Bargain Alerts/Adverts Discussion Thread

shamelessly stolen from settings thread,

Crucial m4 128gb for £89 (plus a bit of Irish tax) so around €112 delivered.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004...sc_act_title_1

Whats the feedback like on these?

I've got a 60GB OCZ Agility SSD that I was having some issues with trying to setup, but I paid €80 for it. Contemplating just getting rid of it and buying one of the above.

The issues with the OCZ SSD however has made me weary of buying another, but 128GB would be alot more useful

Thoughts?


And I wonder, if I was to say hold onto the 60GB one and use it for storing my games like Wow, Diablo 3 etc. would I notice the same performance boosts I was before, or does it really only work when the OS is on the same OS ?

the performance boost was significant and probably enough to entice me to try again

Tea_Bag wrote: »

crucial is a far more reliable brand than ocz. The above SSD is highly recommended as being almost the best in its class (Intel and Samsung are slightly better, but far more expensive)

I've built several PCs with that drive and no problems yet

and all the speed benefits will remain with SSDs regardless of the fact that the OS isn't on it, like a storage drive on steroids. obviously you want the OS on one of them though, to make windows desktop etc browsing snappy.

Excellent.

I might try get the OCZ working properly, and use the more reliable Crucial for my OS and some programmes and then the OCZ for games.

I need to look into a new motherboard aswell, wonder if its best to make a new thread highlighting my current spec to get recommendations for a motherboard?

Thanks started a new thread

I get a prompt everytime windows boots asking do I want to switch to ACHP, always weary doing it, but I think I need to bite the bullet and just do it.

At present
OCZ not in machine, has an OS on it, no problem with wiping
1 Hard Drive with all my games and music etc. (critical remains untouched)
1 Hard Drive with my OS and my programmes (can be formated, no big deal)

So the plan of action is (correct if wrong)

1) Turn on ACHP with the current two HDDs plugged in
2) One windows boots succesfully with the change in place, shut down machine
3) Plug in the OCZ SSD
4) Run the firmware upgrade from the guide I have from OCZ
5) When done I should have a recognised and working OCZ (hopefully)


I have another issue with my main OS HDD where on bootup I get NTDLR and it doesn't get recognised as a bootable device. Regularly the BIOS forgets the boot prio and I've to manually go in and promote the main HDD to 1 so the PC can load windows.

Taking me bout 7 boot ups a go to get into my machine, but thats for another thread

Thanks pal.

Komplett allow collection from their pick-up point, but stuff still has to get shipped from their warehouse in the Netherlands, except for the few bits and pieces they stock at the pick-up point itself. You'd have to poke one of the reps to see what they actually stock there though.

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Dabs have a range of GTX570's starting at 250, and GTX560Ti's starting at about 180 - this seems very good value compared to other retailers, if I'm not mistaken, as I was looking at buying either soon (should never have bothered with that 550Ti :eek: )

I wouldn't bother, get a 7850 for 30 quid cheaper, and overclock it, should be better than a 570 and miles more power-efficient.

Same for me

Nope still double that at the moment for best prices

Saw a post in the Bargain alerts thread for coupons for logitech peripherals. I'm looking at buying myself a gaming rig at the moment but have been on the lookout for a nice mouse and keyboard. Those coupons would save me a ridiculous amount :O

I feel weird just asking for them though...

MugsGame wrote: »

No, it appears that the 6th June date only applies to notebooks, the VAT cashback on SSDs offer is over. From your link:

Apparently, they honoured VAT cashbacks for SSDs too, this is the email a friend of mine got for a 256Gb SSD he bought from Amazon.de a couple of weeks ago.

From: Samsung VAT Cashback <no-reply@samsungvatback.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Subject: Samsung VAT Cashback - Claim validated
To: X


Dear Mr. X
Claim Reference: xxxxx
Your claim has now been validated and approved for payment. Typically payments are processed within 30 working days. You will receive your payment within this timeframe.
Please keep this email for future reference.
If you have any questions please check our Terms and Conditions or email help@samsungvatback.com
Kind regards
Samsung VAT Cashback Promotional Support
This is an automated email, please do not reply.

Nope.

if anyone is interested in that ebuyer bargain, I've got family in the UK who I'll get to forward it to you, if you cover postage obviously.

Yes, quite a while ago now.

Xenoronin wrote: »

I'm a bit speechless right now. That shopping cart using the coupons KearneyBob gave me actually went through. Just got these two for €60
http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/keyboards/keyboards/9214
http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/special-offers/closeout/laser-mouse-g9x

I don't even... and I don't know how to thank you enough man!

You need to give him something like this?

Tea_Bag wrote: »

if anyone is interested in that ebuyer bargain, I've got family in the UK who I'll get to forward it to you, if you cover postage obviously.

I'm just going to wait. SSD's are tanking in price, they have obviously started to hit the uptake percentage to justify discount volume sales. In one month, every 512gb will be as cheap if not cheaper.

http://www.dabs.ie/products/samsung-sh-s223-22x-dvd-rw-sata-oem--black--7WXQ.html?src=15

/\/ollog wrote: »

23 euro, I thought they'd have gone down in price rather than up by 10 euro in 4 years.
Thanks though.

That's 15 there for me.

Hmm, thought they were free. Have a look on Amazon, postage should be lowish.

pcadvice wrote: »

can we expect ssd's to continue to drop in price or will they go back up for some reason?

I can't comment in general, but I usually keep track of the price of the M4 on dabs.ie and it was a pretty good indicator of what was happening when SSDs began to fall.
Recently I have noticed it slowly creeping back up in price, very slowly and very small amounts, around €5 in total over the last few weeks maybe. But if I was to buy an SSD I would definitely get one now!! And I would definitely get the Samsung 830 as it's soooo cheap atm.