Hardware Bargains - Open Thine Wallet

[Soul Assassin]

Yes but this shouldnt matter for the general user? not so?

I can understand if used for video editing etc.

I bought my SSD March 2015 and as of right now it has 18TB written.

 

[ShloshMalosh]

I bought my SSD March 2015 and as of right now it has 18TB written.

And whats your use case?

I see that they also have the SD650 which is an SLC SDD

https://raru.co.za/electronics/6092...rial-ata-iii-240gb-internal-solid-state-drive

 

[Soul Assassin]

And whats your use case?

I see that they also have the SD650 which is an SLC SDD

https://raru.co.za/electronics/6092...rial-ata-iii-240gb-internal-solid-state-drive

It's my OS drive, so all my programs and the main game I'm playing at the moment and then I have two mechanical drives. If you use your SSD as a scratch disk, main drive for everything sure but a normal person will reach 50TB writes in maybe 10 years.

 

[ShloshMalosh]

10 years seems par for the course ? even on a spinner?

 

[Soul Assassin]

And whats your use case?

I see that they also have the SD650 which is an SLC SDD

https://raru.co.za/electronics/6092...rial-ata-iii-240gb-internal-solid-state-drive

I think the 650 is TLC, they will all be perfectly fine for a normal person. If you're going to be editing hours of video everyday maybe not so much.

 

[ShloshMalosh]

 

[Soul Assassin]

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Certain SSDs, mostly entry-level models with TLC NAND flash memory such as the OCZ Trion 100, utilize a feature called SLC Write Cache to enhance write performance. Using this method, a portion of the available capacity is being treated as SLC (1bit-per-cell) NAND flash memory. When the drive is performing a write just one bit, instead of three in case of TLC, is being written thus improving the write speeds drastically. Once the SLC Write Cache has been filled, it will be "flushed" to the rest of the drive to free up the cache again. Under common desktop workloads, the user typically does not experience this transition. However, under heavy workloads, there may be a temporary drop in performance once the SLC Write Cache is filled and the drive is still being written to. The drive's performance will recover once the cache has been flushed.

 

[ShloshMalosh]

thanks @soul assassin for the explanation

 

[PhireSide]

Apacer AH355 64GB USB3.1 Flash Drive @ R131 from Loot:

https://www.loot.co.za/product/apacer-ah355-usb-flash-drive-64gb-usb-3-1-gen1-black/fphj-4097-g6a0?

 

[Fox1]

Apacer AH355 64GB USB3.1 Flash Drive @ R131 from Loot:

https://www.loot.co.za/product/apacer-ah355-usb-flash-drive-64gb-usb-3-1-gen1-black/fphj-4097-g6a0?

Freed voucher still works

 

[CUDlybunny]

Freed voucher still works

What voucher is this?

 

[ronz91]

Apacer AH355 64GB USB3.1 Flash Drive @ R131 from Loot:

https://www.loot.co.za/product/apacer-ah355-usb-flash-drive-64gb-usb-3-1-gen1-black/fphj-4097-g6a0?

Anything to know about it before purchasing? Also what's loots delivery cost?

 

[Fox1]

So you enter Freed in the voucher box at checkout and Loot knocks off the R40 delivery fee.

 

[CUDlybunny]

So you enter Freed in the voucher box at checkout and Loot knocks off the R40 delivery fee.

I see that! looks like it has to be done from the app btw

 

[Fox1]

I see that! looks like it has to be done from the app btw

Correct.

 

[Wasabee!]

R880 inc delivery - Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" Solid State Drive (250GB)(SATA III)

 

[AirWolf]

R880 inc delivery - Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" Solid State Drive (250GB)(SATA III)

Good price.

 

[airborne]

Impressive price for a very nice ssd.

 

[chickenbeef]

RX580 8GB R3300 Unboxed deal

https://www.takealot.com/sapphire-radeon-rx-580-nitro-graphics-card-8gb/PLID44974555

 

[Wasabee!]

RX580 8GB R3300 Unboxed deal

https://www.takealot.com/sapphire-radeon-rx-580-nitro-graphics-card-8gb/PLID44974555

That's not really a good price for a open box card. For 50% of that you can buy a used one on Carbonite with warranty. I bought a MSI RX570 Armor for R1400 in Dec with box and warranty to give you an idea of current prices.