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Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD 250GB $130.50; 500GB $260.10 Delivered (eBay Plus Required) @ Computer Alliance eBay

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Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD 250GB $130.50; 500GB $260.10 Delivered (eBay Plus Required) @ Computer Alliance eBay
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NobalaKoba on 05/07/2018 - 13:55 ebay.com.au (1611 clicks)
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Cheapest price I've seen, better than my previous two bargains here and here

Link to 250GB model

The 970 EVO is the successor to the 960 EVO, and has a 5 year warranty whereas the 960 EVO has a 3 year warranty.

The 500GB has a sequential write of 2300MB/s and 300TB endurance whereas the 250GB has a sequential write of 1500MB/s and 150TB endurance. Also, don't forget that an SSD performs fastest with 10-20% free space, so for ideal performance don't fill the whole SSD.

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Computing 250GB 500GB Computer Component M.2 PCIe NVMe Samsung SSD

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  • Andoes on 05/07/2018 - 13:58

    GAAHH. Igrabbed the 960evo for $104 and slapped a heatsink on it just last night.

    Dang. This some good pricing OP.

    • NobalaKoba on 05/07/2018 - 14:00

      Ah, sorry to hear that. I hadn't heard about using a heatsink before, but that sounds like a good idea to help deal with the cooling issues that M.2 SSD's have, did you use anything special or just normal heatsinks and thermal paste?

      • Andoes on 05/07/2018 - 14:05
        +5

        I grabbed this puppy: https://www.umart.com.au/EK-M-2-NVMe-Heatsink---Black_40300G…

        It comes with thermal pad strips. Tip: thick one goes above (closest to the side you see) and thin one goes underneath (closest to the motherboard).

        If anything, it looks pretty

        • NobalaKoba on 05/07/2018 - 14:06

          Sweet, that looks a lot nicer than I imagined, thanks for sharing!

        • Neilzy on 05/07/2018 - 14:52

          @BradleyDS2:

          looks better than the ebay specials that come with a pair or rubber bands lol

        • Agret on 05/07/2018 - 16:00
          +1

          From http://www.legitreviews.com/ekwb-ek-m-2-nvme-heatsink-review…

          Running AS-SSD and CrystalDisk concurrently, Previously, I would see this test reach 58C during peak with the 960 Evo 250GB drive and no EKWB M.2 NVMe Heatsink installed. After the EKWB M.2 NVMe Heatsink was installed, the test reached a maximum of 51C at peak. GTA:5, which previously had the drive reaching 49C-50C was now topping off at 44C. The EKWB NVMe heatsink was certainly doing its job and reducing drive temperatures under heavy IO and gaming workloads. Perhaps most impressively was the amount of time it took for the drive to reach maximum temperature. Without the EKWB M.2 NVMe Heatsink, the Samsung 960 Evo would quickly scale up in temperature and reach its maximum very quickly. It took a lot longer for the Samsung 960 Evo to warm up to maximum when using the EKWB M.2 NVMe, the drive slowly worked up to its maximum temperature rather than jumping their immediately.
          Read more at http://www.legitreviews.com/ekwb-ek-m-2-nvme-heatsink-review…

          Seems pretty good!

        • garage sale on 05/07/2018 - 20:08

          @Neilgero: seems there are a few m.2 heatsinks

          https://www.aliexpress.com/af/m.2-heatsink.html?SearchText=m…

        • JinK on 06/07/2018 - 18:10

          It seems that it can't be fit into a laptop after adding heat skin.
          Desktop would be OK

    • HighAndDry on 05/07/2018 - 14:48
      +1

      OMG! I paid $30 more for the 500GB one just recently. At least I went for the 970 EVO and not the 500GB 960. Would've hurt more if I'd paid more for an inferior model.

      • NobalaKoba on 05/07/2018 - 15:44
        +2

        Please, don't rub it in for him….

  • netsurfer on 05/07/2018 - 14:06

    Need a cheap deal for a motherboard with 6 m.2/NVMe slots. Too many of these good m.2 SSD deals but not enough motherboards with slots to use them.

    • Andoes on 05/07/2018 - 14:12
      +2

      Asus Hyper?? Might be a choice if that's ALL u need from a new mobo.. https://www.computeralliance.com.au/asus-hyper-4x-m.2-pcie-x…

      • HighAndDry on 05/07/2018 - 14:50

        Pretty sure the $169 price tag wipes out any savings you could get from 4 M.2 SSDs (you'd have to save, what, $40 each?)

        • Andoes on 05/07/2018 - 15:10

          But if they are lashing out on a mobo just for nvme space..

    • Diji1 on 05/07/2018 - 15:17

      Might be cheaper to buy a PCI-e M.2 NVMe expansion card.

      • CrazySurfaNZ on 05/07/2018 - 23:02

        Any links to deals on these? I only have a 2x M2 slot but I have a free pcie slot I could use for full bandwidth with a card

  • optimisticspending on 05/07/2018 - 14:08

    Got a 500gb 970 EVO during one of the previous sales. So tempting to buy another for the second port on my motherboard.

