SSD prices in freefall .. article

[Thor]

Anyone know where I can get a mounting bracket for a 2.5inch SSD? The drive didn't ship with one (only a 2.5mm spacer, whatever the hell that is) and my tower doesn't seem to have the brackets built in. Went to a pc store at the local mall but they didn't have either.

Omw I threw mine away this weekend as the Adata one as mounting screw holes on the drive self.

When I order my new one over the next week or so and you still need it then I'll keep it for you

 

[Agent_Smith]

PM @PostmanPot (you are CT based aren't you?)

or ComputerMania usually carry those kinds of things as well (not IC)

Yeah, in CPT. I'll PM him as well

Omw I threw mine away this weekend as the Adata one as mounting screw holes on the drive self.

When I order my new one over the next week or so and you still need it then I'll keep it for you

Champ, thanks! I've also made some inquiries with other people I know so if they don't sort me out, I'll get in touch.

Cheers

 

[Thor]

No problem!!

 

[Nefertiti]

I need the price of the Samsung SM951 M.2 SSD to drop immediate

Can you put it in older laptops and if so how can I check if I have a port and support for it on my laptop?

I could do with a small ssd for os etc and then my standard hard drive for all the media files etc.

 

[Gunner182]

Will any SSD do? I've seen 250gb SSD's from known brands go for R1.5K and that same size SSD from another brand go for 2K? What gives?

EDIT: I'm only interested in read speeds and the cheaper one is faster than the expensive one, I'm talking about you Samsung EVO.

 

[HavocXphere]

Yeah anything will do really

 

[cerebus]

Will any SSD do? I've seen 250gb SSD's from known brands go for R1.5K and that same size SSD from another brand go for 2K? What gives?

EDIT: I'm only interested in read speeds and the cheaper one is faster than the expensive one, I'm talking about you Samsung EVO.

On one hand, anything will do for average consumer level hardware. The speed difference will be immediately noticeable. For the very fastest r/w speeds, you'll always pay a premium. The speeds now are getting ridiculous. MSI offers Super RAID 4 now which stripes 2 pci-e m.2 ssd's for 3gb/s transfer. My own SSD does around 500mb.

 

[Gunner182]

Yeah anything will do really

On one hand, anything will do for average consumer level hardware. The speed difference will be immediately noticeable. For the very fastest r/w speeds, you'll always pay a premium. The speeds now are getting ridiculous. MSI offers Super RAID 4 now which stripes 2 pci-e m.2 ssd's for 3gb/s transfer. My own SSD does around 500mb.

I ended up getting the Transcend SSD370 256GB, Read speeds of 560mb, so I'm happy.

 

[Deleted member 83147]

I ended up getting the Transcend SSD370 256GB, Read speeds of 560mb, so I'm happy.

Those drives are great value for money.

Performance isn't far off the Samsung EVO, at a much better price.