[warm] Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2 $179.99

[doug_7506]

Price has been hovering around $195. Finally dropped. Lowest ever according to CCC. Not sure if price drop is permanent.

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Very good condition also available from $157.

 

[CAxVIPER]

Wish I had a second M.2 slot now.

 

[///AMG]

Very tempting. I have 2 M.2 slots on my laptop, but I also already have an 840 pro ssd in it as well.

 

[strikeout]

I take it this is the sata version and not the pcie version?

 

[twelveparsex]

I take it this is the sata version and not the pcie version?

It's M.2 not PCIE

 

[SuperSubZero]

It's M.2 not PCIE

m.2 can go SATA or PCIe. My Plextor m.2 stick is PCIe.

as for this particular one...

Interface: SATA3

 

[KenAF]

I take it this is the sata version and not the pcie version?

Ssamsung doesn't offer any consumer PCIe SSDs at retail.

 

[Hulk]

not a warm deal, if you buy the 1TB version which is just a few threads down you'll save $40 over buying two 500GB drives.

 

[A15G]

not a warm deal, if you buy the 1TB version which is just a few threads down you'll save $40 over buying two 500GB drives.

But that deal is dead I think.

 

[WhiteRice]

m.2 can go SATA or PCIe. My Plextor m.2 stick is PCIe.

as for this particular one...

The overall M.2 branding is a bit confusing.

M.2 - Sata
Ultra M.2 - PCIe
U.2- PCIe?

 

[Absalom]

This isn't news to me. I bought this a couple of weeks ago from Amazon for the exact same price. Sort of warm I guess.

M.2 is confusing to most people, because it can come in many forms. M.2 can be keyed for PCIe, SATA3 and/or USB3 (not exclusive to just one either). This particular model is keyed only for SATA3, so it will be using your motherboard's SATA3 interface with all its pros and cons. It is not PCIe, despite what any retailer advertises.

Also, make sure your motherboard can accept a SATA3 keyed M.2 device, otherwise this won't work.

I own a Razer Blade 2015 (128GB), and it only accepts SATA3 M.2, so this was a perfect upgrade.

 

[Hanakuso]

It's also confusing because of different lengths

 

[pxc]

Why was this not posted in the Samsung 1TB EVO $329 @ Fry's thread?

Not a bad price for a decent performing SSD.

 

[Hulk]

this hdd is now $149.99 on eBay, so two of these would actually be cheaper than the 1tb deal.

 

[Absalom]

Why was this not posted in the Samsung 1TB EVO $329 @ Fry's thread?

Probably because this is the 850 EVO designed for an M.2 slot. Afaik, the 1TB EVOs are not M.2. I don't think Samsung has launched any M.2 SSDs that large (yet).