Integral SSD Drives 240GB - 28e delivered

mick8

Found this deal on HUKD, they are same price on Irish website. 240GB SSD drives from 28 delivered. Use code „drive” to get 10% off.
https://www.mymemory.ie/memory/data-storage/ssd-drives.html

long_b

In time honoured BA tradition I had just spent €22.13 on a 120GB SSD yesterday.

Nice spot. OP

Silent Running

Good timing for me... ordered. Thanks for the heads-up.

Pappacharlie

Great value picked up an SSD for less than 30

Qwerty?

Pappacharlie wrote: »

Great value picked up an SSD for less than 30

Are they likely to get caught for customs? I need a few so order will be over a €100

RossieMan

Qwerty? wrote:

Are they likely to get caught for customs? I need a few so order will be over a €100

Customs from an Irish site?

Silent Running

RossieMan wrote: »

Customs from an Irish site?

I don't think they come from Ireland though. I ordered the sd cards recently and they took nearly 3 weeks to get here.

tphase

yet another device I will have to find a use for .....

tphase

OmegaGene wrote: »

They are based in jersey

true .... but the last shipment I got from them was posted in the Netherlands, address on the invoice was in Switzerland and it was split to keep the customs value below €22

RossieMan

tphase wrote: »

true .... but the last shipment I got from them was posted in the Netherlands, address on the invoice was in Switzerland and it was split to keep the customs value below €22

you dont pay customs on anything from within the EU. Jersey or not, still exempt.

Qwerty?

RossieMan wrote: »

Customs from an Irish site?

I thought they shipped from Jersey. So my understanding was it is liable for customs? I know in the past they used to split to keep it under customs.
Just confirming

styron

https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/buying-of-goods-online-for-personal-use/buying-goods-from-gibraltar-the-canary-islands-or-the-channel-islands.aspx

Not that it should matter here if sent via Netherlands.

Supercell

Nice one OP, perfect little drive for Kodi stuff.

parasite

is there any difference in reputation/reliability with the kingston drive at the same price ?

randomname2005

And p series or v series? p series faster, but v series originally more expensive???

alias no.9

randomname2005 wrote: »

And p series or v series? p series faster, but v series originally more expensive???

A quick Google says V series is the Value Series and the P series is the Performance Series.

Think the V series is just older so started at a higher price point.

Sciprio

Good spot op cheers!. I suppose i'd need to buy the Sata cables separately?
EDIT: Ordered! Thanks again op.

rubadub

parasite wrote: »

is there any difference in reputation/reliability with the kingston drive at the same price ?

I got a kingston and they had good reviews when I checked them out. Not sure if integral is better though.

I got a cruicial 500gb on amazon, it was under £60 and was the better model range of cruicial. They have a BX range which is budget, and the better MX range. It has has a 5year warranty and is meant to stand up to more transfers, i.e. longer expected life. The 500gb ones seemed to be the best price per gb, though I saw on camelcamelcamel that the good 1TB cruicial had dropped a lot for a day or 2.

These "performance" and "value" ranges might have similar differences, though the speed specs might be identical.

I still cannot get over the improvement I saw in a laptop putting in the 240gb kingston, and the old one can still be used for backup in an enclosure.

Charlie19

That's a great price.

SSDs really have came down in price, I remember paying 70 odd euro for a 120gb one not that long ago, probably about 4 years ago.

thomond2006

Rookie question here: Are those compatible with only certain desktops/laptops?

doniem

thomond2006 wrote: »

Rookie question here: Are those compatible with only certain desktops/laptops?

No, they will work in any pc/laptop that can take a sata drive.

rubadub

thomond2006 wrote: »

Rookie question here: Are those compatible with only certain desktops/laptops?

you can google your model number and see if it can be done, or post in the tech forums if unsure.

I have some laptops about 13 years old which would not take them, most newer than that can.

In older systems the speed of them may not be used to it's fullest, but is likely still a huge improvement. If you put a ssd in an old laptop and put on a "light" version of ubuntu instead of windows it can have remarkable performance. I had to stick with windows 7 on the first I did but it was still a massive improvement, it was about 6 years old and mid range at the time.

dingding

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Integral-SATA-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B0771YJNSX

Amazon has it for £29.99 with free delivery if you have prime. Under 35 euro converted.

Still a good bit cheaper at 28.50 euro with OP link and discount code.

Gavin "shels"

Does anyone know if this would be able to go internally into a Lenovo IdeaPad Z580?

rubadub

Gavin shels wrote: »

Does anyone know if this would be able to go internally into a Lenovo IdeaPad Z580?

yeah, you can see on cruicials site they have ssds for it, which are the same size/type

https://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Lenovo/ideapad-z580

and nothing weird about removing it

wyf437gn6btzue

styron wrote: »

https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/buying-of-goods-online-for-personal-use/buying-goods-from-gibraltar-the-canary-islands-or-the-channel-islands.aspx

Not that it should matter here if sent via Netherlands.

Got my 240gb ssd delivered two weeks ago from mymemory and there was no hassle

styron

Gavin shels wrote: »

Does anyone know if this would be able to go internally into a Lenovo IdeaPad Z580?

Yes.

