Crucial 256GB SSD - Upcoming Amazon Lightening Deal Today.

marco_polo · 07-01-2013 6:47pm

DeadParrot wrote: »

****e, I did miss it
Nearly bought it anyway but €220 incl delievery just annoys me knowing others got it cheaper

Its still there only 86% Claimed, you have to add it to the basket from the lightning deals page.

Xzen · 07-01-2013 6:47pm

MarkJD wrote: »

Iv got two Intel 330 Series 128GB SSD drives im going to put into a new build in a RAID config. I know it will be half the capacity of this drive but Im only going to be running the OS, Photoshop and two games off it so there will be plenty of space left.

Would I get better performance off the RAIDed HDs as apposed to this single drive?

Cheers

Absolutely, if you use RAID0 on those, the the speeds will be phenomenal.

The only issue of course, RAID0 has no redundancy, so in the unlikely but possible event that one or both drives fails, that's the end of your data. If you're using an unusual Hardware RAID and the controller dies, it might also not be possible to restore on another PC.

If you back up your important files elsewhere though, you'll be fine.

I have a similar setup on my gaming PC (4 SSDs and growing :pac:) and 2x 1TB 10000 RPM barracuda kit in RAID1 for backups

That said, SSDs are fast enough as they are, so RAID speeds may not be noticeable in every situation. If you don't need the massive speed boost or are a bit wary of data loss, you can set up a Dynamic Disk in Windows, JBOD in Linux or your RAID controller

Xzen · 07-01-2013 6:52pm

Dcully wrote: »

Yes my motherboard is SATA 3 compatible ASUS P8P67.

The Grey ports on that motherboard are SATA 3. There are only 2 ports though so you'll only get the SATA3 speeds there.

Dcully wrote: »

Will i still be able to use both? and set up one as SATA3 and the other SATA2, or am i going about this the wrong way?

Do you mean for RAID?
If so, you could use all the ports, SATA2 and SATA3 for Raid, but all the disks will run at SATA2 speed. (though its always best to RAID in the same controller set than on separate controllers and speeds)

DeadParrot · 07-01-2013 7:02pm

marco_polo wrote: »

Its still there only 86% Claimed, you have to add it to the basket from the lightning deals page.

I'm obviously mental.
not seeing it at all.
might be a websense thing

tk123 · 07-01-2013 7:07pm

DeadParrot wrote: »

I'm obviously mental.
not seeing it at all.
might be a websense thing

It wasn't working for me either when I followed the link - I went to the hompage, clicked on Janurary deals, used the left right arrows to find it then clicked add to cart under the pic
I used parcel motel to get it faster lol :pac:

marco_polo · 07-01-2013 7:09pm

DeadParrot wrote: »

I'm obviously mental.
not seeing it at all.
might be a websense thing

Its there use the arrows to scroll. And 96% now so hurry.

DeadParrot · 07-01-2013 7:10pm

Nope, it's the web filter in here, it blocks the oddest things.
I've got it now with me fone

marco_polo · 07-01-2013 7:12pm

DeadParrot wrote: »

Nope, it's the web filter in here, it blocks the oddest things.
I've got it now with me fone

Good stuff, you got one anyway that is the main thing

DeadParrot · 07-01-2013 7:13pm

yep, cheers all

Stokolan · 07-01-2013 7:18pm

Just got one myself.

Boards bargains is a bad place to hang around.

Every time I come here I end up spending money!

Luckycharms_74 · 07-01-2013 7:33pm

Stokolan wrote: »

Just got one myself.

Boards bargains is a bad great place to hang around.

Every time I come here I end up spending saving money!

FYP :P

dodzy · 07-01-2013 7:42pm

And.......................

gone!

Sir Oxman · 07-01-2013 7:52pm

Nope still available!

excavate · 07-01-2013 7:57pm

Same, just got one, even at 100% you can still click "Join Waitlist"

Thanks for the bargain alert!

I use it with a very old laptop (take out dvd drive and replace it with http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=sata+pata+hard+drive+)

Welease · 07-01-2013 8:13pm

Got one also

thanks for the info folks

Ideo · 07-01-2013 8:47pm

Paid £150 for one of these last week, sickened! Sent Amazon an email asking for a partial refund, worth a shot eh?

Sound of Silence · 07-01-2013 8:56pm

I'm on the waitlist and have a good chance of getting the deal, apparently.

Nice!

freelancerTax · 07-01-2013 10:54pm

thanks for the heads up op.. i would have missed this otherwise... have been looking for a 250ish ssd for a while but all have been outside my budget untill now!!!

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