SK hynix Canvas SC300 (256GB)

[HEXUS]

Another entrant into the budget SSD ring.

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[GuidoLS]

Just curious - what retailer is selling these? I know this is a UK-centric site, but none of the major international players seem to be offering them (none of the line, not just the 256gb).

Also not sure that $111 (today's conversion for £71) is budget minded - I've seen models from both Crucial and PNY going for at least $20 less at regular price, and both TigerDirect and NewEgg have flash sales with drives going for 1/2 that.

[RyanM]

Also not sure that $111 (today's conversion for £71) is budget minded - I've seen models from both Crucial and PNY going for at least $20 less at regular price, and both TigerDirect and NewEgg have flash sales with drives going for 1/2 that.

£71 includes VAT I believe (which is 20% in the UK) so you should be converting the pre-VAT price (approx £59) to get the US MSRP since default retail prices in the US don't have sales taxes. So it's more like $93.

[GuidoLS]

That makes sense, and I didn't factor VAT - something we don't deal with, and if ordered online, we don't typically deal with sales tax, either, unless the business in question actually has a brick and mortar store in the state you order from.

Still think it's a touch high to be called budget, but it's definitely coming down.

[ysluxus]

In addition to speeds benchmarks, it would be more important to know an SSD's durability, it's remaining life against total written and reading. Don't you have an further test plan with them?

[Tarinder]

Dabs will be stocking them today, I am reliably informed. Will update the buy section accordingly.

[silenthill]

SSD's are boring nothing to exit 500 up 500 down, I feel sorry for the benchmark monkey

[crossy]

£141 for a 500GB model strikes me as pretty fine value for money - if those are list prices. Just did a quick check and that's slightly more expensive than a similar sized BX100, but cheaper than an 850 EVO. So, £120-130 when they start shipping in bulk?

Funny that I paid twice that for my 500GB 840EVO when it came out, and at those kinds of prices I'm thinking that there's two Win8.1 boxes here that are going to be SSD'd when they shift to W10.

[Tarinder]

We now have pricing added. £68 for the 256GB model and £135 for the 512GB. We're assured that stock will be with retailers comfortably before July 17.

[kingpotnoodle]

SSD's are boring nothing to exit 500 up 500 down, I feel sorry for the benchmark monkey

That's the practical limit of 6Gb SATA, once you account for overheads etc.

There are expensive PCI-E/M2 drives which are a lot faster and with more on the way prices will fall. SATA is fast becoming the "budget" interface, give it a year or so and I doubt there will be any new "premium" SATA drives.

[mortispriest]

not bad item eh