Lucious Sweet

Anyone who ordered at the weekend received their's yet?

MyMemory orders always take about a week or 8 days for me. I ordered on the 16th so I'm thinking Friday (if I'm lucky) or Monday.

Klingon Hamlet

Sciprio wrote: »

Good spot op cheers!. I suppose i'd need to buy the Sata cables separately?
EDIT: Ordered! Thanks again op.

Where is the cheapest place to get these cables or do they come in the box?

tphase

not yet. usually takes about a week

rubadub

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

Where is the cheapest place to get these cables or do they come in the box?

they usually come without cables, and would usually say if they did. Do you actually need the cables? I am unsure why that poster was mentioning them, most people seem to be doing a direct replacment.

miece16

offer is over?

msmx5

miece16 wrote: »

offer is over?

looks like the "DRIVE" 10% discount is over alright but price isn't bad at €31.96

the perfect ten

I ordered mine last Saturday and it arrived this morning.

Great bargain.

Thank OP.

Shiminay

Mine arrived this morning too.

Supercell

Same here, great service, no customs issues whatsoever.

skibum

Got my hard drive in the post this morning, no problems with customs etc.
Thanks OP for the bargain alert.

Lucious Sweet

skibum wrote: »

Got my hard drive in the post this morning, no problems with customs etc.
Thanks OP for the bargain alert.

Ditto

Pappacharlie

Yes I ordered last Friday and it arrived this morning.

tphase

ordered Staurday, dispatched Monday, delivered today. Thanks OP
Now waiting for an enclosure....



https://www.mymemory.ie/startech-2-5-aluminium-usb-3-0-external-sata-iii-ssd-enclosure.html

pm1977x

tphase wrote: »

ordered Staurday, dispatched Monday, delivered today. Thanks OP
Now waiting for an enclosure....



https://www.mymemory.ie/startech-2-5-aluminium-usb-3-0-external-sata-iii-ssd-enclosure.html

Are these enclosures much better than one for a fiver on Ebay?

Lucious Sweet

pm1977x wrote: »

Are these enclosures much better than one for a fiver on Ebay?

Not sure about the eBay ones but I got this one from Amazon for less than a tenner and it works fine. All plastic but that's ok with me.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Tool-free-Enclosure-Optimized-EC-UASP-x/dp/B00OJ3UJ2S

TallGlass

Ordered one there... Running out of space on current drive, have one drive but want to keep some music locally.

Charlie19

Received my one today:)

Now I have to decide where to use it;)

I have a desktop running windows 7 platinum on 120 GB SSD with 30 GB free, I was thinking of upgrading to W10.

Or just do the lazy option and add the drive for a bit of extra storage.

I really didn't need this SSD:D

xtal191

Charlie19 wrote: »

Received my one today:)

Now I have to decide where to use it;)

I have a desktop running windows 7 platinum on 120 GB SSD with 30 GB free, I was thinking of upgrading to W10.

Or just do the lazy option and add the drive for a bit of extra storage.

I really didn't need this SSD:D

Use the 240gb for Win 10 and get a case for the 120gb and use it as a portable hard drive, thats what I'm thinking of doing.

Charlie19

xtal191 wrote: »

Use the 240gb for Win 10 and get a case for the 120gb and use it as a portable hard drive, thats what I'm thinking of doing.

I think you're right.

machiavellianme

Not quite as good a deal but there's a Kingston 480GB ssd on amazon for GBP 49.97 now.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01N0TQPQB/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550959070&sr=1&pf_rd_p=f018554d-48b4-4123-9bd6-a40d920d9b71&pd_rd_wg=9BISJ&pf_rd_r=HWQ0MVYD91XS5PEYSSRG&pd_rd_i=B01N0TQPQB&pd_rd_w=3tPNh&pd_rd_r=1c2c43bf-6f3e-4efc-a20c-da6eb18be1cf&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65

Gavin "shels"

Gavin shels wrote: »

Does anyone know if this would be able to go internally into a Lenovo IdeaPad Z580?

Received yesterday, Windows 10 install to be done after work today

wilsixon

machiavellianme wrote: »

Not quite as good a deal but there's a Kingston 480GB ssd on amazon for GBP 49.97 now.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01N0TQPQB/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550959070&sr=1&pf_rd_p=f018554d-48b4-4123-9bd6-a40d920d9b71&pd_rd_wg=9BISJ&pf_rd_r=HWQ0MVYD91XS5PEYSSRG&pd_rd_i=B01N0TQPQB&pd_rd_w=3tPNh&pd_rd_r=1c2c43bf-6f3e-4efc-a20c-da6eb18be1cf&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65

Thanks, I ordered this one to replace a 240gb drive. Any advice on free cloning software?

rubadub

brookedave wrote: »

Thanks, I ordered this one to replace a 240gb drive. Any advice on free cloning software?

When I was putting one in I was reading cloning was not advisable.

I did it on a toshiba laptop which had recovery disks etc, people said not to use those as it puts on loads of bloatware. A fresh OS install is always good.

The beauty was when I did have to reinstall drivers etc it was FAR quicker, I was doing loads of restarts but it was booting up in seconds, on any previous reinstalls I would be heading off and leaving it boot for minutes.