Samsung 830 Series 256GB SSD-MZ-7PC256 $225.00

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  Phoebus on 03/10/2012 - 15:59

  +2

  That's a pretty normal price these days.
  $214 at Umart
  http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=159…

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  ProspectiveDarkness on 03/10/2012 - 16:03

  CentreCom and PCCG also have it for $225 + shipping. Not really much of a deal, IMO

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  ronaldo on 03/10/2012 - 16:07

  +1

  http://ijk.com.au/branch/ijk/product_info.php?manufacturers_…

  Ijk has it for $213

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  foobar on 03/10/2012 - 16:10

  +1

  Really should have done a staticice search before posting…

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  musai on 03/10/2012 - 16:33

  -1

  damn.. i just bought a 120gb cosair ssd for $250 one year ago. this price drop is ridiculous.

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    grizz_li on 03/10/2012 - 16:47

    +1

    I bought an Intel 80GB 2 or 3 years ago for $300. That's technology.

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      eug on 03/10/2012 - 17:15

      my friend paid $860 for the 80GB Intel G1 SSD. Now that's … ridiculous!

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        ProspectiveDarkness on 03/10/2012 - 17:16

        +1

        Your friend obviously has (had?) too much money ;-)

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        eug on 03/10/2012 - 17:21

        +2

        yes.. it was a bit crazy. It made a huge difference on his fragmented laptop though, so he was happy about it.

        I suppose we should thank early adopters like that for helping to drive the cost down sooner! :)

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        AlexF on 03/10/2012 - 23:27

        obviously has (had?) too much money

        for some people, $860 isn't a lot of money.

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        ProspectiveDarkness on 03/10/2012 - 23:34

        True, but for the common person (ie, myself), blowing $860 on one PC component can be classed as a bit of an extravagance :-)

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  bbyboy on 03/10/2012 - 16:37

  +2

  in stock for msy usually means 1 or 2

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  butwhy on 03/10/2012 - 17:31

  Samsung 840 series will be released in October sometime. Should be very similar prices (two models, 840 and 840 pro). They claim improved performance, and lower power consumption. The reviews have been very good so far

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    ProspectiveDarkness on 03/10/2012 - 17:49

    +2

    I agree with this random's comment on Anandtech's article on the 840 drives:

    If you can get the 830 at a massive discount, why not go for it? A couple of thoughts:
    1) I would never put a new-to-market SSD in on of my machines. It's not worth the risk. Check back in 6 months, or a year, and see how they have held up.
    2) There's no discernible difference in performance among any of the top-tier SSDs under normal workloads. Anand and company make these drives jump through flaming hoops (i.e. their Bench suite) before they see differences between the drives under normal workloads.
    I'd rather buy something that is fast, proven reliable, and at a good price. I'll let others be the crash test dummies for new SSDs.

    /shameless copypasta

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      AlexF on 03/10/2012 - 23:32

      These new drives are TLC (ie. triple-level) rather than MLC (dual-level cells). They will (eventually) become cheaper to manufacture but with inherently much lower endurance - Anand is right to wait and see, although, even 6 months may not be enough.
      There's a good reason why Intel's 313, caching SSD, are SLC (single-level).

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        bogan on 04/10/2012 - 00:36

        +2

        You were almost correct. Only the standard 840 drive will use TLC, the 840 Pro is still MLC.

        But yeah I agree with the point about sticking to 830 for now.

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  TranzformIT on 09/10/2012 - 16:54

  Seems alot of this talk is similar to this thread: http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/81570
  (Centrecom are doing them cheaper at the moment)