Update: I have changed the deal to refer to M.2 ssd's as they ran out of stock for mSATA (available for special order) and they even cancelled my order which was confirmed while they had stock.
M.2's they have 45 in stock now and at 36£ for 128GB that is one of the best budget M.2 ssd deals I have seen.
Please note that this is not a standard SSD which have been going for under 30£ for 128GB. This is an M.2 SSD used in some slim laptops/ultrabooks or as an addition to a standard hard drive.
They are usually more expensive than standard 2.5" SSD's and this is the cheapest I have seen a quality one with exception of eBay ones taken from various other machines. (and even those are very very rare).
These seem perfect for htpc builds for NUC/Brix boxes (the recent Maplin deal comes to mind) where you might occasionally want to do something more or install a couple of apps/games as well especially as it costs only about 5£ more than the cheapest 64GB I can find (which is what I have been looking for).
The M.2 version is an even better deal and now plenty in stock.
Also these are a business class versions which come with 5 years warranty.
You can use PayPal for 7p extra.
Hope it helps someone.
All comments (41)
topss
15 Feb 16#1
That's not the mSATA version in the picture though? Part number seems correct.
Nexusfifth to topss
15 Feb 16#2
Yeah, I just used their picture as I couldn't find an actual image of an msata version of this and didn't want to throw a random picture.
I checked with them and it is the msata version, (also note that m.2 version has the same picture)...
Edit: Added a picture with all three versions now.
jh787
15 Feb 16#3
Did anybody know if this would be suitable for a HP 2540p?
Nexusfifth to jh787
15 Feb 161#4
Quick Google seems to suggest no.
topss to jh787
15 Feb 161#6
I think the 2540p has a 1.8" drive, so no this won't fit in the original drive bay. You could replace the optical drive with a standard 2.5" SSD, but again the SSD in this deal is for a mSATA drive, which isn't the one you need. Any normal 2.5" one will though.
You would need something like this to replace the optical drive:
Yes.. I knew that I could replace the optical drive but I was kind of hoping that I could keep it, even though I rarely use it.
I think I'll keep it for a bit and sell it.
I'll buy the 2560p.
That has a normal 2.5" sata drive
Nexusfifth to jh787
15 Feb 16#15
Hmmm I fail to notice why 2.5" would be more help than 1.8".
You can probably find it cheaper as well, this is the first I found.
I thought you want to keep you hdd and add this ssd (this is how most people use it) but if you want to replace, sure you can.
Agharta
15 Feb 161#8
The 256GB M.2 version is £57.86 @ Kikatek. Much faster write speeds
dickybow
15 Feb 161#9
Although I appreciate this is Enterprise hardware, these don't seem to offer any performance advantage over SATA equivalents
Agharta
15 Feb 16#10
In this case the word is arguably being abused but at least you get a 5 year warranty which is good at this price.
Enterprise equates to loads of things and not just performance anyway. Not much more to squeeze out of SATA SSDs seemingly.
titchyyyyy
15 Feb 16#11
What speeds are we looking at for the m.2 version?
Not sure if to go for this due to the low price or pay out £65 for the SM951 which has 2000mb/s read, 600mb/s write speeds.
Nexusfifth to titchyyyyy
15 Feb 16#12
Go for sm951 any day, but be sure it is compatible with your system. This is a SATA drive while sm951 is pcie. But the performance bump is pretty massive, I would even advise to go for sm951 256GB as it gets a double write speeds.
(I guess it depends on what you would use it for) but for the main drive the sm951 is about 5 times faster than this and while this will beat any hdd, sm951 will wipe the floor with an ssd. (I have installed one in a friend's laptop and was actually pretty jealous of the speed, as my lappy doesn't support pcie M.2s)...
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M.2's they have 45 in stock now and at 36£ for 128GB that is one of the best budget M.2 ssd deals I have seen.
Please note that this is not a standard SSD which have been going for under 30£ for 128GB. This is an M.2 SSD used in some slim laptops/ultrabooks or as an addition to a standard hard drive.
They are usually more expensive than standard 2.5" SSD's and this is the cheapest I have seen a quality one with exception of eBay ones taken from various other machines. (and even those are very very rare).
These seem perfect for htpc builds for NUC/Brix boxes (the recent Maplin deal comes to mind) where you might occasionally want to do something more or install a couple of apps/games as well especially as it costs only about 5£ more than the cheapest 64GB I can find (which is what I have been looking for).
The M.2 version is an even better deal and now plenty in stock.
Also these are a business class versions which come with 5 years warranty.
You can use PayPal for 7p extra.
Hope it helps someone.
All comments (41)
I checked with them and it is the msata version, (also note that m.2 version has the same picture)...
Edit: Added a picture with all three versions now.
You would need something like this to replace the optical drive:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Generic-Replacement-Universal-9-5mm-Drive/dp/B00CE4KMN0/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455552371&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Generic+Sata+2nd+Hard+Drive+Hdd+Caddy+Hp+Elitebook+2530p+2540p+2740p
I think I'll keep it for a bit and sell it.
I'll buy the 2560p.
That has a normal 2.5" sata drive
Ahh I see what you are asking. Yes you can find a converter for msata to 1.8" hdd. For example:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-PCIe-mSATA-MicroSATA-adapter/dp/B00AEQ92FO
You can probably find it cheaper as well, this is the first I found.
I thought you want to keep you hdd and add this ssd (this is how most people use it) but if you want to replace, sure you can.
Enterprise equates to loads of things and not just performance anyway. Not much more to squeeze out of SATA SSDs seemingly.
Not sure if to go for this due to the low price or pay out £65 for the SM951 which has 2000mb/s read, 600mb/s write speeds.
(I guess it depends on what you would use it for) but for the main drive the sm951 is about 5 times faster than this and while this will beat any hdd, sm951 will wipe the floor with an ssd. (I have installed one in a friend's laptop and was actually pretty jealous of the speed, as my lappy doesn't support pcie M.2s)...