expired Liteon 256GB SSD, SATAIII, Only $185. Whilst Stocks Last!
This was posted 10 months 5 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
Liteon 256GB SSD, SATAIII OEM (no retail packaging)
Read up to 515MB/s
Write up to 440MB/s
1 Year Warranty
http://www.scorptec.com.au/computer/46656-lzt-256m3s
Shipping:
Vic Metro = $10
Australia Wide = $14
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I would wait for thunderbolt available on PC mobo ….
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thunderbolt-performance-...
+3 votesSpecs on drive here!
http://www.liteonssd.com/25q-sata-mlc-ssd/item/25q-sata-mlc-...
Kill Joy on 16/07/2012 - 18:04 Comment score below threshold (-4).
+1 voteIf I am not mistaken, they would appear to use the same Marvell controller as the Crucial M4? I'm reading the same controller number in the photo here: http://www.guru3d.com/article/crucial-m4-128gb-ssd-review/2
+4 votesI've been looking at these. I've always stuck with Lite-On for optical drives as they're typically very reliable and right up there with the quality of the dearer brands at a lower price. Sure, if its only going to be $20 difference I'd go with a more known brand, but right now this is pretty competitive.
And lets face it, in 12 months time you'll be able to buy this SSD for less than $50 anyway, so spending $60 more for an Intel or Crucial just to get an extra couple of years of warranty is a false economy.
+3 votesFor SSDs length of warranty is not just about economy, but also about the quality of the NAND/controller, hence reliability. Lite-On makes SSDs for Plextor which are actually very good and have 3-5 years warranty, that's why the 1-year warranty is unusual. I'm hoping Scorptec will say it's a typo, but if not, I have to assume low quality parts are used in these units.
Don't be surprised if Scorptec are simply quoting the minimum 1yr statutory warranty that they must provide as the retailer; they may not even know the exact manufacturer's warranty period offered by LiteON.
Given that LiteON list a MTBF as 1.5 million hours, you might also find that they offer 3-5yrs; otherwise you would have a solid case for a statutory warranty claim against LiteON down the track anyway! ;)
+2 votesTrance N Dance on 17/07/2012 - 14:03 ¶Well the retailer has to deal with all warranty claims within the first year and after that the manufacturer. However long the warranty they state is irrelevant for high price items, as your statutory rights is that the item you buy should fulfill it's purpose for a reasonable time.
edit: Just cut out my irrelevant rant about my monitor dying.
+6 votesIs this the same drive? http://www.anandtech.com/show/5628/the-plextor-m3-review
The model number is exactly the same, except that it's "Lite-On" instead of "Plextor". If it is, it looks like it is very good value indeed.
+1 voteSilverRanger on 16/07/2012 - 22:31 ¶Plextor SSDs are manufactured by Lite-On, or to be precise, by Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corp (PLDS).
At face value (despite its fishiness with the model number, which is different to the one on Lite-On website), this drive is very promising, as it's effectively a Crucial M4 with Toshiba toggle NAND!
+1 voteAccording to this article http://www.anandtech.com/Show/Index/5785?cPage=3&all=False&s... they are same drives.
Quote: "Neither Plextor or Corsair manufactures the drives they sell. Both companies buy their drives from Lite-On and if you take a look at Lite-On's M3S SSD, it seems a lot like Corsair's Performance Series Pro and Plextor's SSDs, doesn't it? That's why the hardware of the Performance Pro and M3 is the same—they come from the same plant.
Read more at http://www.anandtech.com/Show/Index/5785?cPage=3&all=False&s...
- +3 votesTrance N Dance on 16/07/2012 - 22:44 ¶
PRICE WAR BRING IT ON!
(gonna wait a little bit more though, still too poor lol) 
Just so happen to be in the market for a SSD 256GB for my MicroServer.
Think I'll jump onto this tomorrow.
With the rate these are dropping in price I reakon I'll have replaced it with one twice the size for the same price within 12 months. So only need it to last a year or two.
mangoburger on 17/07/2012 - 10:07 ¶Also thinking re short warranty, if you have and use the right credit card to buy one, the credit card company will guarantee for another year. I know several cards offer this feature.
+1 votetest123123 on 17/07/2012 - 10:32 ¶Reliable with price.
I got OCZ and Corsair, never have any issues with cheaper price. These days, price is most important factor not brand name.
For some reliability is the most important, i have crucial M4's and Intel's everywhere. I chose them because of that not the price, if i didn't care much about the data on the machine then price would be important but typically if i want a SSD for a machine its an important pc :)
But this is a great deal no doubt about that :)
No way would i buy crap ass brand like lite on. SSD market is hot right now and prices are going down fast.
