120Gb Intel SSD €58

KrakityJones

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/solidstate/120gbto200gb/ssdsc2cw120a310.html

Ordered one of these the other day, good value decent SSD - £40 + Parcel motel worked out at €58

Review here : http://www.storagereview.com/intel_ssd_520_review

In case anyone is tempted they wouldn't take irish credit card, but I was able to pay using the same card by paypal

MuffinsDa

Not a bargain. You can get a Sandisk which is bigger (128GB vs 120GB) and faster (530MBPS vs 500 MBPS) from Amazon with free delivery, working out the same price (€58.73 to be precise) and have Amazon's peace of mind wrt to returns/defects etc.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Ultra-Internal-Notebooks-SDSSDHP-128G-G25/dp/B0093HMKVI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1411560160&sr=8-4&keywords=120GB+SSD

KrakityJones

Dangit I already bought it, ah well I thought it was a good deal anyway.

MagicMarker

KrakityJones wrote: »

Dangit I already bought it, ah well I thought it was a good deal anyway.

If you've only just bought it then there's probably an option to cancel the order.

54kroc

KrakityJones wrote: »

Dangit I already bought it, ah well I thought it was a good deal anyway.

It's still a very high quality drive, yes it's old now but it's a goodie.

KrakityJones

It's already been shipped but anyway i'm still happy enough, can't go too wrong at that price

MuffinsDa

@KrakityJones - don't worry, you haven't been ripped off by any means, that's a good price. It's just not a bargain, it's just the normal price for it.

adox

MuffinsDa wrote: »

Not a bargain. You can get a Sandisk which is bigger (128GB vs 120GB) and faster (530MBPS vs 500 MBPS) from Amazon with free delivery, working out the same price (€58.73 to be precise) and have Amazon's peace of mind wrt to returns/defects etc.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Ultra-Internal-Notebooks-SDSSDHP-128G-G25/dp/B0093HMKVI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1411560160&sr=8-4&keywords=120GB+SSD

Thats showing as £58 sterling? Unless it was cheaper earlier?

MuffinsDa

Was £45.99 earlier. Looks like just gone out of stock from Amazon, it's showing 3rd party seller prices.

It's still 45.99 from amazon but backordered - see 1st item below:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0093HMKVI/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Alanstrainor

Anyone unsure of whether they should get an SSD or not...just do it. 256GB are ~100quid these days!

styron

Thanks OP. It's£55.76 + PM on Amazon - so a bargain and a reliable quality drive. A 240GB Intel 335 running flawless on the laptop, this will rejuvenate an 8 year old desktop cheaply and move on in to its (eventual) replacement.

Outkast_IRE

I actually have that intel drive , i got it about 3 years or more ago. They are an excellent drive built for reliability and mine has been perfect so far with a hell of a lot of use.

Drive is very quick too i use it as my boot drive and the computer is booted by the time you get comfy in the seat.

It may not be the fastest anymore but it is an excellent drive.

RustDaz

i got this last week.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT256MX100SSD1-256GB-Includes-Spacer/dp/B00KFAGCWK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411575750&sr=8-1&keywords=crucial+mx100

Came to 105 euros, installed and very happy with it

longshotvalue

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Anyone unsure of whether they should get an SSD or not...just do it. 256GB are ~100quid these days!

Try to stick to

Intel/Crucial/ Samsung

MuffinsDa

aidankkk wrote: »

Try to stick to

Intel/Crucial/ Samsung

Said the man in the pub.

Ardennes1944

Ive a Latitude e7440 for work, has a 256gb SSD already but its not enough, whats the best 750gb/1TB SSD bang-for-buck and it there any complications with putting one in that large in memory? And is there likely to be good offers in the run up to christmas?

54kroc

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Ive a Latitude e7440 for work, has a 256gb SSD already but its not enough, whats the best 750gb/1TB SSD bang-for-buck and it there any complications with putting one in that large in memory? And is there likely to be good offers in the run up to christmas?

I believe the Samsung evo is the best where 1tb is concerned, there's a chart over on toms hardware that will give you a bit of help, it's updated regularly.

Alanstrainor

MuffinsDa wrote: »

Said the man in the pub.

They're all highly regarded as far as their SSDs go. And the price differential for other brands isn't all that significant when looking at the 256GB capacity.

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Ive a Latitude e7440 for work, has a 256gb SSD already but its not enough, whats the best 750gb/1TB SSD bang-for-buck and it there any complications with putting one in that large in memory? And is there likely to be good offers in the run up to christmas?

