Solid State Drives: Crucial 1TB: $499, Samsung 840 Pro 256GB $195

Amazon has the Crucial M500 960GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter/spacer) Internal Solid State Drive Model CT960M500SSD1 for $499 with free shipping. That’s the lowest price we’ve ever seen on a near Terabyte of SSD storage. This series of drives receives incredibly high 4.7 star reviews and will breathe new life into a Mac/PC. You can also make it an external with a USB, Firewire or Thunderbolt-Sata enclosure.

BuyDig via its official eBay storefront is offering a Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SATA III 2.5″ Solid State Drive for $195 with free shipping. That is $75 below retail and about $45 less than the average street price.

It is important to note this is the Pro version of this popular drive, featuring read/write speeds of 540MB/s and 520MB/s and random speeds with 100K IOPS (read) and 90K IOPS (write) setting the foundation for “exceptional read, write, and multi-tasking performance.” It even provides an overall performance greater than the recently released Samsung 840 EVO drives. Bottom line is this SSD is one of the best ways to push your Mac or PC to its limits. It gets a rating of 4.5 stars.

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SOLD OUT Tiger Direct has the Kingston HyperX 120GB SATA III 2.5″ SSD for $79.99 with free shipping with coupon code HNN104017 at checkout. Today’s deal is $50 below retail and $10 less than Amazon. It features 555MB/sec read and 510MB/sec write speeds, a 3-year warranty with technical support, and rock solid dependability you’ve come to expect from solid state drives. Deal is scheduled to end tonight at 11:59 Eastern. Amazon reviewers rate it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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