  • dcep on 05/07/2018 - 14:15

    don't have m.2 slot

    need the $71 intel 360gb 535 MLC drive deal to comeback

    • Danthemanz on 05/07/2018 - 14:18

      Yeah annoyed i didnt jump on that as well.
      Oh well, i just managed to score 2 x Intel 480GB DC S3500's for just over $100 each 2nd hand so i cant complain :P

    • NebulAe on 05/07/2018 - 14:53

      Throw in a pcie adaptor

  • Danthemanz on 05/07/2018 - 14:19
    +3

    As with every one of these threads i have to write.

    Please go for the 500GB version, even if you dont need the space.
    Its MUCH faster in real life use due to the nature of TLC NAND.

    Feel free to read my other posts for more info, im not writing it out again.

    • xuqi on 05/07/2018 - 14:45

      I got lucky a couple of weeks ago and picked up two these for $310 each with 0 hours on them, so all SSD deals are dead to me! :)

      https://www.intel.com.au/content/www/au/en/products/memory-s…

      • Danthemanz on 05/07/2018 - 17:20

        Nice buy at that capacity/price.
        Im just waiting on my 280GB Optane 900p to arrive in from USA :)

    • dcep on 05/07/2018 - 15:04

      same applies to normal 2.5" SSD ?

      • HighAndDry on 05/07/2018 - 15:43

        Theoretically yes, but normal SSDs on a SATA III connection will be bottlenecked by that SATA so won't see much of a practical difference iirc.

      • Danthemanz on 05/07/2018 - 17:18

        As he said below which is kind of true, though it depends on the SSDs.
        For most modern TLC drives, yes the ~500GB versions are generally much faster when it matters than the ~250GB, even on SATA.

    • LlamaLlamaLamp on 05/07/2018 - 16:26

      lol, I've seen your other posts. You're doing gods work.

  • Abbi on 05/07/2018 - 14:22
    +2

    Sammy 1TB nvme deal please :D

    • Godric on 05/07/2018 - 14:58

      make it 2 and i'll make it an nvme steam drive, omgggg

      • iforgotmysocks on 05/07/2018 - 15:16

        I don't think OP has the power to do that.

  • j4ck on 05/07/2018 - 15:46
    +2

    90c cheaper here :)

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Samsung-970-EVO-500GB-M-2-NVMe-1…

    • NobalaKoba on 05/07/2018 - 15:49
      +2

      Awesome, thanks for sharing!

      Haven't heard of that seller before though, and while not too bad they only have 99% positive feedback with the majority of the 1% not having their order shipped.

      I'd prefer to spend the 90c as I've bought from Computer Alliance many times before, but thanks for sharing, I'm sure that'll be a better deal for a lot of people :)

      • j4ck on 05/07/2018 - 15:56
        +1

        All good! Sharing is caring :)

    • HighAndDry on 05/07/2018 - 15:51
      +1

      Man that OzBargain spirit lol.

    • elwology on 05/07/2018 - 18:14

      Just received mine today

  • petry on 05/07/2018 - 16:15

    finally 970

  • j4s0nly on 05/07/2018 - 16:34

    Planning on assembling a PC in the next few months. If you were in my position would you be jumping on this now or hold out?

    • NobalaKoba on 05/07/2018 - 16:38
      +2

      I'm jumping on it, but if you're building in a few months, not immediately I'd actually suggest you wait. NAND flash production has just started increasing again after staying the same for a loooong time, which is why there's so many SSD deals lately, and the prices should just keep getting better, unless there's a shortage again.

      Of course, I could be wrong and there could be a shortage very soon causing the prices to rise again, but upping production was actually planned a while back and we're finally seeing the effects of it now.

      Up to you, but that's my $0.02.

      • garage sale on 05/07/2018 - 20:12

        might be more brands doing NVME, eg crucial does M.2 Sata, different controller and they could be doing NVME,

        so it's not just NAND supply, it's new brands of NVME drives coming onto the market

    • HighAndDry on 05/07/2018 - 16:38
      +1

      I'd be all over this like white on rice. Samsung 970 EVOs are basically top of the line, even among M.2 NVMe SSDs, and don't get discounted very often. I paid $289 for a 500GB one just a few weeks ago and thought that was a decent price, and staticice doesn't show any less than ~$280.

      —

      Sorry, didn't see the "next few months". Uh - how many months? No point spending money now only for the part to be sitting around gathering dust. <1 month, get this. Otherwise, wait until you have a better idea of what your system looks like, budget, etc.

      • j4s0nly on 05/07/2018 - 19:53

        Thanks for the reply. Ideally assembled before the bf5 release in October. Hopefully get a clearer picture of the gpu landscape in a few weeks as well. The system definitely will have an m2 nvme drive in it and most likely this one.

