Samsung 840 500GB for $336.53

[Asp184]

Will a Samsung 840 500 GB SSD devalue quickly in the coming years? Right now, I have a Samsung RF511-S02, which has a 500GB 5400RPM Hard Drive. Obviously, my laptop is held back quite a bit by its slowness. I did some research and found the Samsung 840 500GB SSD, which, priced at $336.53, is a good buy. However, my parents are probably going to get me a Macbook Pro next year, which most likely will come with an SSD. Sadly, when I contacted Apple, they told me that they would never ship one of their laptops without an HDD.
So, should I go for the Samsung 840 now, or should I just bear my 5400RPM HDD for a while?
Btw, I plan to be replacing my optical drive with the 840.
Samsung 840 500GB SSD:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Series-120GB-internal-MZ-7TD120BW/dp/B009NHAF06
Samsung RF511-S02:
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/laptops/NP-RF511-S02US

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Last Friday newegg.com had the Samsung 840 SATA 3 6Gb/s 500GB internal solid state drive on sale for $279.99. That works out to just a little under $0.56 USD per GB. The sale was for one day only and you had to use a coupon code.

Typically sale prices run on a 6 week cycle.

Special sale prices should drop down to around $0.50 USD per GB at the end of the year.

All Apple MacBook Pro's come with a 500GB hard disk drive as standard. Larger capacity hard disk drives up to 1TB as well as 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB solid-state drives are options which a customer can select when ordering. The information is readily available at the Apple web site or Apple online store.

 

[popatim]

I'd wait till easter sales roll in and then if you cant find one on sale I'd be very surprised.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

The best place to check for sales, daily deals, and special promotions is over at LogicBuy. That's how I found out about the special at newegg.com. LogicBuy has a separate page for hard drives and ssd's. Here is the link:

http://www.logicbuy.com/categorydeals/computers/hard-drives-ssd

It pays to be patient and check prices twice a day. The special promotions are usually for one day only. Sometimes they sell out very quickly.

 

[Asp184]

Alright, those are both good suggestions, thanks.

It's interesting, Amazon just dropped the price another $5... I wonder if they will keep dropping it...

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I expect the sale prices for a 500 GB solid state drive equipped with triple level cell (TLC) memory to drop to $259.99 but not until the end of the year.

Within the past few weeks Plextor, Lite-On, and Micron which is the parent company of Crucial announced they would be introducing ssd's with TLC memory.