Intel are slashing their prices next month
SSD 520 60 GB: OEM price down from $99 to $89; Reseller pack down from $109 to $99 (9% cut)
SSD 520 120 GB: OEM price down from $179 to $129; Reseller pack down from $189 to $139 (26.4% cut)
SSD 520 180 GB: OEM price down from $269 to $189; Reseller pack down from $279 to $199 (28.6% cut)
SSD 520 240 GB: OEM price down from $339 to $249; Reseller pack down from $349 to $259 (25.8% cut)
SSD 520 480 GB: OEM price down from $799 to $494; Reseller pack down from $809 to $594 (37.7% cut)
SSD 330 60 GB: Reseller pack price down from $94 to $69 (26.5% cut)
SSD 330 120 GB: Reseller pack price down from $149 to $104 (30.2% cut)
SSD 330 180 GB: Reseller pack price down from $234 to $154 (34.1% cut)
-1 voteDarkRyoushii on 17/07/2012 - 21:54 ¶Then you are not a smart person - and for your sake I really hope you do not think the same way when buying power supplies. $200 will net you an extremely reliable device with 180GB of storage or an extremely risky purchase with 256GB of storage. I would rather loose the ~80GB of storage if it means that the 180GB that I DO use won't die on me randomly and stop my computer from booting. I'd rather spend the extra on the Intel one because I know that it has documented failure rates, documented expected speeds and top quality firmware which is very important in storage devices. If anything is not up to scratch I know that Intel will replace it rather than having to waste time trying to track down the contact number of a manufacturer that doesn't even release warranty information.
But sure, go and get a 256GB SSD while it's cheap! I'm sure you'll love it for the 4 or 5 months that it lasts and then hate it when your computer sits on a black and white screen saying that it can't find a boot device.
- +1 vote
Concur with blaze.
Anyway, I got a 120GB that fast filling up, quick calaculations tells me that 180GB is not going to make it beyound the 3-4 months anyway. So I do in fact require 256+.. So Yes I will go and get 256 while its cheap.
What can I say, I like to gamble.
I'll just add that this disk is used to host VMs and not a boot partition, if it dies my whole world won't come crashing down around me as I do little thing known as back-ups, and my VMS are backed up online, so when/if there is a problem I just need to re-direct to the backed up disk and everything is running again within a few minutes.
- +2 votes
The drives are OEM so we only have limited information of what’s inside. To help answer some questions the SSD is running a Marvel 88SS9174-BKK2 controller with Toshiba flash memory.
Below is a speed test that we have done in-house to help demonstrate the speeds achieved:
http://www.scorptec.com.au/images/products/40/800/46656/5643...
thank you for that.. I have a standard SATA HDD in my system and I benchmarked using the same program and the SSDs are about 4-5X faster. All the talk of iops etc. means nothing to me, but now thanks to the time you took to benchmark I have an idea how much faster an SSD will actually be - here's hoping the price holds out until my tax return, as I'll definately be purchasing one.
As others have mentioned I'm also a little concerned about the 1yr warranty. I've only purchased 3 SSD's in my lifetime (2 OCZ, 1 Corsair) and had to RMA 2 of those well within the first 12 months. I reckon I was just very unlucky, I never lost data because I practice regular backups but hey it's enough bad exposure to expect no less than 3 yrs on a SSD.
I'll watch closely to see if it's been a typo otherwise I'll opt to pay more for peace of mind elsewhere.
I wont buy this because I already have a sandisk 120g. But this one is surely a good one if you know ssd brand well. It is cheap because it is an oem product, not retail product. It is quite similar (or maybe just the same) to plextor m3s in performance and reliability.
+2 votesThese liteon drives really are new. They appear to have uploaded a bunch of promo videos to their youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/LITEONOFFICIAL?feature=watch
including this 13minute one with lots of broken english
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvV6xRZ42KA&feature=related
and this one with rockin' music & awesome impact font
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh1vhEJgbKg&list=UUL9ShFFZ7A_...
still not sure what to make of this. price seems good enough to give it a go.
people are saying liteon make the plextor drives & plextor seems to have a product also called the M3S with similar speeds which has got good reviews. so if this is the Liteon M3S (which it appears to be) it could very well be the exact same drive.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5628/the-plextor-m3-review
Also i found one other retailer via staticice with similar (+$15) pricing:
http://www.cplonline.com.au/online-shop?page=shop.product_de...
I'm not sure what to think of it but it seems like a bargain!
Since Liteon doesn't (yet) offer firmware for their OEM SSD models, only consumer models, anyone who have bought and received their drive thinking of or tried flashing their Liteon M3S with either Plextor or Corsair firmwares? Since they have identical hardware according to Anandtech review then this should work?
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