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PS got it from here
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cruc...rucial/1001630
and bought a 128 c300 ssd refurbished from crucial ,am i mug ?
PS got it from here
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cruc...rucial/1001630
30 day warranty is the only downside... im extremely tempted just to simply use it as my "games" drive! Only the 64gb one though, wouldnt take the risk with ~£100 on the higher capacity ones.
or do you take the risk... £5 quidco so thats already £87 for the 128gb.... god damn it stop tempting me! Stupid better write speeds with higher density :*(.
Last edited by Hicks12; 24-08-2011 at 07:04 PM.
Originally Posted by snootyjim
I'm sorely tempted on the 64GB... 7% quidco so £42.85 all in...can I really say no to that even with the warranty issue?
I read the Title and came to the conclusion I watch the inbetweeners too much.
i ordered the 128gb in the end, steam was 80GB so thought may as well. NAND doesnt die often so these refurbs should be solid, it would simply be a fixed controller or something.. possibly just old stock
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No quidco yet though... couldnt find the way to navigate to the promo page if im honest though, might put claim in if i can be bothered.
wonder what would happen if it dies within 30 days ,what would they send you and with what warranty ?
edit - hmmm i wonder if i should cancel above and get this http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cors...btshop/1001844 ,
30 pounds more for 3 years warranty and it looks faster ?
Last edited by Taiko; 25-08-2011 at 05:05 AM.
I think i would rather spend extra for the 3 year warrenty. 30 days just isnt enough.
Tempted to upgrade my 60gb vertex 2 to a force 3 120gb as im also upgrading to a motherboard with sata 6 on it.
You mean £43?? The Crucial drive was £87 for a larger 128GB drive. If you already have a 60GB Vertex 2 there is no real point in changing it yet. Wait another year and you might end up with a larger and faster drive for the same price as the Force 3.
The Force 3 uses asynchronous NAND which means it is slower with uncompressable data like images,video and music. However,the main issue is that when you enable TRIM and/or have the drive starting to fill up with data performance of the drives with asynchronous NAND starts to drop off.
I don't know if I could take the risk on a SSD. Not even 90days... Tough one!
i am doing my very best to ignore the poop that is sandforce, i swear they are so over rated and my corsair f60 isn't that great either tbh, its ok thats all though... Its a big gamble but i was gunna buy a hp tablet so may as well take a gamble with this instead.
C300 seems to be alot more reliable and stable compared to sandforce, £87 for the 128 c300 is good really... the f3 is almost 50% more expensive, couldnt drop that on it tbh.
the C300 and future versions are already good enough on read/write speeds really, they needed to bring the price per gb down and i think 79p per gb is good
To late to cancel now anyways, already shipped rofl. Will let you know how reliable it is!.
Is there a way to stress the ssd?
Not really, without killing it by writing too it with incompressible data 24/7.
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for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
Yeah, all those additional write cycles can't be good.
interesting read, http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...e-25nm-Vs-34nm
Still trying to understand all the data that them guys are posting but it seems to show that the c300/m4 etc just keep on going
Damn but it's tempting, thinking about getting the 64gb one for my laptop.
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I'd love to see the SMART data from these. I wonder if the NAND chips have actually been used at all?
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