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Rakuten.com has got the Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD (MZ-7PD256BW) on sale for $187 with free shipping.

Samsung 840 Pro 256GB 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD) - MZ-7PD256BW

Here's our review of the 256GB version of the SSD 840 Pro: http://www.cdrlabs.com/Reviews/samsung- ... drive.html

What was LG's last BD/HD Combo drive? And I'm right in thinking that only LG did that right?

I was curious, maybe even picking up one just for nostalgia sake. I want their last drive they made that also burned bluray since blank HD discs never came out

I have a buddy who used to be into building systems for people a few years ago and he gave me a bunch of old dvd writers that he had in a closet. Most are new and the worst are barely used:

3 x LG GSA-H62N

2 x Samsung SH-S223F

2 x Lite On ihas120

No great discoveries here, but was curious if anyone thought any of these were worth hanging on to? I might ...

Plextor has released the 1.05 firmware for their M5P and M5Pro series SSDs.

http://www.plextoramericas.com/index.ph ... &catid=164

This firmware revision:
1. improves garbage collection capability under some conditions
2. fixes abnormal S.M.A.R.T value issue under some conditions of 512G drives

I have not tried this firmware but I have to wonder if it fixes some of the GC issues I saw with the new M5Pro.

Newegg has the Seagate Barracuda 4TB hard drive (ST4000DM000) on sale for $149.99. It ships free with Super Saver Shipping.

Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST4000DM000

You guys get this burner in?

LG's new 16x burner that handles bdxl reading/burning

Newegg is dropping the their price of LG's 14x burner probably to get this out there

http://www.lg.com/us/data-storage/lg-BH16NS40

Amazon has the Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB hard drive (WD30EZRX) on sale for $109.99. Shipping is an additional $5.95

Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB SATA III 64 MB Cache Bare/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD30EZRX

Newegg has the Seagate Barracuda 4TB hard drive (ST4000DM000) on sale for $149.99. Shipping is free.

Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

hi
has anyone here ever used it?

lenny

Buy.com has the SanDisk Extreme 120GB SSD (SDSSDX-240G-G25) on sale for $159.99 on eBay. Standard shipping is free.

SanDisk Extreme 240GB 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD)

Here's our review of the 240GB version of the Extreme: http://www.cdrlabs.com/Reviews/sandisk- ... drive.html