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Samsung 830 256GB $200
Monday, July 23, 2012 1:57 PM
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Re:Samsung 830 256GB $200
Monday, July 23, 2012 2:00 PM
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Ah, a more normal price for a normal SSD. I never understood why it costs so much more than others, when it isn't even the fastest.
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Re:Samsung 830 256GB $200
Monday, July 23, 2012 2:43 PM
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not a bad price, I really want to get a Crucial M4 512GB and the lowest I seen it so far is $400
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Re:Samsung 830 256GB $200
Monday, July 23, 2012 4:15 PM
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boredgunner
Ah, a more normal price for a normal SSD. I never understood why it costs so much more than others, when it isn't even the fastest.
The same reason Intel's always used to (and still kind of do). You pay for the name and reliability.
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Re:Samsung 830 256GB $200
Monday, July 23, 2012 4:42 PM
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boredgunner
Ah, a more normal price for a normal SSD. I never understood why it costs so much more than others, when it isn't even the fastest.
The same reason Intel's always used to (and still kind of do). You pay for the name and reliability.
lol they cost more than Intel now. Intel 330 is one of the best value drives, next to Crucial M4. Intel 520 is one of the very fastest and most costly, but apart from that you get Intel's brand name like you say. Intel had the lowest failure rates by a pretty good margin last year since they seem to have the best firmware. Crucial and Samsung were #2 and #3 and pretty close so I never saw the value in Samsung.
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half of skyrim is traveling or alt tabing to google how to play the game. gutcheck
I just left my son in the sink to run upstairs and download Black Mesa
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Re:Samsung 830 256GB $200
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:09 AM
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dyno0919
boredgunner
Ah, a more normal price for a normal SSD. I never understood why it costs so much more than others, when it isn't even the fastest.
The same reason Intel's always used to (and still kind of do). You pay for the name and reliability.
lol they cost more than Intel now. Intel 330 is one of the best value drives, next to Crucial M4. Intel 520 is one of the very fastest and most costly, but apart from that you get Intel's brand name like you say. Intel had the lowest failure rates by a pretty good margin last year since they seem to have the best firmware. Crucial and Samsung were #2 and #3 and pretty close so I never saw the value in Samsung.
Indeed, I don't see the value in Samsung either, as I don't in Apple or any other overpriced brand. I love how accessible Intel is making their consumer SSDs. They used to be 2 or 3 times more than a G.SKILL, OCZ, Mushkin, etc and now they're closing in on price. Intel drivers are easily worth their money, especially the 330 series. They are the highest quality SSDs made, period. After their most recent (rumored) price cuts, it'll be verging on foolish to not buy an Intel drive. Samsung drives are pretty high quality too, but they haven't learned that a decent price yields way more profit, and their speeds can't really compete with most modern drives today.
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