Crucial CT256M4SSD2 256GB M4 SSD £129.94 @ Amazon
Looks like Amazon are determined not to be undercut on these again, offering this excellent 256GB Crucial M4 SSD for a very keen £129.94 delivered.
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Jump to unread Post a CommentI'm not so sure. If you look at http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Crucial-CT256M4SSD2-256GB-M4-SSD/product/B004W2JL2A the price dropped pretty steadily through until June, and then slowed right down until this drop. I don't see another £30 worth of drops in just 6 weeks. In the new year though, then maybe.
I imagine the Samsung Triple cell, 840 will be pretttttty cheap and hopefully spur more cuts, esp with TLC SSD's
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I was thinking that aswell
I imagine the Samsung Triple cell, 840 will be pretttttty cheap and hopefully spur more cuts, esp with TLC SSD's
Yes, I've been waiting for ages since prices have steadily dropped, and I see no reason to change now, especially as it is a luxury and not an essential for me...
Stonking price - this one also includes a USB/sata adapter and transfer software!
Have notified Amazon - will see if they price match this one...
Edited By: Ajibee on Oct 12, 2012 13:30
Most SSD's are built using MLC NAND chips which are 2 bits-per cell, Samsung's 840 SSD (Not the 840 Pro) uses TLC NAND chips which is 3 bits-per cell, a quick discussion about it can be found on Anandtech here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6329/samsung-releases-tlc-nand-based-840-ssd
The thing to take away from it is:
"Remember, adding more bits per cell reduces endurance and also increases program, erase and read latencies. In a Q&A session Samsung couldn't tell us any exact P/E cycle numbers, but they claimed that the 840 has higher endurance than many competitors MLC based SSDs. We didn't get more specifics than that, but we hope to be able to test this as soon as possible. As for the performance, Samsung again wouldn't tell us any raw latency numbers, but they said their TLC NAND is roughly 50% slower than their MLC NAND."
A complete architechtural introduction about TLC can be found here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5067/understanding-tlc-nand
EDIT:
Review of the Samsung 840 SSD:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6337/samsung-ssd-840-250gb-review
Edited By: X10 on Oct 12, 2012 13:50
I'm not so sure. If you look at http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Crucial-CT256M4SSD2-256GB-M4-SSD/product/B004W2JL2A the price dropped pretty steadily through until June, and then slowed right down until this drop. I don't see another £30 worth of drops in just 6 weeks. In the new year though, then maybe.
This time of year is when they clear out stock for the new stuff. With PC parts, they don't tend to do a sudden big drop - the big retailers inch each other down to sell at maximum price as it hits different peoples price points.
Be nice to us - £100 for it since it's nearly Christmas?
I think it was the V4 (slower & cheaper) version.
Thanks for spotting the deal!