Crucial MX500 1TB US $266.03 or AU $361 Delivered @ Amazon US

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Ryxxi on 20/12/2017 - 08:16 amazon.com (298 clicks)
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AUD pricing is using Amazon currency conversion. Even cheaper if you don't using amazon currency conversion.

This technically isn't a bargain but it is the cheapest 1TB drive with 5 year warranty and a new release.

The price might go down next year but who knows.

This is a new release, just released today.

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  Hirolol on 20/12/2017 - 08:19

  Good price but isn't it better to get Samsung?

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    Ryxxi on 20/12/2017 - 08:21

    +1

    This is new drive, uses same tech as Samsung one. But its cheaper

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    swimmingtoad on 20/12/2017 - 08:34

    +5

    You will not notice real world differences between this and the Samsung. I have both in my desktop atm

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    McBanjo on 20/12/2017 - 09:29

    I’ve owned 4 x Crucials and they’ve all died, wiping all data, in 1-3 years. Not sure if anything is improved. But never again for me.

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      netsurfer on 20/12/2017 - 09:42

      +1

      I had a Samsung SSD died (all data gone - which is normal when an SSD dies).
      Another two Samsung SSDs (840 EVOs) which have slow read on old data issue - which Samsung did eventually come up with a workaround - which involves refreshing data in the background.

      The warranty service for Samsung was good, BUT I do have to pay for the postage to send the broken SSD to them.

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        hetzjagd on 20/12/2017 - 10:01

        Is it safe to rely on software like HDD Sentinel and its health status reporting to keep an eye out for SSD's about to die?

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        syousef on 20/12/2017 - 10:46

        @hetzjagd:

        Why not download something that's built for SSD like SSD-Z?

        With HD I'm very familiar with what SMART data to look for to judge the health of it. I'm not sure that SSDs give much by way of warning. Perhaps someone more experienced with them can chime in.

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        Diji1 on 20/12/2017 - 11:01

        @hetzjagd: No.

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        netsurfer on 20/12/2017 - 11:53

        +2

        @hetzjagd: HDD Sentinel measures the total writes done to the SSD. However, from my past experience:

        • Most SSDs will die before it exhausted the recommended max total writes set by the manufacturer.
        • There could be some minor signs before it dies completely. However, unlike hard disks, where they tend to die slowly. As soon as you noticed the SSD is not behaving right, immediately backup.
        • When SSDs die, they just die, not like hard drives where you often have a few chances to still get into the drives before you cannot do anything with it.
        • Important data, save it in multiple drives or media (preferably different types).

        My Samsung SSD died before 1 year and that SSD was hardly used (1TB total write and it went @#!@). I also had an OCZ (I know… bad reputation) and I was expecting the OCZ to die first… but no.. it was the Samsung (and I used OCZ a lot more - because I thought if it is going to die, I should make sure it goes before the warranty ends).

        To date, I still don't trust SSDs with data files (for work in progress files, yes I would use SSD.. but once the work is done completely, I want at least a copy on a hard drive or a DVD-R/BD-R).

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        hetzjagd on 20/12/2017 - 12:30

        @netsurfer:

        Ok good information and points taken. I will not keep anything on an SSD I absolutely cannot do without and/or I will backup and backup often - and not backup to an SSD!

        Thank you and also thanks Diji1 and syousef

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        Pharming on 20/12/2017 - 12:35

        @netsurfer:
        | There could be some minor signs before it dies completely. However, unlike hard disks, where they tend to die slowly. As soon as you noticed the SSD is not behaving right, immediately backup

        but ensure you back up regularly regardless

        Good advice netsurfer

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    konakona on 20/12/2017 - 10:52

    +1

    This drive performs better (one of the best performing SATA based SSDs it seems), has a longer warranty, and is cheaper than the 850 EVO.

    Reviews seem favourable at the moment.

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    ufsta on 11/01/2018 - 19:33

    Why is samsung better?

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  [Deactivated] on 20/12/2017 - 08:19

  I grabbed a 1tb Samsung 850 for $365 from Shopping Express the other week.

  $us266 ~= $au247
  http://xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=266.03&From=…

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    aibargain on 20/12/2017 - 08:23

    +9

    You should work for Treasury. You’re only one digit out.

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      Trantor on 20/12/2017 - 08:42

      +2

      think he works at budget estimates!

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        [Deactivated] on 20/12/2017 - 10:43

        +1

        we're back in surplus baby!

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    Trantor on 20/12/2017 - 08:41

    i wish this was true! "$us266 ~= $au247"

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    langthang on 20/12/2017 - 09:14

    Haha! He was dreaming about the value of our Aussie Dollar during the IRON BOOM era.

    Or he might need a cuppa before posting something.

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      [Deactivated] on 20/12/2017 - 10:44

      the problem is I sobered up. ALan Kohler told us the dollar is heading for $us1.50 10yr ago, so it must be almost there

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  garage sale on 20/12/2017 - 08:50

  all 5 machines in household already have 1 tb ssd ..mx300 and sam 850s… now we have a box full of 250 and 500gb ssd ….. next step would be 2 tb ssd ……

  speed difference between samsung 850 and crucial …. won’t notice any in real world , nice feature of the crucial is power fail capacitors , if you loose power it has enough charge to write the data …. though would only be what’s in the buffers …….

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    Jamesx on 20/12/2017 - 12:10

    you should do a garage sale, I'm still using 120gbs on my machines for OS only + those leftover HDDs

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    ufsta on 20/12/2017 - 23:15

    I'm willing to buy a 500gb SSD off you

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  langthang on 20/12/2017 - 09:24

  I remember that I bought a few Sandisk Ultra 1TB SSDs last year for more or less AU$250 each. Nowadays, OP said AU$361 is the cheapest 1TB SSD.

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  DaddysBelt on 20/12/2017 - 10:47

  Does anyone know if this will this fit in a Xiaomi Mi Air 13.3" 2017 model? The second slot is SATA which I think means this is compatible.

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    aibargain on 20/12/2017 - 16:20

    +1

    This won’t.

    I fitted a 1Tb m.2 SATA 2280 SSD to my Xiaomi Mi Air 13.3 bought new from LITB June 2017 from amazon