m.2 should have never have been used for desktop mobos, it only happened because of the mess that sata express created, even though m.2 has enough problems as it is.
OCulink should work well for SSDs as those will require faster bandwidth. Intel at the high end are already using pci-e 3.0 x8 lanes for ssds..
How much does a consumer needs, its easy to do the 640k comment, I would say 1/2 of system ram.
GPU ssds will be a game changer for consoles and gaming in general
dossdes
30 Aug 16#36
sorry guys, it's expired now
adderrson
30 Aug 16#17
1TB for £150 is the sweet spot in my honest opinion. 2 1TB Samsung SSDs at that price in raid0 would be a fantastic high performance option for mass storage. :smiley:
AdrianK_ to adderrson
30 Aug 16#35
RAID0? You really either don't care about your data or have a good backup strategy in place! Also, what's wrong with performance of a single SSD drive?
keanepw
30 Aug 16#34
Expired! Price is back to £113.99.
A1RN
30 Aug 16#33
Yeah I bought the better 850 EVO for less in Nov 2015, thus reinforcing my point even more...
A1RN
30 Aug 16#32
Yeah you're right. I bought the 850 EVO, with a lower MTBF, 2 years more warranty and way faster in almost every regard, for less in Nov 2015.
kirkyuk
30 Aug 161#13
1TB SSD's should be £100 by Christmas!
tan159 to kirkyuk
30 Aug 163#16
So should flying cars
midiman to kirkyuk
30 Aug 16#31
That would be nice but unlikely given the current £/$ exchange. Think Pr Brexit it might have possibility come down to that in the next round of black Friday deals but think if it goes below £120 will be doing well
gordies
30 Aug 161#30
Can someone please edit the title to the correct spelling of lightning before my eyes bleed?
Thanks.
coljwood
30 Aug 16#26
Do you guys recommend going for 500gb and a smaller HDD for a new build, or spread the cost on a smaller SSD and HDD? Placed the order on this for now anyway.
losdamianos to coljwood
30 Aug 16#28
just SSD buddy
tempt
30 Aug 16#15
5% claimed, not flying off the shelves are they?
losdamianos to tempt
30 Aug 161#27
It depend how much of the stock they have
If they have 160Bilion units and 5% would be everyone on the planet earth!
percentage is relevant!
888eyeball
30 Aug 16#21
I thought they say the pro version is more reliable & faster?
Daz555 to 888eyeball
30 Aug 16#23
Safe to assume yes. It will cost more as well.
Brutos to 888eyeball
30 Aug 16#25
Pro version i believe has longer warranty and different flash chips but this is just as reliable
m14x74
30 Aug 161#24
Ordered one with my Amazon credit, thank you @dossdes
A1RN
30 Aug 16#19
I paid less than this almost a year ago, from Amazon.
kiish to A1RN
30 Aug 164#20
750? Cool cause this was only released few months ago.
Daz555 to A1RN
30 Aug 16#22
You didn't.
taras
30 Aug 16#10
good to best (in terms of sata 3(600MBytes/s) in terms of drives
750 - 850 evo- 850 pro.
sata 3 is now really a midrange technology.. Sata express, m.2 and u.2 connectors will/should be replaced with OCuLink in the future
fishmaster to taras
30 Aug 16#18
Obviously SATA III SSDs are still necessary due to the large amount of devices only having that I/O. I haven't seen any performance advantages for OCuLink v1.0 over M.2. M.2 and OCuLink both interface with PCIe. I sort of like what AMD are doing with onboard SSDs on the Radeon SSG GPU, as it cuts out the mainboard, the pathway is one step closer to the GPU and the bandwidth is higher.
Nate1492
30 Aug 16#14
But this isn't the 'regular' this is the budget 750.
The difference between the 850 EVO and 850 PRO are small, but 750 vs either is larger.
888eyeball
30 Aug 162#3
waiting for the pro version
crackshotkv to 888eyeball
30 Aug 16#12
there's not a significant difference in most situations between the regular and pro.
quidstretchy
30 Aug 1615#6
Waiting for more stupid "waiting for" comments
jimunix to quidstretchy
30 Aug 16#11
Waiting for more stupid "waiting for more stupid "waiting for" comments""
pr2thej
30 Aug 161#9
thanks, ordered. Cracking price, will replace an age old crucial 128gb
dossdes
30 Aug 16#8
thanks for pointing that out, I've amended it now. All the best
dossdes
30 Aug 161#7
apologies, i have Prime so assumed it was a prime only deal
Tom2656
30 Aug 16#5
I must be missing where this says you need to have Prime? It's on Lightning Deals but can't see any Prime only notes anywhere.
Opening post
Standard price is £113.99 so a decent saving
EDIT - i presumed it was Prime only but apparently not. cheers
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I think there is too much investment in mech. drives. They have been saying for ages that they will replace mech. drives but not yet.
Hopefully they will die like crt tvs.
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OCulink should work well for SSDs as those will require faster bandwidth. Intel at the high end are already using pci-e 3.0 x8 lanes for ssds..
How much does a consumer needs, its easy to do the 640k comment, I would say 1/2 of system ram.
GPU ssds will be a game changer for consoles and gaming in general
Thanks.
If they have 160Bilion units and 5% would be everyone on the planet earth!
percentage is relevant!
750 - 850 evo- 850 pro.
sata 3 is now really a midrange technology.. Sata express, m.2 and u.2 connectors will/should be replaced with OCuLink in the future
The difference between the 850 EVO and 850 PRO are small, but 750 vs either is larger.
EDIT: OP fixed, you don't need prime. I bought.