You get the Sandisk SSD Plus with 480GB and MLC Nand for ~£83 (= 98,89€) @ Amazon Spain (delivery costs included).
Pay in Euro, not in GB (always avoid the Amazon currency converter, if possible, otherwise it's almost £87). You need a credit card.
Type: Solid State Drive (SSD) • Form factor: 2.5" • Interface: SATA 6Gb/s • Read: 480MB/s • Write: 400MB/s • NAND: MLC Toggle (19nm, Toshiba) • MTBF: 1.75 Mio. hours • Controller: silicone Motion SM2246XT, 4 NAND-channels • Protocol: AHCI • Encryption: not available • Power consumption: not specified (operation), not specified (idle) • Dimensions: 100x70x7mm • Warranty: three years
Top comments
quidstretchy to xyz123
5 Sep 164#20
Yes, but it's light enough to carry it yourself
panoulix
5 Sep 163#6
Be aware that the new batches of the SSD Plus are TLC and not MLC anymore.
The SDSSDA-480G-G25 was the MLC version, while the SDSSDA-480G-G26 is the newer TLC one.
I'm voting cold as the G25 version has been on offer plenty of times in the past at £80 with free postage from Amazon, ebuyer, Dabs/BT, e.t.c.
All comments (39)
salestion
5 Sep 162#1
Comes to £86.89 if you use Amazon currency converter for anyone wondering.
guitaristanime
5 Sep 161#2
Every.Single.Time a good deal comes up on an SSD an emergency comes up and I can't afford it!
Want this but the deal will be gone by the time I get to it, it's expiring.
too to guitaristanime
5 Sep 161#32
Grab a like for some consolation.
haritori
5 Sep 162#3
Use revolut for the best exchange rate.
xyz123
5 Sep 16#4
Can this be used as an external drive with a caddy?
upset brown pant to xyz123
5 Sep 16#8
it could be, but if i understand correctly it's pretty pointless as the speed advantage of an SSD is lost when using through a USB port which can only handle slower transfer speeds.
SSDs are best used for installing your operating system and programmes/games on and not really worth it for storing files unless really high resolution videos. unless you are transferring huge amounts to an external drive in one go I wouldn't bother.
I could be completely wrong if someone wants to correct me.
quidstretchy to xyz123
5 Sep 164#20
Yes, but it's light enough to carry it yourself
xigent to xyz123
5 Sep 16#21
It can, but as others have said you will lose the speed advantage of the SSD. There is however a way around this. If you fit an Icy dock into your PC, it will connect directly to a SATA controller. When you plug your SSD into the dock, it will operate at the same speed as an internal SSD. There is also the added advantage of a superior connection that will be less prone to write errors and other problems.
TINCAN
5 Sep 16#5
Would this fit into a MacBook Air?
magicnigel to TINCAN
5 Sep 16#11
Nope, it's thicker than most of the MBA
dheydl to TINCAN
5 Sep 16#13
Just about if you take out all the internals including the logic board and battery, plus the casing on the Sandisk.
MacBook Airs have a proprietary format hard drive, similar looking to M.2 format drives but different. And expensive to buy.
if you try to upgrade a Mac in any way at all, or show apple that you have any tech knowledge whatsoever, you will void your warranty.
liambrewer01 to TINCAN
5 Sep 16#29
No, MacBook Air uses flash storage I believe not ssd
panoulix
5 Sep 163#6
Be aware that the new batches of the SSD Plus are TLC and not MLC anymore.
The SDSSDA-480G-G25 was the MLC version, while the SDSSDA-480G-G26 is the newer TLC one.
I'm voting cold as the G25 version has been on offer plenty of times in the past at £80 with free postage from Amazon, ebuyer, Dabs/BT, e.t.c.
Graham1979 to panoulix
5 Sep 161#7
In layman's terms please baby
netjock to panoulix
5 Sep 161#9
For most people TLC/MLC doesn't matter. It is the faster seek/access/read that really matters. Unless you are using it for large amounts of data read/writes
panoulix
5 Sep 16#10
True, but in this occasion, why not going for the Ultra II that is considered to be better (and also TLC) and has been also on offer plenty of times for £80?
GwanGy
5 Sep 16#12
Usb3 is plenty fast enough , also a caddy that is compatible with UASP would be better. There are other advantages tho , esp no moving parts. If its in caddy, its being moved about and that is one thing spinning disk drives dont like. UASP stuff
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You get the Sandisk SSD Plus with 480GB and MLC Nand for ~£83 (= 98,89€) @ Amazon Spain (delivery costs included).
Pay in Euro, not in GB (always avoid the Amazon currency converter, if possible, otherwise it's almost £87). You need a credit card.
Type: Solid State Drive (SSD) • Form factor: 2.5" • Interface: SATA 6Gb/s • Read: 480MB/s • Write: 400MB/s • NAND: MLC Toggle (19nm, Toshiba) • MTBF: 1.75 Mio. hours • Controller: silicone Motion SM2246XT, 4 NAND-channels • Protocol: AHCI • Encryption: not available • Power consumption: not specified (operation), not specified (idle) • Dimensions: 100x70x7mm • Warranty: three years
Top comments
The SDSSDA-480G-G25 was the MLC version, while the SDSSDA-480G-G26 is the newer TLC one.
I'm voting cold as the G25 version has been on offer plenty of times in the past at £80 with free postage from Amazon, ebuyer, Dabs/BT, e.t.c.
All comments (39)
Want this but the deal will be gone by the time I get to it, it's expiring.
SSDs are best used for installing your operating system and programmes/games on and not really worth it for storing files unless really high resolution videos. unless you are transferring huge amounts to an external drive in one go I wouldn't bother.
I could be completely wrong if someone wants to correct me.
MacBook Airs have a proprietary format hard drive, similar looking to M.2 format drives but different. And expensive to buy.
One example, there are other suppliers:
http://uk.transcend-info.com/Apple/jetdrive/
The SDSSDA-480G-G25 was the MLC version, while the SDSSDA-480G-G26 is the newer TLC one.
I'm voting cold as the G25 version has been on offer plenty of times in the past at £80 with free postage from Amazon, ebuyer, Dabs/BT, e.t.c.
UASP stuff