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Toshiba OCZ Trion 100 Series 960GB SSD ~ $350 AUD Delivered (or $315 with AmEx 15% off) @ Amazon

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Excellent price for a 960GB SSD considering the low AUD .

If you use the AMEX 15% off $100+ deal, it comes to ~ $315 AUD taking into account 3% foreign exchange fee)

Uses Toshiba A19 TLC NAND Flash & Toshiba Controller Technology

Max sequential Read speed: 550MB/s; Max sequential Write speed: 530 MB/s; Max Random Read: 90,000 IOPS; Max Random Write: 64,000 IOPS

AMEX 15% off Deal

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  • skinny on 30/09/2015 - 22:58
    +4

    Max Random Read: 90,000 IOPS - Pigs can fly

  • Click_It on 30/09/2015 - 23:02
    +1

    Awesome price for near TB SSD.

    Am a little hesitant to buy OCZ but I believe Toshiba has turned that ship around well and truly.

    • Thrawn on 30/09/2015 - 23:06
      +3

      The review on Anandtech for the Trion 100 looks horrific.. benches like a 4 year old SSD

      • Click_It on 30/09/2015 - 23:21
        +1

        Must admit I haven't looked at any reviews (not in the market for any such sized SSD's personally). That's a shame, I thought things were going a lot better.

        I tend to stick with Samsung for my builds, and Sandisk for others. Haven't had dramas with either, yet.

        • rodinthink on 30/09/2015 - 23:27
          +1

          Benchmark by users

          850 Pro 256gb still turned out to be the best in rating (http://imgur.com/ivLttnd)
          Not sure if the rating is reliable or not.
          Looks like there are too many Intel and NVIDIA Fanboy in GPU and CPU benchmark

        • Click_It on 01/10/2015 - 00:01

          @rodinthink:

          I have 840 PRO, 850 PRO and 850 EVO here, brilliant drives in my experience. You get what you pay for I guess…

        • Thrawn on 01/10/2015 - 00:24
          +1

          @Click_It:

          Just don't mention the 840 EVO performance degradation issue

        • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 06:37

          @Thrawn:

          did they fix it?

        • spiritek on 01/10/2015 - 08:33

          @tyler.durden: They sort of fixed it, there is an updated firmware etc over on the Samsung site that will periodically refresh the data thus stopping it from degrading.

        • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 08:55

          @spiritek:

          doesn't sound all that great if they only sort of fixed it.

        • EnALup on 01/10/2015 - 10:27

          @Click_It: I can confirm that. I had Sandisk ultra and changed to Samsung Evo (previous gen) and I could see the speed difference though both were SSDs.
          I would say stick to Samsung or Intel.

        • spiritek on 01/10/2015 - 11:17

          @tyler.durden: Yeah, it solves the problem with performance degradation, but is more of a work around than an actual fix

        • silent1 on 01/10/2015 - 17:57

          @tyler.durden:
          They've abandoned the mSATA version so we have to manually refresh the data.

      • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 06:42
        +1

        I don't trust toshiba,

        their portable hdd are crap…

        They put it in officeworks hdd, like imation etc..
        and my own failed within first year.

        • rodinthink on 01/10/2015 - 09:35

          Hitachi 3 TB one have a very low failure rate. Used to be owned by IBM the inventor of hard drive themselves

        • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 10:00

          @rodinthink:

          unfortunately they don't do much sales..

          only seagate got regular discounts

        • Charity on 01/10/2015 - 10:12
          +1

          @rodinthink:

          lol IBM got out whilst the going was good (and profitable)

          Kind of like saying Henry Ford had something to do with the 2015 Fiesta

        • rodinthink on 01/10/2015 - 11:01

          @Son ofa Zombie:

          True. But there is a big gap of year between Henry Ford "active year" with 2015 Fiesta

          The more compatible example will be :
          IBM had something to do with current 2015 T550 Lenovo Thinkpad as well

          IBM Thinkpad Engineer/Designer Team might still work for Thinkpad product. Same thing might happen with Hitachi Hard Drive even though there might be a huge or minor reduction in product-material's quality

        • Charity on 01/10/2015 - 11:05
          +1

          @rodinthink:
          I know it might be hard to accept , ( I was the biggest IBM fanboy), but Lenovo is as American as Peking duck.

