[Amazon.ca] Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIe NVMe SSD $159.99

Jan 9th, 2018 8:06 am

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Dragon Reborn [OP]: Member; Apr 22, 2010; 274 posts; 196 upvotes; Markham

Jan 9th, 2018 8:06 am

[Amazon.ca] Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIe NVMe SSD $159.99

Deal Link:: https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-960-EVO-I ... 250GB+PCIe
Retailer:: Amazon Canada

Historic low price for Amazon. Click on "new from" to select Amazon as the seller and $159.99.

Review from TomsHardware...

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Jan 9th, 2018 8:08 am

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Ytterbium: Sr. Member; Dec 20, 2015; 575 posts; 340 upvotes; London, Ontario

Jan 9th, 2018 8:08 am

Shows 173 for me.

Jan 9th, 2018 8:10 am

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Variability: Deal Fanatic; Feb 2, 2011; 8684 posts; 3480 upvotes; Toronto

Jan 9th, 2018 8:10 am

Ytterbium wrote: ↑ Shows 173 for me.

Click 19 New from $159.99 and select Amazon as the seller.

Jan 9th, 2018 8:10 am

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Dragon Reborn [OP]: Member; Apr 22, 2010; 274 posts; 196 upvotes; Markham

Jan 9th, 2018 8:10 am

Ytterbium wrote: ↑ Shows 173 for me.

As stated in my original post, click on "new from" ...

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Jan 9th, 2018 8:23 am

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ChiefBrewmaster: Newbie; Nov 15, 2017; 8 posts

Jan 9th, 2018 8:23 am

Dragon Reborn wrote: ↑ Historic low price for Amazon. Click on "new from" to select Amazon as the seller and $159.99.

Review from TomsHardware...

New low from amazon for sure but it has been lower before elsewhere for 149.99 if anyone cared....

Jan 9th, 2018 8:25 am

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fudge_u: Deal Guru; Jun 29, 2004; 12454 posts; 11105 upvotes; Oil Country

Jan 9th, 2018 8:25 am

The historic low on Amazon might be $159.99, but it was $149.99 at Canada Computers back in November. There was also an opportunity to PM at MemEx to bring the price down a bit more, but I digress. This is a decent price.

"Retail is for suckers."
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Jan 9th, 2018 8:31 am

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warpdrive: Deal Expert; Mar 6, 2003; 16519 posts; 8445 upvotes; Ottawa

Jan 9th, 2018 8:31 am

when it comes to SSD deals, it's like fighting for the scraps.....anything is better than nothing.

This is RedFlagDeals, not RedFlagCheapskates. Rich or poor, we all want our deals so we can buy even more stuff we may or may not need.

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Jan 9th, 2018 9:12 am

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tigerhawk33: Deal Addict; Aug 16, 2007; 2299 posts; 859 upvotes; Toronto

Jan 9th, 2018 9:12 am

fudge_u wrote: ↑ The historic low on Amazon might be $159.99, but it was $149.99 at Canada Computers back in November. There was also an opportunity to PM at MemEx to bring the price down a bit more, but I digress. This is a decent price.

It was also $149.99 at Newegg.ca during boxing week sales.

Jan 9th, 2018 9:28 am

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shwab: Deal Addict; Feb 6, 2008; 1233 posts; 887 upvotes; Hamilton

Jan 9th, 2018 9:28 am

The new patches for Meltdown and Spectre supposedly slow down SSD speeds quite a bit, you are probably best off getting the fastest you can afford over storage capacity.

Jan 9th, 2018 9:28 am

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fudge_u: Deal Guru; Jun 29, 2004; 12454 posts; 11105 upvotes; Oil Country

Jan 9th, 2018 9:28 am

Canadian Thanksgiving had some good sales too. Bought a 1TB Samsung 960 EVO for $450 around that time.

"Retail is for suckers."
- the K-Man
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Jan 9th, 2018 9:39 am

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urir10: Deal Addict; Dec 30, 2007; 4304 posts; 415 upvotes; GTA

Jan 9th, 2018 9:39 am

i have the samsung evo 850as a boot drive , will this be a bigger improvement?

Jan 9th, 2018 10:15 am

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desaib: Member; Jul 1, 2008; 343 posts; 80 upvotes; Brampton, ON

Jan 9th, 2018 10:15 am

Guys, I have thinkpad w520 and just bought 850 Evo for it (have not installed yet)
Does anyone know if 960 Evo would be compatible with this laptop?

Jan 9th, 2018 10:41 am

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teamocil: Deal Addict; Feb 13, 2017; 1337 posts; 156 upvotes

Jan 9th, 2018 10:41 am

desaib wrote: ↑ Guys, I have thinkpad w520 and just bought 850 Evo for it (have not installed yet)
Does anyone know if 960 Evo would be compatible with this laptop?

Will not work. The W520 came out 7 years ago and general support for nvme started around 2016 (Thinkpad xx60 series laptops). You'll need a 2.5" SSD in that model.

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Jan 9th, 2018 10:54 am

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ValendiaKnight: Sr. Member; Jun 25, 2009; 680 posts; 390 upvotes; Toronto

Jan 9th, 2018 10:54 am

this is regular price at Newegg/CC , its live there now.

Boxing Week/Black Friday week was 149 + FS everywhere, i am sure this will be lower than 159.99 in the next 30 days for sure.

Jan 9th, 2018 10:55 am

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nychtos: Newbie; Jul 24, 2005; 94 posts; 48 upvotes

Jan 9th, 2018 10:55 am

Here's an alternative drive - decent although not crazy deal.
http://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/samsung- ... ives-media

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Jan 9th, 2018 11:34 am

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desaib: Member; Jul 1, 2008; 343 posts; 80 upvotes; Brampton, ON

Jan 9th, 2018 11:34 am

Thanks!

teamocil wrote: ↑ Will not work. The W520 came out 7 years ago and general support for nvme started around 2016 (Thinkpad xx60 series laptops). You'll need a 2.5" SSD in that model.

Jan 9th, 2018 12:21 pm

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ficklen: Sr. Member; Apr 20, 2006; 819 posts; 567 upvotes

Jan 9th, 2018 12:21 pm

thanks for the reminder i have to spend more money...im going to hold off ... and stick to ccleaner for now on my small 128gb

Jan 9th, 2018 12:33 pm

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tkyoshi: Deal Fanatic; Mar 6, 2005; 5783 posts; 806 upvotes

Jan 9th, 2018 12:33 pm

desaib wrote: ↑Thanks!

W520 can take mSATA - not M.2 in the WWAN slot however also know that slot is only wired for SATA2 (vs. SATA3 of the main HDD bay).

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Jan 9th, 2018 12:51 pm

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mlc2000: Deal Guru; Dec 3, 2003; 14467 posts; 239 upvotes; Mississauga

Jan 9th, 2018 12:51 pm

My mobo won't recognize this as a boot drive, so I use it for streaming my movies to Plex. No more lag like my old physical hard disk.

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Jan 9th, 2018 8:52 pm

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markthomas594: Jr. Member; Jan 24, 2016; 105 posts; 160 upvotes; Ottawa, ON

Jan 9th, 2018 8:52 pm

I don’t get the impression people in this thread understand what an m.2 is. Might be worth a google