMan28 on 06/09/2012 - 14:40

    Is it just me or is the site ozbargained already ? Can't connect…

    • wisc on 06/09/2012 - 14:49

      no still up and in stock…

  • Balls on 06/09/2012 - 14:56
    +1

    how bad are OCZ octanes? i know its unrelated but i need to gauge the comparison to get bigger ssd

    • cnboyli on 06/09/2012 - 15:06
      +1

      really depend on how lucky you are :)
      so far, I am still the lucky one.

      • StewBalls on 06/09/2012 - 23:57

        It's all about statistics…not so much a case of being 'lucky', it's actually more like not being unlucky! Seriously, most guys here see a few complaints on a website & think that they've actually seen a 'statistic'…clueless! :p

        Even using the worst case scenario of pre v4.14 FW failure rates of ~5%, you still have a ~95% chance of getting a good one! I haven't seen any accurate numbers on the post 4.14 FW drives, but by all accounts it has improved reliability of the Indilinx controlled drives considerably, so the stats are even more in your favour! ;)

    • xuqi on 06/09/2012 - 15:07
      +4

      Anything OCZ sucks. :)
      Buy Crucial, Intel, Samsung, Sandisk SSD's.

      • Ebany on 11/09/2012 - 15:24

        Agreed! I have 2x OCZ and they both have issues. One constantly disconnects itself and the other reads a constant Temp of 128c.

    • IamEzza on 06/09/2012 - 18:07
      +1

      OCZ drives have the worst return rate of any brand of SSD

      Octanes have the worst return rate of any OCZ drive ever made

      Basically they are the most unreliable SSD ever made!

      • KLoNe on 12/09/2012 - 20:59

        They were also one of the very first to release SSDs to consumers - early release always means more failures due to immature development.

        • Trance N Dance on 12/09/2012 - 21:13

          Yes they were one of the first, but they've release countless new ones since, and they're all still just as bad….

    • StewBalls on 06/09/2012 - 23:30

      I've been running two Octanes for months now, no issue whatsoever…as usual around here, most of the pissing & moaning is a storm in a teacup & fools just parroting whatever they've read somewhere! Most of the major whingers here have never owned one, just regurgitating the same old wives tales from Newegg! ;)

  • nfr on 06/09/2012 - 15:03
    +2

    $183 including shipping to Sydney. With only one year warranty, I'd rather get the free shipping $185 Plextor from Mwave.

    • chukkii on 06/09/2012 - 15:07

      Perhaps a group buy would save money?

      2 drives is still $14 shipping which would mean $176

      • ramb9 on 06/09/2012 - 15:22

        I want in for group buy :)

        • bctransit on 06/09/2012 - 15:39

          why for a group buy? only saves you a about $7, I'd rather to spend extra a few $ for another 2 years warranty

        • ramb9 on 06/09/2012 - 17:47

          Well, if we group buy, the savings really add up. This is ozbargain afterall :p

    • furythree on 06/09/2012 - 17:28
      -4

      boo
      $14 shipping wtf. Ive had 3 kgs odd shaped parcels shipped for $8
      $14 for an SSD is price gouging

      and are these meant to be the ones that are the same as the samsung drives?

      • IamEzza on 06/09/2012 - 18:19

        It is the same as the Crucial drives, which are good reliable SSDs

        • Trance N Dance on 07/09/2012 - 14:29
          +1

          These aren't the same as Crucial drives, they're supposedly the same as Plextor drives.

      • johnno07 on 06/09/2012 - 18:21
        +4

        You sent 3kg worth of parcels for $8? Please tell me who your postal service is because it's sure as hell not Australia Post.

        A quick calculation on the Aus Post website shows that this product would cost $6.60 + $3.20(registration) + $1.50 insurance. This means that the shipping costs are $11.30. And this is assuming that the drive and it's packaging are under 500g. That leaves a mere $3.70 to cover the packing and handling costs. Hardly price gouging, furythree.

        • MATTDAMON on 06/09/2012 - 21:02

          Not to mention they use AAE, not Auspost (even though Auspost owns AAE) they normally send it via O/N (ie express overnight service)

      • iDroid on 06/09/2012 - 20:06
        +3

        It may seem a bit steep, but really, factor in:

        • Cost of postage
        • Cost of packaging
        • Labour for packaging
        • Labour for ordering and managing packaging
        • Storage costs for packaging
        • Labour for handing shipments 'gone bad'

        It all adds up.

