Bargain Request - SSD Drive

Clareman

Hi All,

A friend of mine's computer has been acting up, looks like the SSD is shot in it, he doesn't want to go back to a non-SSD life so I'll need to replace it for him, can anyone recommend a ~128GB drive at a good price for him? All that's going to be going onto it is the OS as he has loads of other storage.

Thanks

Nolars

Clareman wrote: »

Hi All,

A friend of mine's computer has been acting up, looks like the SSD is shot in it, he doesn't want to go back to a non-SSD life so I'll need to replace it for him, can anyone recommend a ~128GB drive at a good price for him? All that's going to be going onto it is the OS as he has loads of other storage.

Thanks

Whats the Max budget? A good price depends on how much you are willing to spend.

beauf

What was the old SSD drive?

Lu Tze

Hard to beat this price on samsungs newest range of ssds

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E391KA8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

about 89 euro delivered for the 120GB model, cheaper than a crucial m4, samsung 840 and the crucial m500 for the 128gb models

rob_itb

Lu Tze wrote: »

Hard to beat this price on samsungs newest range of ssds

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E391KA8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

about 89 euro delivered for the 120GB model, cheaper than a crucial m4, samsung 840 and the crucial m500 for the 128gb models

+1

fresheire

I used to have a Samsung 840 basic 120gb bought on scan and it failed after maybe 3-4 months. I replaced it with this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-HyperX-2-5-inch-120GB/dp/B007R67FNA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384013409&sr=8-1&keywords=kingston+hyperx+3k+120+gb

And to be honest I just feel the difference in even daily use. It's very fast and at a good price. It might have been that I was unlucky with my Samsung but having used these 2 different models I would not pick Samsung again.

BloodBath

Around 5% of electronics fail in the first year.

Basing your opinion of a company based on 1 product failure isn't really how you should do it.

Clareman

The Old drive is a Kingston v series 128, I'm guessing around 100 for the budget

SterlingArcher

Samsung. 89 delivered. Is a good price. 11 euro left over for some bottles of brew.

Gadgetman496

What's the main difference between the Samsung EVO & the Samsung 840 Pro, aside from the price that is? And what do they mean when they say "Samsung EVO Basic?"

fresheire

gadgetman496 wrote: »

What's the main difference between the Samsung EVO & the Samsung 840 Pro, aside from the price that is? And what do they mean when they say "Samsung EVO Basic?"

Read and Write speeds mainly I think.

Morf

fresheire wrote: »

Read and Write speeds mainly I think.

Quality of hardware and warranty is a big part too.

More reliable with big amounts of data read and written.

dazftw

My SSD died a few weeks ago also. I RMA'd it and installed windows on another HDD.. Everything is soooooooooooo slow

Gadgetman496

dazftw wrote: »

My SSD died a few weeks ago also. I RMA'd it and installed windows on another HDD.. Everything is soooooooooooo slow

What make\model was your SSD

fresheire

gadgetman496 wrote: »

What make\model was your SSD

Lets hope not a Samsung

irish2k13

This is a pretty good deal if you are looking to save money.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007ZW2LY4/ref=nosim