500GB drives have been cheaper but possibly the cheapest half Terabyte drive at the moment at 19p per GB. There's 11 in stock at time of posting.
The drive also comes with Acronis True Image so you can copy your OS over to the new drive if you don't want to re-install everything.
Box Contains:
1 x Crucial box
2.5-inch (7mm) SSD
9.5mm adapter bracket
Acronis True Image HD software certificate for free data transfer
Top comments
furbars to Dan__
31 Dec 1623#4
voted hot just because you voted cold :stuck_out_tongue:
A1M to Dan__
31 Dec 169#5
I bought the same drive as you on Cyber Monday. But can you find a similar drive for cheaper than this now?
Destard to Dan__
1 Jan 177#12
Another person with a time machine, who misses the point of this site.
Added to ignore list.
Dan__
31 Dec 165#3
525gb crucial mx300 bought few weeks back for £80
voted COLD
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hamzahuk
31 Dec 16#1
Nice find op, really good deal considering the prices of ssd's are ment to be on a rise. In advance to those who are gonna say its speeds are much slower than 'modern ssd's', do take into account that this is just £93 unlike a modern ssd at 480gb.
ianjones32
31 Dec 16#2
the 960gb one keeps popping up at £159.99, just pot luck when
Dan__
31 Dec 165#3
525gb crucial mx300 bought few weeks back for £80
voted COLD
furbars to Dan__
31 Dec 1623#4
voted hot just because you voted cold :stuck_out_tongue:
A1M to Dan__
31 Dec 169#5
I bought the same drive as you on Cyber Monday. But can you find a similar drive for cheaper than this now?
ragingsilver to Dan__
1 Jan 17#11
This was a much better deal back then in Cyber Monday. I got one myself and it's running well.
Destard to Dan__
1 Jan 177#12
Another person with a time machine, who misses the point of this site.
Added to ignore list.
BuzzDuraband to Dan__
1 Jan 174#14
I assume with the confidence of that comment, you bought us all one?
nickann1 to Dan__
1 Jan 17#34
Same but got a £15 voucher from Audible and got it for £65
indyjukebox to Dan__
1 Jan 171#37
Well done, gold star for you. What do folk who need one now do? Got any real advice instead of the cold vote?
xavierseb1 to Dan__
1 Jan 172#53
thanks for that useful info, I'm surprised at the angry responses to your comment, it can be very useful to know whether a particular item or similar was previously available cheaper...
minicale
1 Jan 17#6
These are the low end crucial drives hence the low price.
stuellis to minicale
1 Jan 171#7
And the difference to an average home user is negligible, 1-2 seconds slower on boot?
ollie87 to minicale
1 Jan 171#8
I'd take the larger capacity over the tiny difference in speed.
xyhz123456
1 Jan 17#9
I think these BX200 drives are going to be shifted cheap.
Does anyone think it will see the same price cut that the BX200 960 had a week or so ago?... Right after that "Sale" Amazon stopped stocking the BX200 960's. A similar per GB price would be around £80... Even at the price you see now its not bad. I also agree with Stuellis, the act of moving to a SSD is huge, while this might not be their high-end drive it is more than ample (and probably too ample!) for any user to spot the difference when buying something much better.
matt101101
1 Jan 173#10
I agree wholeheartedly with this.
Unless you have a specific application which benefits massively from as much drive performance as you can give it (most people don't have this requirement and if you do, you'll almost certainly know about it), which model of SSD you buy really doesn't matter from a performance perspective.
Pence per GB and reliability are far greater concerns for the average SSD buyer than outright performance. The majority of the performance advantage is in simply having your OS and programs on an SSD, not which model of SSD you have them on.
EDIT: Heat added, OP. This is a good price for a 480GB drive considering the current SSD climate. :smiley:
JC2MULTIPLAYER000
1 Jan 17#13
"This item’s packaging will indicate what is inside and cannot be hidden."
plath
1 Jan 17#15
don't use acronis, macrium reflect free is way better. my acronis clone didn't work when i tried to clone before.
carl01869 to plath
1 Jan 17#20
Have cloned 100s of machines not had problems with acronis. Adding heat, if you are running a hdd any ssd is a massive upgrade
SFconvert to plath
1 Jan 171#21
Not sure if it's still the case but the free macrium couldn't resize the original partition. So for example if your HDD was 500gb and you had a 240gb Ssd, you have to resize the HDD partition first, I used partition wizard.
I have a feeling acronis does the whole thing for you, as long as your HDD has enough free space.
spamcan61 to plath
1 Jan 17#36
For 'cloning' from a large HDD to a smaller SSD then I've found Acronis much easier to use than Macrium, the former will even let you select individual folders on the source drive to 'clone'. I download Acronis True Image HD 2015 from their website and buy a cheap key from this eBay seller (usual disclaimers):-
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Opening post
The drive also comes with Acronis True Image so you can copy your OS over to the new drive if you don't want to re-install everything.
Box Contains:
1 x Crucial box
2.5-inch (7mm) SSD
9.5mm adapter bracket
Acronis True Image HD software certificate for free data transfer
Top comments
Added to ignore list.
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All comments (62)
voted COLD
Added to ignore list.
Does anyone think it will see the same price cut that the BX200 960 had a week or so ago?... Right after that "Sale" Amazon stopped stocking the BX200 960's. A similar per GB price would be around £80... Even at the price you see now its not bad. I also agree with Stuellis, the act of moving to a SSD is huge, while this might not be their high-end drive it is more than ample (and probably too ample!) for any user to spot the difference when buying something much better.
Unless you have a specific application which benefits massively from as much drive performance as you can give it (most people don't have this requirement and if you do, you'll almost certainly know about it), which model of SSD you buy really doesn't matter from a performance perspective.
Pence per GB and reliability are far greater concerns for the average SSD buyer than outright performance. The majority of the performance advantage is in simply having your OS and programs on an SSD, not which model of SSD you have them on.
EDIT: Heat added, OP. This is a good price for a 480GB drive considering the current SSD climate. :smiley:
I have a feeling acronis does the whole thing for you, as long as your HDD has enough free space.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acronis-True-Image-HD-2015-Backup-Software-Activation-License-Key-/122272681720?hash=item1c78050ef8