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Crucial BX200 240GB SATA 2.5 Inch SSD - USD $59.04 (~AUD $85) Delivered @ Amazon

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Sequential reads/writes up to 540 / 490 MB/s on all file types and random reads/writes up to 66k / 78k IOPS
More than 13x faster than a typical hard drive and 40x more energy efficient
More durable than a hard drive - no small moving parts that are prone to failure and available in 2.5-inch form factor in capacities up to 960GB
Includes an activation key for Acronis True Image HD software for easy data migration
Compatible with the free Crucial Storage Executive tool for easy drive monitoring and maintenance

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  • +7

    This is making me want to buy another ssd

  • Oh my dayum. Dat price. Must resist.

    • +14

      Good… good. Let the impulse to buy flow through you.

      • +7

        Sigh. I find my lack of funds disturbing.

  • +2

    Holy shit. Makes me wonder how i can resist for so long.

  • +6

    Quite a bit of bad reviews on BX200 though… so I'll pass.

    Really great price though.

    • good to know, when i saw $85, crucial and 240gb i automatically +ed.

    • What's bad about them?

      • +1
      • +2

        they have an mx series and bx series, bx uses a slower controller and doesn't have the built in encryption (which I never use anyway) …..same nand chips though. Not sure what that impacts to in real life at that price though considering the other components in a PC.

  • +13

    Silently the senses, Abandon their defences.
    Helpless to resist the read/write…
    For I must buy this SSD tonight.

    • You were a poet, and you didn't even know it!

  • +1

    Please dont make me buy!!!!

  • +1

    Everytime I see SSD posts they getting cheaper and cheaper.

    • +4

      Imagine how many ssd's we would have if AU$ = US$? :-)

      • +1

        So many the website would be OzSSDbargains

    • yeah but we don't see the 1TB often at bargain basement prices …. just lots of 250gb and 500gb.

      I manage to get one of the crucial 1TB a while back on the last amazon deal for $340 AU and I haven't seen 1TB for under $400 in a while. Seems the price drops are certain sizes and probably based on certain chip sizes.

      Unfortunately PCs only have a limited number of sata ports and eventually size does matter.

      • And they are getting exponentially faster. See the MBP type ones, 2x and 4x this speed. Makes this seem like slow old tech.

  • I bought the lenovo e460 with the 1tb hard drive. If i wanted to buy an ssd like this, will i have issues installing windows? Is windows preinstalled on the laptop hd that comes with it?

    • You can install windows on the new drive if you buy this. Format the 1tb use as storage on the laptop.

    • +7

      Follow the following steps:
      - Install Speccy to get the product key for the Windows you have installed on your machine, print the result and save the result as XML and Text File to an USB flash drive
      - Shrink the size of your hard drive
      - Install Macrium Reflect and make an image of your hard drive to an external hard drive
      - Buy a SATA adapter to connect the new SSD to your computer
      - Using Macrium Reflect, clone the hard drive on your computer to the SSD that is connected to your computer
      - physically disconnect your old hard drive from your machine and install the new SSD in the its place
      - Power on your machine and it will operate as if it was using your old hard drive but at SSD speed and performance
      - Expand the size of your hard drive
      Finished! These are the steps… Google for details.

      • I just connected the new ssd via USB, cloned directly to it with Macrium Reflect Free (it resized the chosen partitions on the fly, I skipped laptop recovery partitions etc).

        Swapped the drives over once complete and booted straight up.

    • +4

      Great directions above but a simpler way is to do the windows 10 upgrade, make sure its activated, then download the windows 10 install usb maker for your version, make a usb stick for install then physically swap out the Hdd for ssd, then boot from usb and go through the install process, it will automatically activate once installed, I have done this a few times, really easy

      • It's also supposed to work on a clean install unactivated and inputting your Windows 7/8 key directly, although I have only activated first then clean installed.

      • I see, clean install over clone. Though I'm not sure why you'd want Windoze 10. It's like spyware out of control, recording you, making s custom profile of you, updating whenever it wants, sharing your wifi etc. The defaults breach privacy in so many ways it's apalling.

  • Got the 500GB version in my PS4. It was horrible before I updated the firmware to MU02. After that had no problems

    Not sure it makes a huge amount of speed difference in the PS4

    • -5

      did you overclock the mainframe and install more DDR5 ram in the PS4?

      maybe if you watercooled it you might get more megahertz out of the PS4

      all the SSD does is improve load times

    • i put an ssl into my console (250gb left over from an upgrade) , made no difference in speed but runs quieter and cooler so that's a bonus in its own.

  • Does anybody have any recommendations for a USB/SATA connector? I could search eBay and just buy an "el cheapo" but prefer to follow the advice of someone who actually knows what I should really be buying :)

  • if you can still get the BX100 at the same price, you should. BX200 is a shitty update. Get if desperate.

  • +1

    This drive keeps getting cheaper. How bad is it really? IS it worse than the Sandisk SSD Plus 240GB on sale on Shopping Express for $95?

    • I want to know this as well, thanks for asking.

      • +1

        I did some research. It is that bad. Even as the cheapest 240GB SSD it's a terrible buy. The crap TLC flash is to blame.

        The Sandisk SSD Plus 240GB, despite being a budget drive, is significantly better and is MLC based.

  • it didnt work with my laptop, neither Asus or Crucial would do anything, blamed each other

    Had to ebay it

  • ok . just ordered one :/

  • +1

    Warning that the BX200 is a terrible drive.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/41ao8y/stop_recom…

    etc

    • +1

      it's slightly slower than the MX and doesn't have onboard encryption ….. I have the MX and don't even use the encryption, also have BX in laptops and they work fine.

      The BX is sold as their value range …. lots of storage per $$, the MX is their business range. Same MLC NANDS inside, just different controllers to bring price down.

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