Up to 28x better performance than a typical hard disk drive
No-wait boot up and shut down
Faster app load and response times
Up to 15 per cent longer battery life
nCache 2.0 technology delivers enhanced speed and endurance
240GB not 256GB
- zebrum
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brainsys
31 Dec 1613#16
Point is IT components are priced in dollars. 52% voted for a 20% price increase. Most corporations wanted it the other way. You. Plus the increasing demand for SSD in place of spinning rust is tightening prices in the short term. In the medium term prices will fall (in dollars).
Graham1979 to wildlotos3
31 Dec 169#11
Awesome can I borrow the TARDIS after your done with it. I want to go back and put a couple of bets on who is getting an OBE/CBE in the New Years honours.
kidpaddyblue to neiiilers
31 Dec 167#9
That's the Hotukdeals motto
quidstretchy to wildlotos3
31 Dec 166#22
you forgot to mention how little your gran paid for her house
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kidpaddyblue
30 Dec 161#1
Just ordered. Got a new HP laptop and did a clean install of Windows 10 to remove all the bloatware which helped but will stick this in and install Windows 10 straight onto it. Old laptop had a 128gb SSD makes such a difference
MrKillChill
30 Dec 16#2
Nice find OP!Heat added. Should I go for this or an 850 evo?
SaleChaser to MrKillChill
30 Dec 161#3
At the end of the day the difference between this and a 850 evo is minimal. The only time there is a major difference is between a traditional Sata SSD with the average 500MB/s read and write speeds against a NVME SSD where speeds can exceed up to 3GB/s read and 2GB/ write.
kidpaddyblue to MrKillChill
30 Dec 16#4
I think the Samsung has a better warranty but I trust Sandisk as a brand and wanted the best price.
steve_bezerker to MrKillChill
31 Dec 16#17
The Samsung 850 evo is the fastest SSD I've ever owned. My PC literally takes less than 6 seconds to be ready to perform tasks from the exact second I hit the power button on my PC. Having said that £66 for a 256GB SSD is an absolute steal. I would get both.
spannerzone
30 Dec 164#5
I have the Samsung Evo 850 and have bought about 5 of the Sandisks and can't really say I notice any difference in day to day performance. I don't run benchmarks or 3d games so maybe for me it makes no odds but I'd be more than happy having another Sandisk SSD.
oneladyowner
31 Dec 161#6
This is the Ultra II. Hot!.
neiiilers
31 Dec 164#7
I don't need it so I bought 1 :smirk:
kidpaddyblue to neiiilers
31 Dec 167#9
That's the Hotukdeals motto
Infrasonic to neiiilers
31 Dec 16#59
But you will need it at some point...
I got a 120GB one of these last year as a boot drive before I'd even bought my new W7/10 i5 Lenovo box.
Clean installed W10, works great, seven second cold boot.
slayermatt
31 Dec 16#8
Ugh looking for something to replace a dead drive... paid £40 for a 240gb last year! Looks like I'm just going to have to suck it up and put down the extra cash. Either that or go through the painstaking RMA process and hope it doesn't take too long.
Great find though, ~240gb drives seem like fairy dust at the moment.
wildlotos3
31 Dec 162#10
Year ago i have bought 260 GB for less then 50£ - good model.All prices now just more expensive - so COLD>
And this model looks like 240 GB not 256!
Graham1979 to wildlotos3
31 Dec 169#11
Awesome can I borrow the TARDIS after your done with it. I want to go back and put a couple of bets on who is getting an OBE/CBE in the New Years honours.
quidstretchy to wildlotos3
31 Dec 166#22
you forgot to mention how little your gran paid for her house
algloster to wildlotos3
31 Dec 164#24
I perfectly understand where your coming from and again as people who have replied to you have said we have to consider the currency valuation correction following the referendum. We were always told that based upon Moore's Laws stuff should get faster and hence cheaper.
In regards to your price comment I think you are correct it should be cheaper but as somebody else posted supply issues could be effecting the market. I attach below a graph of an 850 EVO 250GB, something definitely happened to supply around a year ago before the referendum effect kicked in.
I wouldn't vote the deal cold its probably a good price for the market, just not a bargain historically.
Stimpington to wildlotos3
31 Dec 16#45
HUKD users: 'I am currently in need of X product, what's the best deal available?'
Your advice: 'It was cheaper last year.'
Your COLD vote reasoning is the answer to a question no one asked.
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Opening post
No-wait boot up and shut down
Faster app load and response times
Up to 15 per cent longer battery life
nCache 2.0 technology delivers enhanced speed and endurance
240GB not 256GB
- zebrum
Top comments
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I got a 120GB one of these last year as a boot drive before I'd even bought my new W7/10 i5 Lenovo box.
Clean installed W10, works great, seven second cold boot.
Great find though, ~240gb drives seem like fairy dust at the moment.
And this model looks like 240 GB not 256!
In regards to your price comment I think you are correct it should be cheaper but as somebody else posted supply issues could be effecting the market. I attach below a graph of an 850 EVO 250GB, something definitely happened to supply around a year ago before the referendum effect kicked in.
I wouldn't vote the deal cold its probably a good price for the market, just not a bargain historically.
Your advice: 'It was cheaper last year.'
Your COLD vote reasoning is the answer to a question no one asked.