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Limp Gawd
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500GB SAMSUNG 850 EVO $150 @ Amazon and Ebay
Deal.
Been waiting for one of these at this price range.
Deal.
Been waiting for one of these at this price range.
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I say there is a high profit on 3D NAND.
Samsung seems to want to dump these like there is no tomorrow. Overstocked? About to release a new product? Marketing wants to crush the competiton? Who knows.
What's really happening is the cost to create high density SSDs has fallen out the bottom with 3D nand, and the price hasn't equilibrated yet. So we see all these "sales" but really its just retailers trying to dump SSDs at the current levels while consumers still expect to be paying more. If you can put off buying an SSD for the next few months we should start to see super low prices.
Article from Chris @ [H] on this issue here. Another interesting article on the price free fall here.
I'm more concerned about the TRIM issues on linux. I was going to purchase a 500 gb for a db server, but after hearing of unexpected data loss due to TRIM, I decided against it.Do you guys really think the same mess will happen with the 850 EVO as the 840? I'm still running original Samsung 830's. I beat them and they still bench like brand new.
What's really happening is the cost to create high density SSDs has fallen out the bottom with 3D nand, and the price hasn't equilibrated yet. So we see all these "sales" but really its just retailers trying to dump SSDs at the current levels while consumers still expect to be paying more. If you can put off buying an SSD for the next few months we should start to see super low prices.
Article from Chris @ [H] on this issue here. Another interesting article on the price free fall here.
This seems to be the likely reason. That or Samsung is trying to not lose more of the market after the 840 evo disasters (and 850 firmware screwup). I'm staying away from Samsung for now unless the price is too good to pass up.
This seems to be the likely reason. That or Samsung is trying to not lose more of the market after the 840 evo disasters (and 850 firmware screwup). I'm staying away from Samsung for now unless the price is too good to pass up.
Wait, 850 firmware screwup?
They uploaded a bad firmware for the 850 Pro in Feb. It was just for the Pro, I remembered wrong.
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/after-samsung-840-evo-issues-now-the-850-pro-has-issues-too.html
Well just one place selling it that cheap for a few days does not mean much. I am actually thinking about getting that 2 TB model though but I have feeling over the next few months I could end up regretting that greatly if prices do take a huge tumble.2TB has dropped $50 in 2 weeks...I wish prices would drop that often on all SSDs
amazon has the 1TB for $355
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OBRE5UE?&tag=deatobuy06-20&ie=UTF8
Still a good deal imho for 1TB SSD drive
The article the other day said "Samsung is retrofitting their 850 EVO line with the new parts."They've had it as low as $335 more than a couple times, and it's been on sale recently for $310 (Newegg eBay) and $330 (Fry's)... Makes $800 for the 2TB seem kinda steep, unless you're buying a couple of those in which case you probably aren't very concerned with saving $50-150.
I want a second 1TB, bought the first for $340 from Newegg a month ago, but I'll probably wait to see if it drops any further later in the year... Specially with word that Samsung might be going with higher density NAND on the line.
Still not sure if they'll swap it into existing models (would be a first) or if there's an 860 EVO looming. Would be odd with the 2TB having just come out. I hope there's a new model coming tho, fire sales on the 830 when the 840 EVO came out were terrific.
The article the other day said "Samsung is retrofitting their 850 EVO line with the new parts."
2TB has dropped $50 in 2 weeks...I wish prices would drop that often on all SSDs
You should have seen the prices around 5 years ago. 150 bucks got you 32GB of crap. Prices are coming down each year big time while bigger ones keep rolling out.
Couldn't remember exact dates. Might have been a bit more than 5 years . The X25M was good. I remember paying a lot for those first gen OCZ Vertex's that were slow compared to now and always failed after a year. Time flys man