Crucial 256GB SSD - Upcoming Amazon Lightening Deal Today.

MarkJD

Iv got two Intel 330 Series 128GB SSD drives im going to put into a new build in a RAID config. I know it will be half the capacity of this drive but Im only going to be running the OS, Photoshop and two games off it so there will be plenty of space left.

Would I get better performance off the RAIDed HDs as apposed to this single drive?

Cheers

_Puma_

The older Samsung Models as far as Im aware had some reliability issues with the controller but the new models, such as that one, seem to have fixed that. The Crucial has a Marvell controller which is generally agreed to have less problems.

General gist for the Samsung models is slightly faster speeds, slightly less reliability than the Crucial. The 840 is a new model so hard to comment definitively on it just yet.

marco_polo

_Puma_ wrote: »

The older Samsung Models as far as Im aware had some reliability issues with the controller but the new models, such as that one, seem to have fixed that. The Crucial has a Marvell controller which is generally agreed to have less problems.

General gist for the Samsung models is slightly faster speeds, slightly less reliability than the Crucial. The 840 is a new model so hard to comment definitively on it just yet.

I would have though the Samsung 830 was every bit as highly regarded as the M4 for reliability?

The 840 is a little unproven for sure as they changed the NAND chips used and is is only out a few months. But certainly has some decent benchmarks thats for sure.

_Puma_

marco_polo wrote: »

I would have though the Samsung 830 was every bit as highly regarded as the M4 for reliability?

The 840 is a little unproven for sure as they changed the NAND chips used and is is only out a few months. But certainly has some decent benchmarks thats for sure.

Ya your right, Samsung have definitely proved it with their controller in the 830 but have seemed to have taken a step back with the 840. Still it is very much up in the air at the moment.

conjamuk

Got it for 114. Great price.

Dcully

Couldnt resist as my current SSD is full.
Got it for €146.83 delivered to my door.

Quick question i have W7 on my OZC Vertex 2 SSD , should i stick it on the Crucial now instead ?

_Puma_

Is your Motherboard SATA III Compatible? If so then yes as the OZC Vertex 2 is only SATA II.

Xzen

Dcully wrote: »

Quick question i have W7 on my OZC Vertex 2 SSD , should i stick it on the Crucial now instead ?

Definitely, this Crucial has a better controller and is SATA 3 (6GB/s) vs the V2 which has SATA 2 (3GB/s) so read/write is going to be a good bit better.

IIRC, the V2 had issues with TRIM and slowdowns, so again, the V2 would be better with the new controller.

DeadParrot

****e, I did miss it
Nearly bought it anyway but €220 incl delivery just annoys me knowing others got it cheaper

Dcully

Yes my motherboard is SATA 3 compatible ASUS P8P67.
Will i still be able to use both? and set up one as SATA3 and the other SATA2, or am i going about this the wrong way?

marco_polo

DeadParrot wrote: »

****e, I did miss it
Nearly bought it anyway but €220 incl delievery just annoys me knowing others got it cheaper

Its still there only 86% Claimed, you have to add it to the basket from the lightning deals page.

Xzen

MarkJD wrote: »

Iv got two Intel 330 Series 128GB SSD drives im going to put into a new build in a RAID config. I know it will be half the capacity of this drive but Im only going to be running the OS, Photoshop and two games off it so there will be plenty of space left.

Would I get better performance off the RAIDed HDs as apposed to this single drive?

Cheers

Absolutely, if you use RAID0 on those, the the speeds will be phenomenal.

The only issue of course, RAID0 has no redundancy, so in the unlikely but possible event that one or both drives fails, that's the end of your data. If you're using an unusual Hardware RAID and the controller dies, it might also not be possible to restore on another PC.

If you back up your important files elsewhere though, you'll be fine.

I have a similar setup on my gaming PC (4 SSDs and growing :pac:) and 2x 1TB 10000 RPM barracuda kit in RAID1 for backups

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That said, SSDs are fast enough as they are, so RAID speeds may not be noticeable in every situation. If you don't need the massive speed boost or are a bit wary of data loss, you can set up a Dynamic Disk in Windows, JBOD in Linux or your RAID controller

Xzen

Dcully wrote: »

Yes my motherboard is SATA 3 compatible ASUS P8P67.

The Grey ports on that motherboard are SATA 3. There are only 2 ports though so you'll only get the SATA3 speeds there.

Dcully wrote: »

Will i still be able to use both? and set up one as SATA3 and the other SATA2, or am i going about this the wrong way?

Do you mean for RAID?
If so, you could use all the ports, SATA2 and SATA3 for Raid, but all the disks will run at SATA2 speed. (though its always best to RAID in the same controller set than on separate controllers and speeds)

DeadParrot

marco_polo wrote: »

Its still there only 86% Claimed, you have to add it to the basket from the lightning deals page.

