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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelly. View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Ironbuket
    I picked up Elite Dangerous from Steam for less than £10 and a 1TB Samsung EVO 850 SSD from Amazon because I couldnt resist it at that price (18.5p/GB)
    I managed to cancel my order for the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB, and bought the 1TB version instead from Amazon. I couldn't resist at the cyber Monday pricing, it will easily last me 5+ years.
    The 1TB version apparently has a faster processor than the 500GB and below. Im glad I didnt go for one of the many Sandisk SSD offers, even though two 500GB Sandisks would have worked out cheaper. When I looked at Sandisk reviews in detail they were poor performers, where as the 1 and 2TB EVOs perform pretty close to the EVO Pros for a lot less money.
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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    My headset decided to start dying so I picked up a Sennheiser PC350 Special Edition for £75,which was reduced from £200,and the cheapest I had seen it before was for £125.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ironbuket View Post
    The 1TB version apparently has a faster processor than the 500GB and below. Im glad I didnt go for one of the many Sandisk SSD offers, even though two 500GB Sandisks would have worked out cheaper. When I looked at Sandisk reviews in detail they were poor performers, where as the 1 and 2TB EVOs perform pretty close to the EVO Pros for a lot less money.
    I wouldn't be caught up too much with speeds in theoretical tests. I have an older generation SSD which is slower than the Sandisk and the Samsung drives and its more than good enough for most uses,and it was an upgrade over an older SSD,which again I could not really tell the difference with.

    The only thing is,that even though I got the Sandisk,it is a TLC drive,but since it was at least 20% to 25% cheaper than the competing drives,but if I was spending more I would rather go with an MLC drive,but I figured I probably would be upgrading the drive in a few years anyway,when faster 1TB and 2TB drives become far cheaper!!

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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    LG 43' UHD 4k TV :s

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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    Well, I got a head start on Black Friday Thursday evening by buying Wolfenstein: The New Order for GBP 4.46 from Green Man Gaming. Then just past midnight I bought an ASUS GTX 970 on impulse for approx. GBP 170.

    What I was actually hoping for was a good deal on a Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB, but that never materialized here in Denmark. Would have loved to at least known about the SSD deals in the UK. Probably paid too much for the GTX 970 as well.

    During the day I actually bought nothing at all because I was on a day trip to Germany. I did end the day by buying some cheap blu-rays and The Witcher: Wild Hunt - Premium Edition in the evening, though.

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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    Just a heads up, the 1TB 850 Evo is coming back up on a daily deal tomorrow morning at 9.40am at Amazon.
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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonj1611 View Post
    Just a heads up, the 1TB 850 Evo is coming back up on a daily deal tomorrow morning at 9.40am at Amazon.
    Thanks a lot for the heads up! I shall try to be ready.

    If you read this in time, what was the deal on Black Friday? Currently the 850 EVO 1 TB retails here for approx. GBP 217. I was hoping for something like GBP 185 or lower.

    EDIT: I might have just answered this myself: Ironbuket wrote earlier that it was "18.5p/GB", so that should pretty much mean GBP 185. Need to take shipping to Denmark into account as well.
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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    It was £184.99 mate
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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonj1611 View Post
    It was £184.99 mate
    Well, it is/was GBP 189.99 this time around. With added shipping I could save about GBP 13 compared to buying it locally. Not enough of a save comparedto the hassle if I should encounter any issues.

    But thanks for the info. It was much appreciated!

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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    Don't worry, the prices keep coming down on SSD's, won't be long before thats the standard price or less
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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    Quote Originally Posted by azrael- View Post
    Well, it is/was GBP 189.99 this time around. With added shipping I could save about GBP 13 compared to buying it locally. Not enough of a save comparedto the hassle if I should encounter any issues.

    But thanks for the info. It was much appreciated!
    That's £5 more than when it was on a daily deal. I thought lightning deals would usually be better than a daily deal?

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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    I bought an Amazon Basics dual port USB charger. For £6.70 instead of £9.99

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    Re: QOTW: What did you buy on Black Friday 2015?

    Amazon now has a Cyber Monday week.. WTF? By the time this ends Amazon will have had 4 weeks of deals for something that is only meant to last 1 day

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