WD 256gb ssd egg

[john3850]

Today's Shell Shocker Egg 10:00AM - 2:59PM PDT
(PDT)
Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSC-D0256SC-2100 2.5" 256GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - OEM $199.99 ?
normally is $499.00
no feed back at the egg strange

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

Less than $1/GB. Epic.

They're probably selling them this low because their SSDs, while decently fast, have been very unpopular.

 

[john3850]

Same story just got a M4 last week
never even seen one till now

 

[pkilway01]

Very, very, very tempting. The transfer speeds are a little low - similar to the Kingston V series, but a SSD for less than $1 a Gb is a pretty great deal.

 

[bleucharm28]

This is an awsome price for ssd. I wondering if i should get it? (decisions decsions decisions)

found review http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...&id=478&Itemid=99999999&limit=1&limitstart=11

Not 3rd-Generation SATA 6Gb/s compatible? hmmm

0.78 cents per G

 

[Termie]

This is a good price if you need the space, but it is not fast. In fact, when it came out in March of 2010, it was already behind the curve: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2954/8

"I've repeated it enough times that you should get the point by now - Western Digital's SiliconEdge Blue is just a bit behind the performance of an Indilinx based SSD. The drive performed relatively well in our tests. TRIM worked as expected under Windows 7. Compared to a standard hard drive it's great, but so are just about all other SSDs. Given that the Blue isn't the fastest SSD in the world, what this really boils down to is price."

If you need the space more than cutting-edge speed, it's a very good deal. Perhaps to be used in a laptop or as a second SSD where you already have a faster boot drive.

 

[Anubis]

interesting. yea its preformance doesnt match up with the newer ones however for the price its worth it as its infinitly faster then a platter drive

 

[Motorheader]

Got the e-mail last night - very tempting.

 

[HumblePie]

I'm going to grab it for my lappy

 

[Anubis]

yea im thinking ill get one as well

 

[Zap]

Jmicron JMF612 (same as JMF618 but with different NAND)

This will be similar performance to most of the Kingston SSD hot deals lately (with possible exception of V+100). Slightly below Indilinx Barefoot in performance. Way below latest/greatest SATA 6G drives with Marvell or Sandforce 2 controllers.

Translation = still spanks Velociraptors around like nobody's business. :awe:

Not 3rd-Generation SATA 6Gb/s compatible? hmmm

Not asking for much, are you? :hmm:

 

[Chiropteran]

Tempted to get this for my e-350 netbook. The CPU performance doesn't justify an expensive super-fast SSD, but this sounds just right.

 

[airdata]

awesome price for 256gb

I should have held off on buying an ssd... i bought a corsair 120gb f120 for $235. Can't sell it for $150, and new ssd's are out w\ much better performance.

A couple of these 256gb drives in raid would be sweet ^%^


ps :

OP : Where do you find the price for the shell shocker before it's published? Can you see how much the sempron 130 + mobo combo is later today?

 

[Zap]

OP : Where do you find the price for the shell shocker before it's published? Can you see how much the sempron 130 + mobo combo is later today?

That combo will be $90. It is plain as day in the email. You are on Newegg's mailing list, right? :sneaky: IMO they are one of the best vendor mailing lists to be on.

 

[Termie]

awesome price for 256gb

I should have held off on buying an ssd... i bought a corsair 120gb f120 for $235. Can't sell it for $150, and new ssd's are out w\ much better performance.

A couple of these 256gb drives in raid would be sweet ^%^


ps :

OP : Where do you find the price for the shell shocker before it's published? Can you see how much the sempron 130 + mobo combo is later today?

Buyer's remorse won't get you anywhere...that F120 is a fast drive. Don't worry, be happy!

To get Shellshocker prices ahead of time, you have to be on the mailing list.

The Biostar AM3 board and Sempron 130 is going to be $90. Personally, I'd much rather have an Athlon II/AM3 combo like this one for $100: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.660251

 

[airdata]

Buyer's remorse won't get you anywhere...that F120 is a fast drive. Don't worry, be happy!

To get Shellshocker prices ahead of time, you have to be on the mailing list.

The Biostar AM3 board and Sempron 130 is going to be $90.

ew.. yeah. i was hoping for $50ish i actually have an atx biostar board w\ the same camo packaging that came w\ a phenom 840 for $107+tax @ microcenter... $90 is pretty weak for that combo considering the sempron 130 is 29.99 w\ free ship and that's just a barebones basic mATX board

 

[allthatisman]

I have the 128gb version of this drive, and while it's bench numbers are not the greatest, to the average user, this drive will be as fast as any other -- which is to say that it will dust ANY HDD. I just downsized my computer to my laptop, and kept the 128gb SSD for the laptop, but I REALLY don't need this drive, but man is that price tempting.

I bought my drive back in July of 2010 and it has been very reliable and consistant with it's performance. Windows 7 boots without even showing the blue "welcome" screen, if that makes sense.

 

[Old Hippie]

I bought my drive back in July of 2010 and it has been very reliable and consistant with it's performance.

Good to hear.

Do you have any ASSSD screenshoots of new and used?

Or is this "consistant" performance kinda "seat of the pants" performance testing?

 

[Red Dawn]

How reliable are these?

 

[allthatisman]

Good to hear.

Do you have any ASSSD screenshoots of new and used?

Or is this "consistant" kinda "seat of the pants" performance testing?

I'm at work ATM, but I just tested it like 3 weeks ago, and I took screenshots of when I first got it, and the numbers are identical, actually a couple were a bit higher. Again, I would recommend it, especially for $199

 

[Old Hippie]

I'm at work ATM, but I just tested it like 3 weeks ago, and I took screenshots of when I first got it, and the numbers are identical, actually a couple were a bit higher. Again, I would recommend it, especially for $199

Cool!

Thanks for the "heads-up". :thumbsup:

I already have 2 265GB Crucial C300s in RAID0 and one of those little Kingston drives for a physical SSD "C" drive backup but this looks like a pretty good deal.......I dunno what I'd use it for......but still.......

 

[Motorheader]

Looks like it's garbage collection is not dependent on the OS - this would be great for my son's XP rig.

 

[Old Hippie]

Looks like it's garbage collection is not dependent on the OS - this would be great for my son's XP rig.

How bout a little SSD info?

ALL SSDs have a GC method that's not dependment on the OS.

 

[rpcohen]

Thanks for the heads-up. Recently been looking at much smaller SSD's for under $200 for my netbook so this is irresistible - speed, storage space, reliability and increased battery life. Fantastic!

 

[Motorheader]

Some are better/worse than others in GC. I've passed deals (like an M4) because of this.