  • zrmx on 05/07/2018 - 16:42

    The 250GB drive is pretty good for Ryzen 2000 users with the new 400 series motherboard, which can utilised the bundled StoreMI software.

    • ManWithTwoCats on 05/07/2018 - 17:30

      300 series dont have?!!

      I just bought 370 crosshair hero!

      • HighAndDry on 05/07/2018 - 17:40

        It's a 400 series chipset feature only. But while useful in certain situations, I'm not sure it'll make a difference for most people, because with separate SSD and HDD, it's still: "OS and programs on SSD, files and media on HDD".

        Oh and reading more, apparently StoreMi only supports up to 256GB SSDs.

        • ManWithTwoCats on 05/07/2018 - 17:58

          Damnnnnnnn

        • zrmx on 05/07/2018 - 19:11

          @ywaa1124:
          For 300 series users, you have to pay, US$20, to use the software

        • ManWithTwoCats on 05/07/2018 - 19:21

          @zrmx:
          Dannnnnngggggggggggggg

        • zrmx on 06/07/2018 - 00:24

          @ywaa1124:

          Yea =S (AU$28 for basic version, which is actually still 128GB lesser fast-tier storage than StoreMI, http://www.enmotus.com/amd)

          But I think I'm still going to get a B350 board for the PC I'm currently building, as it is going to be cheaper than a 400 series board, and available now instead of end of the month or next months. Also I've already got a SSD with sufficiently large capacity (>256GB).

          Having said that, StoreMI/FuzeDrive is still a very good option (even if having to pay) for those in tight budget situation, but still want HDD capacity storage at SSD level of speed.

          For example, buy a 1TB HDD (WD Blue $59, MSY) and pair with a 128GB SSD (~$50 during sale, or ironically, for best result, an Intel Optane drive, 32GB $79, 58GB $159), then you'll get 1TB storage speed on par with SSD at $109 (or $138~$218 if opting for Optane).

  • Worf on 05/07/2018 - 19:49

    Can these be used to replace the ssd in a Mac book air?

    • Stew-y on 05/07/2018 - 20:13

      no unfortunately as apple use a proprietary SSD connector, and this one won't work with an adapter either as it uses PCIE rather than SATA

      • cupnooodle on 05/07/2018 - 22:15
        +3

        does this surprise anyone?

  • PJC on 06/07/2018 - 10:26
    +1

    Well spotted OP.

    • WatchNerd on 08/07/2018 - 12:20
      +2

      I don't know why but he's in the penalty box.

      WatchNerd on 08/07/2018 - 12:20 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
      • doweyy on 08/07/2018 - 12:21
        +3

        Think it was for soliciting votes lol, the user commented a few days ago saying "Thanks, do you reckon you can upvote?" or something along those lines

        • WatchNerd on 08/07/2018 - 12:32
          +1

          Yeah nobody can remind someone to upvote anymore but you can still say pretty much anything you want & neg.

          He's posted 2 good deals in a row, so I upvoted both.

        • NobalaKoba on 08/07/2018 - 20:19

          @WatchNerd: Thanks!

          Yeah, was in the penalty box for another comment I made, but to that user and referring his comments on my other deal and how they always comment on deals saying that they've used them, but rarely ever upvote. It was then hidden as offtopic and about half an hour later I got put in the penalty box for the comment that was hidden, reason given was "Trolling: Level 1".

          I'm mostly just surprised my comment was both marked as off topic, then removed and I was put in the penalty box for trolling, yet comments like these remain untouched. If I didn't know any better I'd think that users are being given preferential treatment.

          I think that users can't remind people to vote on a deal when they comment that they've used the deal is a bit silly, especially as even if it's just a genuine reminder the comment will now be removed, but staff decisions aren't something that users have any say in, so unless someone makes a poll in the forums, it's unlikely to change.

          I'm just lucky nobody asked any questions on this or the other deal that I can answer, because if they had, I'd feel really guilty about not being able to respond.

          Anyway, now I'm out it's time to spread some love in the form of upvotes to users that help me get good deals!

        • Abbi on 10/07/2018 - 17:07
          -1

          You solicited votes. Wrong. You know the rules as a poster. You simply had your comments removed. No penalty box. But you wanted to argue against a site rule. You don't make the rules here, you abide by them.

          Secondly, you sought out this very same user who you had an argument with in a prior thread and started another argument. This time a penalty box for trolling which is exactly what you did. Seems quite fair and appropriate to me. If you are going to go around stalking others then you will cop the ban stick.

          It seems now one of your mates WatchNerd is also in the penalty box. Perhaps you guys are starting to treat this site as your own and think you run it. Poor form. We are all just users here and should respect others.

      • PJC on 08/07/2018 - 12:32
        +3

        Sometimes I forget to vote; this SSD is a great price.

  • togaf on 06/07/2018 - 12:45

    biggest question: will the 970 work with bitlocker/edrive (hardware encryption) where there was a lot of noise with the 960 not.

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