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240GB M500 SATA 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive £79.99 @ Amazon UK

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  • #2
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    That's a great price! Might just pick one up.


  • #3
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Great drives. I keep putting off getting one, as I don't really have a need, but it's getting to the stage where I might just take the plunge!


  • #4
    CarefulNow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭CarefulNow


    The 480GB version is very tempting also at £167.


  • #5
    shakedown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭shakedown


    CarefulNow wrote: »
    The 480GB version is very tempting also at £167.

    The 480's been down as low as £155 before.


  • #6
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    shakedown wrote: »
    The 480's been down as low as £155 before.
    why do people feel the need to chime into a BA with the same aul "ah sure it was cheaper before" crap. As a poster rightly pointed out a few days back on this forum, "useless info, unless you have a time machine........"


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  • #7
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    dodzy wrote: »
    why do people feel the need to chime into a BA with the same aul "ah sure it was cheaper before" crap. As a poster rightly pointed out a few days back on this forum, "useless info, unless you have a time machine........"

    I would disagree. If its always 155 except at the moment, then its probable that it will be a similar price in the future. Pricing trends are an important part of bargain hunting


  • #8
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    dodzy wrote: »
    why do people feel the need to chime into a BA with the same aul "ah sure it was cheaper before" crap. As a poster rightly pointed out a few days back on this forum, "useless info, unless you have a time machine........"

    because it's likely it may come down again?


  • #9
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    shakedown wrote: »
    The 480's been down as low as £155 before.
    no it hasn't.

    this is the lowest it's ever been:
    Mar 22, 2014 04:03 AM £159.99

    Either way, they're a good price at any size at the moment, but the price is only going to come down more with time.


  • #10
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    I got a Samsung last week and some difference in boot up compared to hdd in my xps laptop


  • #11
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Review http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5600/crucial-m500-240gb-ssd-review/index13.html


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  • #12
    Simi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭Simi


    I picked one of these up in the Amazon January sales, and I'm still impressed by it 3 months later. This is not the fastest drive on the market, but the difference between it and the current consumer favourite, the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB, is not enough to justify the current £20 price difference. Not even close!

    If you are buying an SSD for the first time, this is the one to go for. It will breath new life into any system. It's cheap because the Samsung drives are faster and everybody knows that. If it wasn't cheap, it wouldn't sell simple as.

    While it's true that this will continue to fall in price, now is the time to buy. Why put up with agonizingly long boot times or ridiculous load times in games or noisy disk thrashing, when you can make it all go away right now.

    I also recommend following this guide to maximise your gains.


  • #13
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Got a flubit offer of £70.59, postage to parcelmotel of €3.50 makes it ~£73.50 versus an amazon price of ~£81.50 (after vat adjustment) means a further £8 or so saving.


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