        • silent1 on 01/10/2015 - 17:59

          @Son ofa Zombie:

          You forgot the Deathstars that IBM rolled out before passing off their HDD section to Hitachi.

  • viki8702 on 30/09/2015 - 23:08
    +4

    I think finally you have found this to use your previous scam vouchers…
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/206992

    • easternculture on 30/09/2015 - 23:10

      waiting for a decent price on a laptop

    • lolmao on 01/10/2015 - 00:03
      +5

      I'm still waiting patiently for my scam voucher :)

  • japik on 01/10/2015 - 00:03

    And its over :-p

    • easternculture on 01/10/2015 - 00:12

      no its not

      • japik on 01/10/2015 - 06:25

        Lol geez i thought it was ebay deal for some reason.

  • incipient on 01/10/2015 - 05:40

    For those complaining about performance. Find me a 1TB 850 Pro for $350. As someone said you get what you pay for.

    I personally would use this as a "storage SSD" for non-OS needs (i.e. programs and games).

    The 1TB 850 evo for $420 was better value, but more expensive and probably expired.

    • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 06:39
      +3

      You don't need a storage ssd.

      It is a waste of money.
      Since it is better to use a storage HDD which is more value for money.

      The main benefit of SSD is to use it for your Operating system.

      • Jabba the Hutt on 01/10/2015 - 08:43

        It's not necessarily a waste for some, more an indulgence - can be quite a bit nicer than working with HDD storage even though the benefits aren't as dramatic as for OS/apps.

        Experience using half my 480GB SSD for general documents, photos, videos etc. over the past year has since led me to upgrade to a 1TB SSD, and has me looking forward to eventually transitioning all my storage and backups to SSD.

        • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 08:52
          +1

          It's not just indulgence

          SSD cannot match storage size of HDD

          I have way too much data, that wouldn't even fit on one 1TB
          Not only that, but have 2 SSD would take away a 2 SATA ports.

          Storing photos and videos on ssd is pointless, since they won't get access that often
          and they would be cached in RAM anyway.
          The only reason to have some video on SSD is if you are a video editor, which would benefit in quicker save time

          Storing documents is also pointless.
          Just make sure you install Office on SSD is good enough.

          The best way to do it is
          to have 1 SSD for OS and programs.

          The rest can be stored on HDD.

          I got a small size ssd, but when 1TB becomes more cheaper, I might upgrade.

        • Snoopy113 on 01/10/2015 - 09:22
          +1

          @tyler.durden: Its not pointless if you have the money to do it. It IS an indulgence. Of course it makes more sense to have your storage as a HDD and OS/Apps on a SSD, but if you were loaded and didnt care about money - SSD for everything whilst sitting on a chair made of gold using 100 dollar notes to blow your nose.

        • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 09:59

          @Snoopy113:

          It comes down to what you are storing and how much data you have.

          A 1 TB would not be able to hold all my data..

          Also why would you put movies, pictures on SSD, which has no noticeable benefit.

          So for me it is pointless, even if I had the money I wouldn't buy it.

        • deltakilo on 01/10/2015 - 10:33

          @tyler.durden:

          So for me it is pointless, even if I had the money I wouldn't buy it.

          Oh don't be such a tight arse, what are you; some bargain hunter or something? :)

        • EnALup on 01/10/2015 - 12:15

          @Snoopy113: but Why will you come to ozbargain to save money looking for deals ?

      • [Deactivated] on 01/10/2015 - 09:09
        +1

        Nope… as a software developer I use a bunch of VMs for different projects, not to mention other projects compiled natively. A 'storage' SSD (~240Gb) results in all my development work being much faster than it was when working with a HDD.

        • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 10:07

          Well it comes down to what you are using it for…

          If are a regular VMware user, then yes, saving and loading VM's would be faster on SSD.

          But even then, you don't technicially need an extra Storage SSD.

          Just buy one large SSD that you install OS on as well as save some VM's on it.

          A 256gb or 500gb should be enough.

      • Thrawn on 01/10/2015 - 10:14

        Another aspect for me is reliability. When SSD dies, it tends to do it with no warning and you lose everything. HDD you're far more likely to just lose a few sectors here and there.. and with media libraries consisting of photos/videos, barely noticeable impact.

      • rodinthink on 01/10/2015 - 11:13
        -1

        And most frequently used apps like Chrome,VLC,Everything-search, Witcher III (Might think twice to put GTA V because it's around 69 GB, dirty R*)

    • skinny on 01/10/2015 - 07:09
      +1

      A 7200 RPM disk is adequate for storage SSD. Why pay more?