I hope the IT dept has a decent budget! But to be fair, they're not madness like they were a year or more ago. But still upwards of 300 quid.

MuffinsDa

Alanstrainor wrote: »

They're all highly regarded as far as their SSDs go.

By who, the man in the pub?
I didn't say they are not highly regarded, I have a crucial myself. But what makes you think OCZ, Kingston, Sandisk, PNY etc are less well regarded? They are all fairly similar and there are only a couple of manufacturers that make the internals for them. Far more important than the brand is the type of cells used.

So, if you still want to go ahead with man in the pub sweeping generalisation, go ahead...

unkel

MuffinsDa wrote: »

By who, the man in the pub?

Nah. The Samsung Evo 840 250GB is the one I'd buy. If the 927 5 star reviews on Amazon aren't good enough for you, I'd suggest you'd do a bit more research yourself

MuffinsDa

The top 20-30 on Amazon (when sorted by avg. customer rating) have all 5 star reviews too. I would look at performance, price, and rating. Something could have been good value for money 6 months ago when introduced, but the competition may have caught up with it now. Basing a decision solely on historic customer reviews in a fast-moving area of technology like this is not the most logical in my opinion.

Blitzkrieger

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Ive a Latitude e7440 for work, has a 256gb SSD already but its not enough, whats the best 750gb/1TB SSD bang-for-buck and it there any complications with putting one in that large in memory? And is there likely to be good offers in the run up to christmas?

Does everything have to go on the SSD? A cheap mechanical 2nd drive for storage might be a better option. It'll be slower but for most applications it should be okay.

Blitzkrieger

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Ive a Latitude e7440 for work, has a 256gb SSD already but its not enough, whats the best 750gb/1TB SSD bang-for-buck and it there any complications with putting one in that large in memory? And is there likely to be good offers in the run up to christmas?

Does everything have to go on the SSD? A cheap mechanical 2nd drive for storage might be a better option. It'll be slower but for most applications it should be okay.

Ardennes1944

No it doesnt but it'd just be handy, its almost all VMs and their snapshots

MuffinsDa

A relatively fast alternative to SSD (obviously not as fast - but may be better bang for your money) would be to combine a cheap 32 or 64 GB SSD with a very large 7200 rpm HDD in an Intel RST Configuration if your motherboard supports it.
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/sftwr-prod/imsm

Do-more

Looking at the Crucial CT256MX100S vs. the Samsung 840 EVO on Amazon, the product description on the Samsung mentions

Using a SATA-to-USB 3.0 connector provided in the laptop upgrade package, for a data size of 100 GB, you can migrate all the data from your HDD to 840 EVO in just 24 minutes.

I assume that you get the sata to USB cable with the Samsung even though it is not mention in "what's in the pack" or is the laptop upgrade pack something you need to buy in addition?

Is there one included with the Crucial? Or how does one go about transferring data from your existing HDD to the SSD?

Alanstrainor

MuffinsDa wrote: »

By who, the man in the pub?
I didn't say they are not highly regarded, I have a crucial myself. But what makes you think OCZ, Kingston, Sandisk, PNY etc are less well regarded? They are all fairly similar and there are only a couple of manufacturers that make the internals for them. Far more important than the brand is the type of cells used.

So, if you still want to go ahead with man in the pub sweeping generalisation, go ahead...

Out for an argument are we?

All I said is that they were highly regarded. Which they are.

And it's the controllers of these drives that would cause me more concern than then memory chips themselves. OCZ's vertex 3 were a disaster on this front. Yes, I believe later models were fixed. But as I said, for little or no price differential I'd go with the more popular well received drives.

MuffinsDa

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Out for an argument are we?

No.

unkel

Fair points, MuffinsDa.

But:

MuffinsDa wrote: »

The top 20-30 on Amazon (when sorted by avg. customer rating) have all 5 star reviews too.

I challenge you to show me one other SSD on Amazon with over 900 5-star reviews, or say 100 5-star reviews in the last 6 months (and no reviews under 4 stars)

Troubling finding one?

MuffinsDa

unkel wrote: »

Fair points, MuffinsDa.

But:



I challenge you to show me one other SSD on Amazon with over 900 5-star reviews, or say 100 5-star reviews in the last 6 months (and no reviews under 4 stars)

Troubling finding one?

I made my point, don't see any point in wasting my (and everyone) else's time on this. If you choose not to get it then let's move on.

unkel

I rest my case