Sandisk SSD Plus with 480GB incl. delivery - £83 @ Amazon Spain

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Sandisk SSD Plus with 480GB for ~£83.00 incl. delivery @ Amazon Spain

£83 Amazon Spain5 Sep 16

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Technology

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Pokemon_Nr_0815

4 Sep 16

Hey guys.

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 16 4 #20

Yes, but it's light enough to carry it yourself

panoulix

5 Sep 16 3 #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 16 2 #1

Comes to £86.89 if you use Amazon currency converter for anyone wondering.

guitaristanime

5 Sep 16 1 #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 16 1 #32

Grab a like for some consolation.

haritori

5 Sep 16 2 #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 16 4 #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.

One example, there are other suppliers:

http://uk.transcend-info.com/Apple/jetdrive/

maltikism to TINCAN

5 Sep 16 #25

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 16 3 #6

Graham1979 to panoulix

5 Sep 16 1 #7

In layman's terms please baby

netjock to panoulix

5 Sep 16 1 #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

dheydl

5 Sep 16 1 #14

Has it been seen at that price since the pound tanked? I remember being able to get 500GB drives earlier in the year for £75 and wish I jumped in then but those days seem to be over.

haritori

5 Sep 16 1 #15

Its the Christmas run up. nothing to do with the pound, its the same every year, august onwards, HDD/SSD & Memory all goes up. they will be back down again by Feb.

ninja_saver

5 Sep 16 1 #16

if your computer supports usb 3.0 i'd say there's still an advantage to ssd, plus of course if you're moving the drive around a lot- ssd is more resilient against knocks and vibrations

MaxRazor

5 Sep 16 #17

Good deal op :smiley: added

kunhadi

5 Sep 16 #18

Hurry... Do it before BREXIT settles

WBRacing to kunhadi

5 Sep 16 #19

By the time that happens SSD's will be half their current price.

TheGavster

5 Sep 16 #22

Stupid question but do you have to make a new Amazon account with a different email address?
Edit : Ordered, thanks OP

kunhadi

5 Sep 16 1 #23

true... or there will be no SSD. And we all live on Mars (I meant, your grands will)

Biggles243

5 Sep 16 #24

Do you need a credit card? I've ordered with existing prime account?

399out

5 Sep 16 #26

Thanks for putting this up OP.

Would this be suitable for a MacBook Pro 2011? Sorry, complete novice when it comes to this!

liambrewer01 to 399out

5 Sep 16 #31

Yes should be fine I put a Samsung ssd in a MacBook Pro 2012 with no problems and has improved performance massively.

BenderRodriguez

5 Sep 16 1 #27

It won't lose all the data when dropped.

mercutio98uk

5 Sep 16 1 #28

TLC "wears" faster but is (generally, these days) a bit nippier on transfer.
MLC has a bit more endurance.

In most cases, unless you're going to blitz the thing with 100's of GB of writes every single day of it's sorry existence, you won't care.

technobot

5 Sep 16 1 #30

I have done that, speed varies depending on the envlosure used, but with a cheap usb 3.0 Orico enclosure I get speeds of around 200 mb/s, which is much faster than any usb flash drive and safer when dropped around compared to a mechanical drive, + the drive is sooo light, it feels like an empty enclosure. :smiley:

too

5 Sep 16 #33

And twice the then current price in the EU.
I expect BREXIT Friday though.

Drabman

6 Sep 16 #34

Brexit means Brexit.

If after this week's shenanigans and the PM's clever manoeuvring you believe that then you'll believe I've found a 1TB SSD for £39.99.

Heat please.

biglugs1

6 Sep 16 #35

Now gone up to €126.99

alanbeenthere

6 Sep 16 #36

Cold. Wait for the ultra2 at this price.

RUGAAL

6 Sep 16 #37

Gone?

mickrick

10 Sep 16 #38

I'm putting mine up for sale if anyone's interested. It cost £84.62 via my Supercard and I would be looking that for it, including postage. It just arrived this morning. I opened it to make sure there was no damage during delivery (it was just bunged through the letterbox) but I haven't tested it. The security label on the connectors is still intact and it comes with a 3 year warranty. There wasn't even an invoice with it, which is strange for Amazon.

I bought it on a whim and would be better off with the cash. If you're interested PM me and I'll open a For Sale listing.

Proof of price

wide

11 Sep 16 #39

SSD won't suffer from fragmentation (anywhere near as much) .
USB 3 is very fast.
Read and write at same time is better.
No moving parts means dump it in your bag, no worries.
Larger capacities does not equal more current to spin more platters.

(I thought of more than I thought I would think of...!)

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