        • johnno07 on 06/09/2012 - 20:30
          +2

          Exactly. And how sad that that was furythree's 1000th comment haha.

        • furythree on 07/09/2012 - 13:27
          +2

          ok to answer all the replies from above:
          1) i have an eparcel contract with auspost. it is a fixed rate predefined charges for satchels from 500g to about 10kg. This also includes free online tracking with no surcharge

          this makes it worth it for me for big or heavy items, but not worth it to post small electronics, there are different contracts for that
          even though it is satchels, it doesnt stop you from wrapping a box in a "bag" and calling it a satchel
          2) the cost to send a 2-3kg item has cost me $8.45 and +50c for each kg
          3) these are commercial rates and you have to negotiate them with Auspost with a estimated annual frequency.
          so i would assume an ONLINE RETAILER would have one of these in place.
          4) Cost of packaging does not cost more than a few cents to package up an SSD that wont die
          from a few bumps like HDDs do. im sure these come with existing packaging already, so at most you just need some bubble wrap and a satchel bag. max $1 per item

          5) labour and storage should be factored in the COST of the goods not the shipping and handling, it forms as part of your operation overheads. you can include it in the postage, but theres still "handling and storage" costs involved with pickup stock, so why are only delivery customers being charged?

          6)@johnno07 - dont compare retail with commercial business rates
          I actually have experience with this stuff before making my comment, this is why it annoys me to see alot of deals on OZB be ruined due to the postage. These retailers really need to negotiate better rates

          7)@lamEzza - thanks worth considering now lol

        • johnno07 on 07/09/2012 - 14:54
          +1

          Thanks for your reply, furythree. As copie stated above they use AAE and they appear to send it O/N express which I'm sure is more expensive than your standard parcel post with tracking. In all honesty though, I was not aware that Aus Post had such significant discounts if you have a contract with them.

          So to clarify, you personally can send a 10kg package via Registered Parcel Post from Brisbane to Perth (or an equivalent cross-country distance) for $13.45? That's pretty amazing as that would cost the average joe over $40. If you don't mind me asking - what is your end of the deal? E.g. Are there a certain number of parcels you need to send in a year to qualify for that price?

        • StewBalls on 07/09/2012 - 15:11
          +2

          7)@lamEzza - thanks worth considering now lol

          Don't base a purchase on that sketchy advice furythree, it's plain wrong. As Trance N Dance said above, these are basically Corsair/Plextor drives, not Crucial. To wit: http://www.anandtech.com/Show/Index/5785?cPage=3&all=False&s…

        • furythree on 08/09/2012 - 03:44
          +1

          i can send nation wide for flat rate with free tracking and pickup

          min 2000 a year

        • furythree on 08/09/2012 - 03:44

          cheers

        • MATTDAMON on 08/09/2012 - 09:53

          To get those rates your getting, presuming your not doing presort, would be closer to 50,000 a year minimum, As your getting better rates then some of our bigger customers, such as AWS and DD, which do 10,000+ articles a day each, with volume topping out at 70,000-90,000 during the xmas period (AWS gets 14-18 trucks, 8 of which are B-doubles during xmas)

          @Johno7, the lowest prices ive seen is .81 per satchel, which so happens to toll logistics (sends out the motorway tags)

          But they send out crazy amounts every day, and are pre sorted.

        • furythree on 10/09/2012 - 00:03

          @stewballs

          these are still good drives tho right? strange thing is i dun understand why anadatechs price comparison lists the plextor and corsair drives as more expensive than crucial…wouldnt you rather get a crucial for much less

  • skyva on 06/09/2012 - 15:25
    +7

    been this price for a while. The thing that puts me off about these is the 1 year warranty. The non-oem version is 3 years, so I wonder why the difference? 1 year for a OS drive scares me, the time taken to reconfigure and RMA a borked drive is usually not worth the savings.

  • brocky2006 on 06/09/2012 - 15:43
    -1 
    OCZ Agility 3 240GB SSD

    In stock $175.00
    at PCCG with $12 postage to adelaide, i know u lose 16gb but get 3years

  • ozb-442 on 06/09/2012 - 15:44

    Now Only $169.00 (was $185)

    True, but + $14 postage so you're really only saving $2 for one unit.

