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Sandisk Ultra 120GB $99 @ egg
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Good deals or bad hard drives?
Good deals.. Not the latest or greatest drive out there, but certainly better then the OCZ garbage that normally goes for less the a buck a gb
kirbyrj
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I was thinking bad hard drives. It seems like every other review says it died after 3-6 months. Probably about what to expect with the Sandforce 1222 drives.
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In general I don't worry too much about SSD's. They are small/fast enough to do full backups on raided sata storage all the time...
DuronClocker
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FWIW, the coupon code works on multiple drives.
kirbyrj
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I don't even necessarily mind a last gen controller as long as its reliable. I'd take a Intel G2 drive anytime.
WTF are you talking about.. I dont see a MIR & if there is one on this drive on top of the cupon code that I do see then I am certainly in for atleast 1..
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^^^ What are you talking about, there's no rebate.
Yes best bang/buck part in my system. Glad I jumped on em when they were $109.
Though the price on these are quite decent too.
If you lay down the numbers side by side, its a no brainer the extreme takes it.
kirbyrj
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The extremes have the newer SF-2281 controller. This Ultra has the SF-1222 controller.
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Cry over $20? (109-99)x2?
skiddy
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I bit. My HTPC is only SATA II and has a 40GB Intel SSD. It's just not enough for my liking.
It's awesome to see SSD's under $1/GB... can't wait to see how things look in another year or two.
It's awesome to see SSD's under $1/GB... can't wait to see how things look in another year or two.
Saving is saving, I guess you like to "lose"?
Not sure how you were raised, parents always told me to save my moolah.
Price matched on Amazon...no code required 
not sure how long its good for
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005F30IJK?linkCode=xm2&tag=invihand-20
not sure how long its good forhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005F30IJK?linkCode=xm2&tag=invihand-20
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I thought the Ultras were the ones with the firmware problems.
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the Extreme's new SF-2281 controller is less troublesome on average, and the memory is a newer type which is more wear resistant.
This doesn't mean that everyone with the Ultra will have problems though. And it also doesn't mean that you won't have a problem with the Extreme, but the deck is more stacked in your favor.
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DuronClocker
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Dead at Newegg, Amazon still has it at $99
kirbyrj
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There are 3 good deals a week if you keep looking. Personally, I wouldn't have bought one of these anyway with the SF-1222 controller. Too high of a failure rate (I had one fail on me already).