Intel 520 (Cherryville) 480GB $135

[andrewbedia]

I successfully haggled it down to $130, ymmv.

Intel 520 Series 480GB 2 5" Internal SATA SSD Solid State Drive 735858221948 | eBay

No power loss protection, but it's cheap and Intel. Can't really go wrong.

 

[modder man]

offered $125 and was accepted right away

 

[TechIsCool]

I offered 100x2 and was countered at 256 or $128 per item

 

[rubylaser]

I got the same $128 counter on a $115 offer. A little too expensive for me for a Sandforce based controller at this point.

 

[TechIsCool]

As was for me I was like well if I get them for 100 that sounds fine but just a little to high when they can be had at about 140 most of the time it seems.

 

[T_Minus]

And, TECHNICALLY, without PLP you "could go wrong" in a vey very bad way,

 

[andrewbedia]

And, TECHNICALLY, without PLP you "could go wrong" in a vey very bad way,

Backups. Macrium Reflect Free

 

[neo]

For $15 more you can get a new 500GB Samsung 850 EVO

Samsung 850 EVO MZ 75E500B Am 2 5" 500GB SATA III 3 D Vertical Internal Solid St | eBay

 

[andrewbedia]

There's another guy selling 480GB Cherryvilles for $129 Intel 520 Series 480 GB Internal 2 5" SSDSC2CW480A3K5 SSD Solid State Drive 735858221948 | eBay

I have to question Samsung's QA process. Maybe it's me being paranoid, but I think the old data debacle with the 840 EVO was handled in the shittiest way possible, and should have been discovered during R&D. AFAIK, Intel's QA/R&D is extremely thorough, even for their consumer drives.

 

[Dajinn]

How do these stack up next to the s3500 drives as OS drives for my san and backup server?

 

[T_Minus]

ARK | Intel® SSD 520 Series (480GB, 2.5in SATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC)

vs

ARK | Intel® SSD DC S3500 Series (480GB, 2.5in SATA 6Gb/s, 20nm, MLC)

S3500 has PLP and other protection, and is faster... I'd go for S3500 for storage if you need, for an OS well that just depends what else/what the OS does IMHO. I like the 710 for a cheap OS drive with high endurance. It's likely slower than the S3500 though, but for "OS ONLY" works fine other good OS drive is the 100gb S3700 they go for $75 to $125 on ebay jsut gotta keep an eye out... still can't match the price.... <$50 for a NEW 710

 

[Dajinn]

I can't afford bulk solid state storage in the capacities I want so they're just boot drives. Literally the only thing the os will be doing is sitting there idle with an active iscsi target to connect to.

 

[Deslok]

the DC3500's don't perform great for writes but good read speeds.