Adorama has the Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD120BW 2.5" SATA III 120GB SSD for $90 with free shipping. Features read speeds of up to 530MB/s and write speeds of up to 130MB/s.
830 is an excellent drive. 840 is a POS, and 840 Pro is an overpriced 830 with slightly more modern specs (21nm vs 27nm process, updated firmware, etc. - NOT WORTH the price). 830 already max out SATA 3, so NO improvements will make ANY difference in actual performance.
830 is also great for FDE, symmetrical R/W speeds, fast performance, and no compression BS controller are needed for FDE. 840 fails horribly on this... 135 MB/s write speed? Lol.
Yawn...bring back the 830 for $70
+1 for the 830 deals and longer lifespan.
Yeah, what happened to the nice $70-80 830s or Vertex 4s?
The 830 is dead, get over it. Let's hope Samsung gets their act together for the 850 or whatever.
830 is an excellent drive. 840 is a POS, and 840 Pro is an overpriced 830 with slightly more modern specs (21nm vs 27nm process, updated firmware, etc. - NOT WORTH the price). 830 already max out SATA 3, so NO improvements will make ANY difference in actual performance.
830 is also great for FDE, symmetrical R/W speeds, fast performance, and no compression BS controller are needed for FDE. 840 fails horribly on this... 135 MB/s write speed? Lol.