  • EightImmortals on 01/10/2015 - 06:22

    Nice to see the prices on larger SSD's coming down, the 2tb's are still around the 1k area but that will be my next SSD, once prices come down that is. How many years till we see parity with HDD's?

    • tyler.durden on 01/10/2015 - 06:41

      depends how fast they create bigger size ssd.

      Everytime they create a newer size one, the older one would drop to the lower price bracket..

      If anyone has any info, it could help us calculate how long

    • bchliu on 01/10/2015 - 09:22

      Most Storage manufacturers have already shifted focus from spinning platters onto SSD and equivalent technologies I think. That probably explains the much slower pace of development recently (the last innovation was the tiling method to get 8TB). The Doubling rate has been much slower in HDD of around 2+ years compared to SSD's which doubled about every 12-18 months.

  • mikmac on 01/10/2015 - 08:08

    Combine with Undercuts's Amex 15% OFF offer!
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/213540
    $297.50?

    • unity1 on 01/10/2015 - 08:39

      Works out to be $309.15 for me then you need to add the AMEX international transaction fee of $9.27

  • Randxyz123 on 01/10/2015 - 10:02

    Would this be a good upgrade to put in my 2011 15" Macbook Pro? Looking for something to make it slightly faster but I also think the original HD is stuffed.

    Never heard of the brand but from reading the comments Toshiba now owns them?

    • Charity on 01/10/2015 - 10:19

      Apple wants you to buy a new MBP. You know u want to.

      • easternculture on 01/10/2015 - 10:24

        Apple wants you to buy a new MBP

        with a few extra pixels on the screen

        • Charity on 01/10/2015 - 10:31
          -1

          haha, yes.

          I just like messing with Apple zombies. lol

        • Randxyz123 on 01/10/2015 - 11:14

          I plan on buying a new MBP at the start of next year or possibly a iPad Pro and a iMac.

          This is simply a temporary upgrade to improve performance while I

          a) acquire more money

          b) Wait for new processors which should be here in January so I'm expecting a event in March (Skylake processors)

          ANYWAY that is not a topic for debate on this thread. I'm asking if anyone has done this if there are any issues that I should look out for?

    • mr-black on 01/10/2015 - 10:28

      I just bought one of these to put in my 2009 iMac. The iMac is SATA II but it will still give a significant performance boost compared to a spinning drive.

      • Charity on 01/10/2015 - 10:40

        these SSD's cannot even saturate SATA2

        SATA 3 is like replacing your garden hose with 6inch diameter pipe, using the same amount of water, for the backyard lemon tree.

        • Cheap Rich Guy on 01/10/2015 - 15:32

          550MB/s read and 530MB/s writes is pretty much where SATA3 maxes out too so these do actually saturate SATA3. SATA2 allows for 300MB/s but would max out at around 270MB/s in real world use.

      • easternculture on 01/10/2015 - 10:40

        but it will still give a significant performance boost

        Yes, SSD's gives MacBook's Wings

  • kml22 on 01/10/2015 - 11:21

    Ok mine came down to in USD USD 267.84
    Order Summary
    Items: USD 309.17
    Shipping & handling: USD 5.05
    AMEX Promotion: -USD 46.38
    Total before tax: USD 267.84
    Estimated tax to be collected: USD 0.00
    Order total: USD 267.84
    Selected payment currency
    AUD USD
    (Change card currency)
    Applicable Exchange Rate

    1 USD = 1.4788888923 AUD

    AND AUD 396.11

    No where near the $315 with AmEx 15% off

    Order Summary
    Items: AUD 457.23
    Shipping & handling: AUD 7.47
    AMEX Promotion: -AUD 68.59
    Total before tax: AUD 396.11
    Estimated tax to be collected: AUD 0.00
    Order total: AUD 396.11
    Selected payment currency
    AUD USD
    (Change card currency)
    Applicable Exchange Rate

    1 USD = 1.4788888923 AUD

    (includes all Amazon fees and charges)
    Qualifying offers:

    AMEX Promotion
    • easternculture on 01/10/2015 - 11:23

      Price has gone up. Its was $240 USD yesterday

      Expired

  • ycon on 01/10/2015 - 12:33

    Any other 1TB deals to get now this has expired?

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