I'm wanting to speed up my aging Dell laptop (a three-year-old 15R, which is slow despite having an i7 processor), and figure the choke point is the hard drive, so intend to replace this with an SSD. Looking for one 480-500 GB in size, given it's replacing a 1TB drive that's less than half full (no ability to add a second drive).
I have re-read the thread on Sandisk SSDs on sale at Amazon; they still seem an ok price; are there any other drives I should look at, or places I should look at buying from, that would offer better value for money? Are these current prices historically ok? (They seem more expensive than the best prices in that thread, but those are given in NZ$, so difference may be due to currency changes?).
I'm not needing anything flash, but just a good solid drive (pun intended).
Possible options on Amazon currently:
Adata USA Premier SP550 $120 US
Sandisk Ultra II: $121 US (works out at $198.55 NZ including shipping - cheapest I've seen in NZ is $245 for this model)
Sandisk SSD Plus: $130 US
Crucial BX200: $130 US
While postage to NZ is cheap (about $5-6 US), the savings compared to buying them in NZ isn't huge (as shown in PriceSpy) - am I best to wait for a decent special from an NZ store or a better price from Amazon or another o/s retailer, or trust that these prices are pretty good?
Thanks for any advice!