Intel 480GB 730 Series SSD $295 (Free Freight) @ Computer Alliance

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Intel 480GB 730 Series SSD $295 (Free Freight) @ Computer Alliance

Store RepComputer Alliance on 28/10/2014 - 13:19 computeralliance.com.au (308 clicks)
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Intel 480GB 730 Series MLC SSD $295 (Free Freight)

Stock due in shop Thursday and preorders expected to ship Friday.

Limit 2 per customer. Sale available till stock sold.

The SSD 730 is not just a rebranded enterprise drive, though, as both the controller and NAND interface are running at higher frequencies for increased peak performance…….Given Intel's track record and the best-in-class endurance, the SSD 730 is best for the no-compromise enthusiasts and professionals who really need a reliable and consistent drive. -AnandTech

Computing Computer Component Intel SSD

12 Dec 2014

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lj87 on 28/10/2014 - 13:31

Bloody cheap. And I just grabbed a new SSD the other day too - a 512gb Crucial MX100. Guessing this Intel was probably a much better buy at only $26 more. Ah well…
hoolahoop on 28/10/2014 - 13:35

+3

Unfortunately when it comes to performance the 730 is seriously let down by its relatively feeble peak sequential write speed of just 286 MB/s. The 730 scored an effective speed of just 439 MB/s which is 17% below the average of the ten group leaders.
http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Intel-730-Series-240GB/Rating/2…
black-magpie on 28/10/2014 - 14:19

Are the intel SSD the one with high reliability right?
- jzdhgkd on 28/10/2014 - 15:20
  
  A few years back Intel were the most reliable of all SSDs (besides maybe Crucial.) Nowadays the technology is quite mature and while they may still be the most reliable, any of the mainstream brands (Intel, Samsung, Crucial, Sandisk, Plextor… maybe others) will get an SSD that will last you years and years.
  
  Of course these will all be at different price points and speeds. As hoolahoop mentioned above these are on the slower end of things but unless you're doing some real heavy workloads all day long then the real-world difference between them would probably be no more than a few seconds when you're booting up or loading a program.
  
  One advantage of Intel is the five year warranty although this is also matched by Samsung's Pro series and probably others that I'm unaware of.
- Gnostikos on 28/10/2014 - 16:26
  
  +2
  
  The top 3 largest semiconductor companies in the world that manufacture SSDs are Intel, Samsung and Micron (owner of Crucial) and coincidentally they are the only SSD manufacturers I would buy from. It's also worthy noting all three actually manufacture the NAND at their own plants, where they have full oversight over the QA process.
  
  I've personally been using a Crucial M500 480GB for a year, and in the course of my work have put together over three dozen workstations with Micron SSDs, mostly M500s and M550s (Micron is the trade name for OEM SSDs, Crucial for consumer SSDs) and I have yet to see any come back as faulty or show any ill signs.
  
  The M500/M550/MX100 series all support RAIN (basically even more reserve NAND on top of the standard 7% over-provisioning to cover bad factory blocks) and power failure protection via capacitors that can flush data waiting to be written in the event of a power loss.
- black-magpie on 28/10/2014 - 17:07
  
  +1
  
  Thanks for all the info, because I was just looking for system drive to use in soon to be Haswell/GTX970/ITX build.
  So the Crucial are nice too, but hard to beat the 5year warranty of Intel. Guess I'll go with one of those two. (depending on the budget)
buzzlight9 on 28/10/2014 - 16:04

5yr warranty is excellent, However, Rep please do a deal on the Samsung 512GBs(pickup)… :D
maybeamacy on 28/10/2014 - 16:39

How does this compare to the Samsung Evo 500GB @ $240?
pkkrangan on 28/10/2014 - 16:47

Hi - May be a very basic question I have, Is this SSD will fit in to Laptop?

Thanks,
seb on 28/10/2014 - 17:32

Pretty sure only the Intel and the Crucial have power failure protection via capacitors so even though the Samsungs have good warranty they may not be ultimately the best buy. I suppose power failure protection is more important on a desktop than on a laptop that almost always has a battery but still I like the peace of mind of the PFP provided by the Crucial and the Intel models.
- Gnostikos on 28/10/2014 - 20:00
  
  +1
  
  The chance of an SSD being bricked or otherwise requiring an RMA due to a power failure is fairly low.
  
  As per the University of Ohio's study on the effects of power losses on SSDs; many did indeed suffer from bit errors, flying writes, shorn writes and metadata corruption (in essence all of them lost some data) but only one of the 15 tested actually became bricked (and these are last-gen SSDs, probably on 32nm NAND).
  
  These were run through about 3,000 fault injection cycles; which is a ridiculous amount that most consumer SSDs won't see in their lifetimes.
  
  The worst the average consumer could expect in a particularly unlucky power loss scenario is being forced to do a complete reinstall of the OS.
  
  In an enterprise environment however, that issue is a totally different ballgame, and SANS/Servers that are continually being hammered all the time do need a far more robust power loss protection solution.
l005e on 29/10/2014 - 21:09

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Intel 480GB 730 Series SSD $295 (Free Freight) @ Computer Alliance

Intel 480GB 730 Series MLC SSD $295 (Free Freight)

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