    I bought 2 and got it for $176 delivered.

    Running really well in my pc right now, but just be aware there are no drivers out for this OEM version.

    I can't seem to get SATA 3 speeds either, even with it plugged into a sata 3 port. Must be my mobo, mate's having the same issue too.

    • wisc on 06/09/2012 - 16:03

      The last post also had the +14 dollar postage too…(look down the bottom)
      guess you got yours after the price drop then… might have been like that for a while but no one posted it yet…

      (I guess locals can always go pick it up to save on shipping)

      what speeds are you getting?

  • ozb-442 on 06/09/2012 - 16:35

    Best writes speeds i got were 350MB/s, after that larger file sizes didnt' affect the speeds. (ATTO disk benchmark)

    My mate that i groupbuyed with has the same motherboard as me, the Asus M4A87TD/USB3

    I was gonna post this deal, but thought i'd look like a dick posting it for $2 cheaper :/ wish i'd known it would have gotten this many +ve votes but it's a great deal still.

    As someone else mentioned no point spending the extra $$$$ on warranty and retail packaging because in a years time these SSD's are going to be twice as cheap.

    • wisc on 06/09/2012 - 16:45

      nah last time it was 185+ post. (still 16 dollars cheaper) anything above 300MBs is sata 6 speeds…
      actually if you include overhead anything above 250 is probably sata 3 speeds…

      but dont let the speeds fool you… its more about the IOPS…

    • bctransit on 06/09/2012 - 16:48
      +2

      don't agree with "As someone else mentioned no point spending the extra $$$$ on warranty and retail packaging because in a years time these SSD's are going to be twice as cheap."

      yes, in a year's time, the SSD will be half price, BUT not everyone needs or wants to replace it for a new SSD

      • syl on 06/09/2012 - 17:52
        +1

        and your point is..??

        you still HAVE to replace it if it breaks down… warranty or another brand new ssd

        id rather keep the "extra $$$$" my wallet

  • ozb-442 on 06/09/2012 - 17:48

    That's true, but still doesn't mean that i'd spend an extra $50 under the assumption that my SSD might fail in 2 or 3 years time.

    Maybe then when the prices have steadied i'd invest in a decent unit with a 3/5 year warranty, but now i don't really see the point.

    • ozb-442 on 06/09/2012 - 19:00

      I understand that, but I still want to know how others got upto 515MB/s read and almost 500MB/s write.

      I'm not too bothered about it, anyway.

      EDIT 1

      but dont let the speeds fool you… its more about the IOPS…

    • netsurfer on 06/09/2012 - 22:01

      I cannot get 440MB/sec write out of the drive. More around 300-350MB/sec max. I should try it out on an intel H77 board, but overall, not impressed with the drive (so did not bother trying it out on H77).

      Warranty… it depends. For traditional hard drives, you generally get a refurbished one. SSDs… might be the same (but then maybe not). I know people complained about OCZ a lot.. but I think if OCZ authorised for a replacement, you can get a replacement drive from retailer on the spot (though obviously, if that particular model has high failure rate, you might get anotehr bad one).

  • sneakydean on 06/09/2012 - 18:43
    +2

    greeboxit have this ssd for $158
    cheaper if you can pickup as post is expensive via their courier
    http://greenboxit.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=18521_17640_…

    • davidl2 on 08/09/2012 - 20:22

      they now upped the price to $168

  • Anone on 06/09/2012 - 20:11
    +1

    way too many SSD sale lately; not enough graphic cards sale >.<

    • iDroid on 06/09/2012 - 23:42
      +4

      How do you store porn on a graphic card???

      I just don't understand some people…

      • Ace on 07/09/2012 - 04:23
        +5

        Some people like to watch it, not just archive it.

      • furythree on 07/09/2012 - 13:30
        +1

        ssd makes porn load faster
        integrated gfx renders porn just fine

        • ozb-442 on 09/09/2012 - 09:26
          +2

          No, a faster internet connection makes porn faster.

  • M27 on 06/09/2012 - 22:07
    +1

    [BE AWARE] Please make sure the actual SSD you are getting is "LZT-256M3S", not "LZT-256". I bought one from local store for $170 two weeks ago and returned it afterwards. Since I opened the case and found it is a 256gb mSATA SSD sitting on a 2.5" SATA adapter! Its internal PCB is totally different from Plextor PX-M5S(LZT-256M3S inside).

