Samsung Bundling Assassin’s Creed III with 840 Pro SSDs

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Samsung has launched its new line of 840 Series SSDs, and is including a free copy of Assassin's Creed III with the purchase of the Pro models.

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  • koga73
    too bad assassins creed requires an internet connection for its drm bullshit... and it's made by ubisoft
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  • djscribbles
    Almost makes me sad that I just bought an 830 128gb (luckily I'm pretty sure I saved more than I will eventually pay for the game)
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  • blazorthon
    I see retail prices for the 840 that are way lower than those numbers in the article and I see them all over. Early adopter sales or something?

    examples: 120GB/120GB with kit
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7td120bw
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7td120kw
    Three sites selling for $110/$130 (no, that's not with an MIR, that's the base price).

    250GB/250GB with kit:
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7td250bw
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7td250kw
    One site selling (no kit) for $190, two for $200. Two sites selling (with kit) for $210, one for $220.

    500GB/500GB with kit:
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7td500bw
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7td500kw
    One site selling (no kit) for $390, three for $400. One site selling (with kit) for $400, one for $420.

    There are a few other prices for some of them that are way below the article's prices, but I left them out for these that are the lowest. Newegg and Amazon are almost always selling at or near the cheapest of these, so it's not even just lesser known sites doing it.
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  • joytech22
    Loving this. Samsung makes some seriously good SSDs.
    I need a new SSD anyway, I want to RAID a couple for my Steam drive.
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  • spartanmk2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzVWrOmFWpU
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  • Darkk
    Good post on the updated prices but everywhere says sold out. Damn.
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  • schiwing
    blazorthonI see retail prices for the 840 that are way lower than those numbers in the article and I see them all over. Early adopter sales or something?examples: 120GB/120GB with kithttp://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsu mz7td120bwhttp://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsu mz7td120kwThree sites selling for $110/$130 (no, that's not with an MIR, that's the base price).250GB/250GB with kit:http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsu mz7td250bwhttp://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsu mz7td250kwOne site selling (no kit) for $190, two for $200. Two sites selling (with kit) for $210, one for $220.500GB/500GB with kit:One site selling (no kit) for $390, three for $400. One site selling (with kit) for $400, one for $420.There are a few other prices for some of them that are way below the article's prices, but I left them out for these that are the lowest. Newegg and Amazon are almost always selling at or near the cheapest of these, so it's not even just lesser known sites doing it.
    Again, this site is plagued by someone who can't read.
    Guys, this offer is for the 840 "PRO" series, there is a difference between the two!

    Please read before posting nonsense.
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  • blazorthon
    schiwingAgain, this site is plagued by someone who can't read.Guys, this offer is for the 840 "PRO" series, there is a difference between the two!Please read before posting nonsense.
    840 Series 120 GB - $139.99 / $169.99 w/kit
    840 Series 250 GB - $259.99 / $269.99 w/kit
    840 Series 500 GB - $699.99 / $719.99 w/kit
    840 Pro Series 128 GB - $189.99
    840 Pro Series 256 GB - $339.99
    840 Pro Series 512 GB - $889.99

    The regular 840 (NOT pro) prices are right above the Pro prices in this article and they're far from retail prices that I'm seeing. I'd appreciate it if people who would accuse someone of poor reading skills would actually read the article before posting nonsense.

    Also, retail prices for the Pro models are also lower than these numbers.
    128GB 840 Pro:
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7pd128bw
    One selling for $150, two for $155.

    256GB 840 Pro:
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7pd256bw
    Two selling for $270, one for $310.

    512GB 840 Pro:
    http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7pd512bw
    Two selling for $600, one for $613, and one for $628.
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  • Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer
    As far as I can tell, the non-Pro 840 does not support encryption? So if I want a half a terabyte of storage with hardware encryption, I have to pay $200, or 50% more ($600 vs $400 street price)?
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  • blazorthon
    Old_Fogie_Late_BloomerAs far as I can tell, the non-Pro 840 does not support encryption? So if I want a half a terabyte of storage with hardware encryption, I have to pay $200, or 50% more ($600 vs $400 street price)?
    Why couldn't you just use Truecrypt?
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