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    Samsung 830 256 GB SSD $339.99

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by ValkerieFire, Feb 2, 2012.

  1. ValkerieFire

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    ValkerieFire, Feb 2, 2012
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  2. Speedy Gonzalez

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    128 views and no body said nothing this is a good deal I remember paying $700 for a 256gb sata II 2 years ago, now the perfect price will be $256 maybe next year :rolleyes:
     
    Speedy Gonzalez, Feb 2, 2012
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    I think its a great deal. Even the Laptop version at 359 is a pretty good deal.
     
    jwolf7722, Feb 2, 2012
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  4. ValkerieFire

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    $10 less than my M4 was and this is a faster drive.
     
    ValkerieFire, Feb 2, 2012
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  5. saturnotaku

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    I would so get this if my OS X and Windows 7 installs/programs didn't come close to maxing out its capacity.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 2, 2012
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  7. Ryan

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    Good deal. I'm contemplating getting one myself just for the heck of it.. :D
     
    Ryan, Feb 4, 2012
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    Any body noticed the free batman arkham city code included? :)
     
    Speedy Gonzalez, Feb 4, 2012
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  10. formerglory

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    Been thinking about getting one of these to replace my 160GB Intel SSD. Slowly coming down in price :D.
     
    formerglory, Feb 5, 2012
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  11. Thatoe

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    I'm really tempted.
    Will I notice a big performance difference from Intel X25-M 160?
    Could use the extra 100GB.
     
    Thatoe, Feb 5, 2012
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    Truthfully, no. If you need the space but don't want to sacrifice reliability, this is great SSD at a great price. I've had zero issues with it.
     
    Micaiah, Feb 5, 2012
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  13. Thatoe

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    Well, if the performance difference is not much, I'll save it.
    Space is not much of an issue since I have a second HDD.
    Thanks.
     
    Thatoe, Feb 5, 2012
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    Now if only this was the mSATA

    EDIT: Darn it, I think I'm giving in and going to return my 128GB M4 when it gets here in exchange for this.
     
    NotEnoughMinerals, Feb 5, 2012
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  15. FalconX

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    Looking to get the samsung ssd 830 drive 256 gb, can anyone post any recent deals please, much appreciated

    thanks
     
    FalconX, Feb 11, 2012
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    Too bad the deal is over, that price is amazing for this drive. I ended up buying a Crucial M4 256 at Newegg earlier today for $339 shipped
     
    phobos555, Feb 13, 2012
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  18. saturnotaku

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    You also missed out on buying the M4 for $325 last week. ;)


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    saturnotaku, Feb 14, 2012
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  19. FalconX

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    Compsource.com has it for $355 free shipping with coupon steel005. Just ordered my 256 gb notebook version��
     
    FalconX, Feb 15, 2012
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