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    Kingston V-Series 128 GB SSD $135 AMIR at Buy.com

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by saturnotaku, Jan 28, 2011.

  1. saturnotaku

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    Buy.com is offering the Kingston V-Series 128 GB SSD with the 2nd-gen JMicron controller (which supports TRIM) for $135 after a $75 mail-in rebate. The rebate is valid on purchases from 1/28-2/2. I wouldn't normally post this, but I have bought Kingston products in the past with MIR, and they were good about fulfilling them.

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    Edit: If you've never purchased from Buy.com before, you can use a coupon for $10 off a $200 purchase. That brings the purchase price to $199, so the drive would be $124 after rebate.
     
    saturnotaku, Jan 28, 2011
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    sweet deal might have to pick one up for this price
     
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    I have a dilemna!!! I hate rebate with a vengeance!!! Great deal OP!!! Thx for posting this!!! :(
     
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    Just to be clear, this is the older V-Series drive not the V100 that has overly aggressive garbage collection. The rebate is probably part of some kind deal to clear out old stock.

    It's also a desktop bundle, so it has the 2.5->3.5 mounting bracket, rather than the USB enclosure the notebook kit has.
     
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    Desktop bundle or not, it doesn't matter, will still work. No bracket required for laptop anyhow. Just word of caution. The power useage on this is atrocious. I ended up putting it in my desktop. Performance is great, just not so laptop power useage friendly.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 30, 2011
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    Was just about to come post this one since I saw so many ssd deals posted recently.

    This is the best one for the value minded consumer currently.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jan 31, 2011
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    is it really that bad from laptops?
     
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    Right, but Kingston does make a version of this for notebooks with a 2.5" USB enclosure. It's a pretty nice value-add since you can use it in conjunction with the included software to clone your drive. It's a shame that this massive rebate isn't on that particular version since a lot of us here won't have any use for the desktop mounting bracket.

    Unless you have a desktop replacement notebook that you never run on battery. ;)

    But yeah, this wouldn't be the drive to get if you're concerned about battery life.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 1, 2011
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