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Title: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: missalaire on Tue, 28 May 2013, 11:43:07
http://www.rakuten.com/prod/samsung-840-pro-256gb-2-5-sata-iii-solid-state-drive-ssd/242299158.html?ListingID=257355441?adid=18094&

I think this is the lowest price for a 840 PRO 256GB drive. You have to go to checkout to see the final price.

You get 940 Super Points = $9.40 back unless there is a better promotion today.


Samsung 840 Pro 256GB 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD)
Shipped by: Beach Camera
$237.99 - Quantity: 1 - Usually ships in 1 to 2 business days.
Super Point Value: 940 5x
Discount: - $50.00
Total: $187.99
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: Jocelyn on Tue, 28 May 2013, 11:45:26
Insane deal is insane :)
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 28 May 2013, 11:55:18
Insane deal is insane :)

it's a good thing i've spent all my monies recently :P
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: alaricljs on Tue, 28 May 2013, 12:00:29
arg arg arg arg... grrr...

Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: Dianoda on Tue, 28 May 2013, 13:16:32
I've been thinking about ordering another one of these to use as a PS workflow/scratch disk... awesome price.  These drives are friggin' great.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: tjcaustin on Tue, 28 May 2013, 13:26:11
Thank you for posting this the day I was going to buy one of these from ncix
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 28 May 2013, 13:26:59
Good thing it was before you picked it up. :D
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 28 May 2013, 14:03:17
damn, if I didn't already have so many 830s and m4s, I'd buy m0re
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 28 May 2013, 14:22:12
Exactly how much more storage do you need if you've just run out of 6 TB and have many 830's and M4's? :))
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: missalaire on Tue, 28 May 2013, 14:22:48
damn, if I didn't already have so many 830s and m4s, I'd buy m0re

Sell m4s
Buy 840 pros
Profit???
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: chocobunny on Tue, 28 May 2013, 16:38:26
Even with tax, this deal is insanely awesome.  My poor wallet... :(
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: StrykerX on Tue, 28 May 2013, 20:13:04
YES! Finally I caught one of the Samsung 840 Pro deals in time. And a great one at that!

Ordered.

Now I just need a Mini-ITX motherboard with Thunderbolt support to come out.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 28 May 2013, 21:27:52
damn, if I didn't already have so many 830s and m4s, I'd buy m0re

Sell m4s
Buy 840 pros
Profit???

my m4s are all working fine, but they're outdated relative to everything else now.. I feel so yesterday... all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,  Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 28 May 2013, 21:29:28
YES! Finally I caught one of the Samsung 840 Pro deals in time. And a great one at that!

Ordered.

Now I just need a Mini-ITX motherboard with Thunderbolt support to come out.

Think twice on that Mini-ITX..  VERY VERY limiting in the long-run.. It was very cool for the first few days, then after a month you're like, ****.... this is a problem...
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: StrykerX on Wed, 29 May 2013, 13:23:14
YES! Finally I caught one of the Samsung 840 Pro deals in time. And a great one at that!

Ordered.

Now I just need a Mini-ITX motherboard with Thunderbolt support to come out.

Think twice on that Mini-ITX..  VERY VERY limiting in the long-run.. It was very cool for the first few days, then after a month you're like, ****.... this is a problem...
Really? What's wrong with it?
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: Jocelyn on Wed, 29 May 2013, 13:25:06
YES! Finally I caught one of the Samsung 840 Pro deals in time. And a great one at that!

Ordered.

Now I just need a Mini-ITX motherboard with Thunderbolt support to come out.

Think twice on that Mini-ITX..  VERY VERY limiting in the long-run.. It was very cool for the first few days, then after a month you're like, ****.... this is a problem...
Really? What's wrong with it?
He probably means expansion potential.
It's not limited in anyway other than pcie slots/sata ports. If you only need 4-6 drives connected internally, you're fine.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 29 May 2013, 13:39:00
YES! Finally I caught one of the Samsung 840 Pro deals in time. And a great one at that!

Ordered.

Now I just need a Mini-ITX motherboard with Thunderbolt support to come out.

Think twice on that Mini-ITX..  VERY VERY limiting in the long-run.. It was very cool for the first few days, then after a month you're like, ****.... this is a problem...
Really? What's wrong with it?
He probably means expansion potential.
It's not limited in anyway other than pcie slots/sata ports. If you only need 4-6 drives connected internally, you're fine.


The pcie slot aside... The point of mitx is small form factor... THIS is cute for the month you build it, but then you're like, f... I wish I could put some more drives in there... TOO BAD.... even if you have the slots for it, no space in the case..

If you got a "big" case, then that defeats the purpose of mitx...
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: Jocelyn on Wed, 29 May 2013, 13:42:35
The pcie slot aside... The point of mitx is small form factor... THIS is cute for the month you build it, but then you're like, f... I wish I could put some more drives in there... TOO BAD.... even if you have the slots for it, no space in the case..

If you got a "big" case, then that defeats the purpose of mitx...

I used to use big cases (FT02), but I no longer use internal mechanical drives due to noise, so there's absolutely no point of going bigger than mitx for me anyway. I've been using them for two years and have never once wished I had more space for anything (SG05, Q11R, etc.)
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 29 May 2013, 13:44:46
The only spinning disks I have are in 1 system in the basement.  13TB worth :)

Everything else is on flash.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: Jocelyn on Wed, 29 May 2013, 13:48:04
The only spinning disks I have are in 1 system in the basement.  13TB worth :)

Everything else is on flash.

Haha, exactly. All static data can reside on server/external drives and there's no need for it to be on the computers you actively use. I don't even have spinners in my laptop.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: StrykerX on Wed, 29 May 2013, 13:48:47
The pcie slot aside... The point of mitx is small form factor... THIS is cute for the month you build it, but then you're like, f... I wish I could put some more drives in there... TOO BAD.... even if you have the slots for it, no space in the case..

If you got a "big" case, then that defeats the purpose of mitx...
Oh. This is a non-issue for me. I've never had more than one graphics card, two drives, and two memory sticks in any PC I've built. All my previous PC's have had mid or full towers with just wasted space. I got a mini-ITX case that is large enough for a full size gaming video card and that's all I need.

Now I'm waiting for somebody to post a great deal on a moduler PSU.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 29 May 2013, 14:21:30
I decided to keep a spinny in my laptop, most of the time it's powered down.  Since going on the road has been perilous for my data historically, I have the system setup to snapshot to the HDD every 4 hrs and do a full backup every 3 days.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 29 May 2013, 14:37:18
So, what you guys no collect blurays?
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: Jocelyn on Wed, 29 May 2013, 14:40:29
So, what you guys no collect blurays?

/Ripped
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 29 May 2013, 14:53:03
No, actually.  I haven't wasted enough money on hardware to merit more than DVDs.
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 29 May 2013, 15:38:42
No, actually.  I haven't wasted enough money on hardware to merit more than DVDs.

So, what you guys no collect blurays?

/Ripped

But the rips have bad contrast.. the resolution is high, but the details are gone..
Title: Re: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD $187.99 FS + $9.40 back in Super Points at Rakuten.com
Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 29 May 2013, 16:55:19
Umm, wha?  bit for bit duplication.