Newegg has the Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for $180 - 12% off with coupon code BLKFRIDAY50 [Exp 11/25] = $158 with free shipping. 540MB/s read time and 250MB/s write time. Far Cry 3 (PC) Game Card included with purchase. The 128GB capacity Pro Series model was $19 less earlier today. 
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Give me an 830 250GB for $125 and we'll call it a deal!
840 is actually slower?
It's about 50mb write & read difference, and perhaps 1-2 second(s) boot time slower.
The 540 PRO is the one to get.
840 newer, slower, and more expensive.now I'm waiting for someone to tell me it's less reliable as well
it's less reliable as well. Now go rest Goob.
Actually, it seems fine. The Pro is much much faster though. However, most seem to argue that the speed differences are negligible in real world applications. That said the 840 and 840 pros have some good pc games attached at the moment which might be worth factoring in the price.
i don't see Far Cry 3 mentioned at the newegg site
Uses TLC memory, which has 1/3 the cycle endurance of MLC memory which is used in the 830. The 840 Pro uses MLC memory. Also, read, program, and erase times are below MLC specs. 840 also uses a different controller than 830 series, the latter of which is known to be ultra reliable. May not matter to some, but given all that, I'd stick with the 830.
Anandtech has a good article on TLC v MLC NAND.
The previous Intel SSD is probably a better deal ?
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