One of the amazon.es daily deals is this Crucial MX300 525GB SSD for 107.90 euro, which works out at around 98 quid. Shipping extra, it was around a fiver last time I sent something to the UK.
I used my Revolut card and there are no currency conversion fees (97.64 sterling.) I'm living in Spain and got free shipping, so it saved about 12.5% over the UK price.
This would have been a real bargain with the pre-Brexit exchange rates, maybe not so much now :-/
K1LLER HORNET
13 Oct 162#3
A very strange capacity.
hugekebab to K1LLER HORNET
13 Oct 162#8
More OCD than SSD
GAVINLEWISHUKD to K1LLER HORNET
13 Oct 16#9
You need a large SSD as your memory is not that great as I answered the same question just 8 weeks ago!:laughing:
Uses 12x48GB chips. So 576GB provisioned down to 525GB.
Glix
13 Oct 16#4
It will be just how much is reserved for swapping bad cells out etc
A year ago you could get this size SSD for £75. What happened now?
sam_of_london to stanlenin
13 Oct 161#12
The value of pound has gone down. Wait till Scotland leaves and you cannot buy anything at all.
paddymae
13 Oct 16#13
Expired as gone back up to 123 euro as reported by verbumSapienti. Thanks everyone!
K1LLER HORNET
13 Oct 161#14
I remember.
Point still stands. Weird capacity.
See you next month :stuck_out_tongue:
retiredfist
13 Oct 16#15
I've had compatibility issues with Crucial SSD when using with Alienware laptops. BSOD, crashing & not responding in windows. Reinstalling windows made no difference. Swapped it out for an OCZ and all problems were gone
staying well away from crucial for now
nublets2k to retiredfist
14 Oct 16#17
I think you're possibly the only person on the planet who has found OCZ to be more reliable than Crucial!
nublets2k
13 Oct 16#16
Nah, it has 4 chips, each with 3x48gb dies on :wink:.
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For the money it's a decent enough SSD.
Cnet say "affordable, efficient and fast":
https://www.cnet.com/products/crucial-mx300/review/
I've ordered one and thought I'd share. Remember, it's only this price today!
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Camel says it's been at 109 for a while:
http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Crucial-MX300-2-5-Inch-Internal-Adapter/product/B01IAGSD68
This would have been a real bargain with the pre-Brexit exchange rates, maybe not so much now :-/
More OCD than SSD
Uses 12x48GB chips. So 576GB provisioned down to 525GB.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10274/the-crucial-mx300-750gb-ssd-review-microns-3d-nand-arrives/2
Point still stands. Weird capacity.
See you next month :stuck_out_tongue:
staying well away from crucial for now