I'm obviously mental.
not seeing it at all.
might be a websense thing

tk123

DeadParrot wrote: »

I'm obviously mental.
not seeing it at all.
might be a websense thing

It wasn't working for me either when I followed the link - I went to the hompage, clicked on Janurary deals, used the left right arrows to find it then clicked add to cart under the pic
I used parcel motel to get it faster lol :pac:

marco_polo

DeadParrot wrote: »

I'm obviously mental.
not seeing it at all.
might be a websense thing

Its there use the arrows to scroll. And 96% now so hurry.

DeadParrot

Nope, it's the web filter in here, it blocks the oddest things.
I've got it now with me fone

marco_polo

DeadParrot wrote: »

Nope, it's the web filter in here, it blocks the oddest things.
I've got it now with me fone

Good stuff, you got one anyway that is the main thing

DeadParrot

yep, cheers all

Stokolan

Just got one myself.

Boards bargains is a bad place to hang around.

Every time I come here I end up spending money!

Luckycharms_74

Stokolan wrote: »

Just got one myself.

Boards bargains is a bad great place to hang around.

Every time I come here I end up spending saving money!

FYP :P

dodzy

And.......................

gone!

Sir Oxman

Nope still available!

excavate

Same, just got one, even at 100% you can still click "Join Waitlist"



Thanks for the bargain alert!

I use it with a very old laptop (take out dvd drive and replace it with http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=sata+pata+hard+drive+)

Welease

Got one also thanks for the info folks

Ideo

Paid £150 for one of these last week, sickened! Sent Amazon an email asking for a partial refund, worth a shot eh?

Sound of Silence

I'm on the waitlist and have a good chance of getting the deal, apparently.

Nice!

freelancerTax

thanks for the heads up op.. i would have missed this otherwise... have been looking for a 250ish ssd for a while but all have been outside my budget untill now!!!

ft

cruhoortwunk

Lightning deals don't seem to be selling out half as fast this side of Christmas

fletch

This just arrived at my desk Can't wait to install it.

pedatron

fletch wrote: »

This just arrived at my desk Can't wait to install it.

Totes jelly!

rx8

Mine arrived this morning too, a full 4 days early:D

Luckycharms_74

fletch wrote: »

This just arrived at my desk Can't wait to install it.

Mine is down for delivery tomorrow, 1 week ahead of schedule



Edit: it arrived today .

Welease

Arrived this morning forgot to get a 2.5 inch holder (3.5 inch drive units), so will build it but only use it properly when its properly physically installed.

robk24

mine arrived too, nice quick shipping! ghosted over my 64GB SSD to it and up and running!! Cheers OP!

Dcully

robk24 wrote: »

mine arrived too, nice quick shipping! ghosted over my 64GB SSD to it and up and running!! Cheers OP!

How does one do that?
I have windows and some games on my ocz vertex 2 SSD atm.

Stokolan

Mine arrived this morning also must be one of the fastest deliveries from amazon.

Dcully

Is it an post or courier delivery guys?
Im expecting mine tomorrow.

54kroc

Dcully wrote: »

Is it an post or courier delivery guys?
Im expecting mine tomorrow.

An Post.

MayoForSam

Yes, I got mine too, really fast delivery.

fletch

Installing Windows 7 at the moment

fletch

fletch wrote: »

Installing Windows 7 at the moment

Installed in under 15 mins ...reboots very fast now...applications seem to install much faster than before. Very happy

quarryman

Welease wrote: »

Arrived this morning forgot to get a 2.5 inch holder (3.5 inch drive units), so will build it but only use it properly when its properly physically installed.

Why? It's solid state, pretty hard to damage even if you fling around your PC case!

GarIT

I got mine but can't use it as I've no way of installing windows yet.

paddyp

GarIT wrote: »

I got mine but can't use it as I've no way of installing windows yet.

Can you not clone it with a live cd?

Really regretting not buying this was trying to be good post christmas but on reflection I probably spend 30 mins of my working day listening to my hard drive thrashing starting programes so I'm only wasting my own time. If anyone else know for a decent bargain on 128MB+ let me know.

GarIT

paddyp wrote: »

Can you not clone it with a live cd?

I've nothing to connect it with. I'm installing it in my ultrabook and taking out the old HDD. I think I'm going to try to ge an enclosure for the old drive tomorrow. I'd dying to get it installed though.

Welease

quarryman wrote: »

Why? It's solid state, pretty hard to damage even if you fling around your PC case!

But if it does move, it could damage something else on the motherboard etc In the end I have built it (despite what I said) and it using the new drive which is sitting on the DVD drive

I have actually come across a pain in the ass though during the build last night though The Win7 copy I have is an update version, so it needs a previous OS installed.. XP will not install using the drive as the main (or only disk), Win7 will install fine.. but you cannot register its code if it was the single OS install..

Going to have to ring MS to get them to manually register my machine which is pain in the butt, as I rebuild a lot.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

you could just avail of the 30 dollars upgrade for win8

tk123

Thanks again OP! My laptop is flying along!

Dcully

Still waiting on mine