    Didn't bother to do a real speed test since it just looks too dodge to me.

    • krisspy on 07/09/2012 - 13:01
      +1

      Pretty cheap for a 256msata. Might buy one for my slate

      • furythree on 07/09/2012 - 13:31

        yeh i was about to say lol
        which store was it?
        i bought a 64 gb msata ssd for $80
        thats like $320 if it was a 256gb

    • skyva on 07/09/2012 - 21:10
      +2

      firstly, I don't think anyone really believes the liteon 256m3s is the same as the new plextor m5s drive. My guess is, surprisingly, that the liteon m3s is the same as the plextor m3s, which has quite good reviews. Excellent actually for a sub $180 256gb drive.

      Secondly, are you 100% it is an msata drive hiding in there? I have an ultrabook that takes msata and it would be a cheap way to upgrade the 128gb drive in it.

    • 51722 on 10/09/2012 - 19:13

      I have some unfortunate news!

      The drive I received was NOT a LZT-256M3S. It was a LZT-256 only. I opened the drive just to make sure.

      Here is the image: http://imgur.com/povCn

      If I were you, I would contact Scorptec immediately!

      Thank you very much M27 for the heads up!

      • Trance N Dance on 10/09/2012 - 19:47

        That's probably because the LZT-256M3S is the LZT-256?
        I cannot find any mention that those two drives are different from each other. There's only one listing on Lite-On's website.

        Pretty damn cheap for a 256GB mSATA SSD though!

        • hellbound on 11/09/2012 - 12:40

          Is it possible its a repackaged M3M?
          http://www.liteonssd.com/msata-ssd/item/msata-ssd/m3m.html
          Liveyourlife should be able to confirm, write speeds are actually higher in the M3M, though IOPS take a dive.

        • wisc on 11/09/2012 - 14:14

          damn why is the smaller 128 one so good??

          hmm might be a good upgrade for a board with only SATA 1…

        • frewer on 13/09/2012 - 08:27

          2.5w OF POWER CONSUMSION, THAT A LOT OF WATT for a ssd

      • jnav on 11/09/2012 - 10:25

        I also received the LZT-256 but that was perfect because I only purchased for a cheap mSATA SSD!

      • bibiphok on 19/09/2012 - 06:03
        +1

        http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=180…

        It does look like a repackaged M3M! Comparing the two pictures, they are identical. On liveyourlife's picture, it looks like I can read mSata M3M at the top near the connector. Pure bargain, these retail at ~$400

        • 51722 on 20/09/2012 - 23:16

          Yes it is… One reason I decided to keep it. :D

    • Ebany on 11/09/2012 - 15:33

      They are meant to have (roughly) the same read/write speed & tend to sell for the same prices.

  • jnav on 07/09/2012 - 14:15

    Thanks for the heads up, M27! Does the LZT-256 have any warranty stickers if I was to pull the msata SSD out of its enclosure for my laptop?

    • M27 on 07/09/2012 - 16:06

      there is no warranty sticker for LZT-256.

      • krisspy on 02/10/2012 - 04:58

        hope you check this post out… abit late lol

        im thinking of getting one of these for the msata inside… can you tell me what store you bought yours from? did the box/serial say LZT-256 only or did it have extra bits after that?

        • skyva on 02/10/2012 - 10:00

          I bought it from Clayton, currently running fine in my hp folio 13 as a msata drive. Not sure about serial number.

          No warranty sticker across housing so you won't void warranty by opening the case. Uses plain screws with thread lock paste.

  • Ebany on 11/09/2012 - 15:40
    +1

    GameDude have the same drive for the same price;
    http://www.gamedude.com.au/prod_show.php?art_no=ssdLIlzt_256
    Don't know what the freight charges are.

  • tanksinatra on 17/09/2012 - 23:26

    Gamedude also have the retail s100 for the same price. Which one is better? The lite-on site mentions the s100 has a 3yr warranty.

  • skyva on 22/09/2012 - 01:13

    Just bought one and puled it apart. Looks like a msata drive, so I will try putting it into my ultrabook. No warranty sticker to break, but only 1 year anyway.

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