Intel SSD NewEgg 330 180 Gb $ 187 + FS

Quote from yarnim : yeah yall wish. intel n samsung are both premium brands and they more than know it.

wait till marvell controller on Vertex 4 works out well.

there is alternate like Crucial (Old Marvell), Plextor (New Marvell), SanDisk Extreme (SandForce)

remember, now Intel also using SandForce Controller but with their own firmware.

Quote from shanmugam : 6 years ...

2 years.
People have less problems with intel drives. Seagate and WDC are being left behind with them not producing SSDs.

Quote from rylarson : Crucial M4 all the way, for $215 for 256GB, cant go wrong,

Where can I get a 256MB Crucial M4 for $215?

Quote from krivera1 : Where can I get a 256MB Crucial M4 for $215?

http://slickdeals.net/f/4334664-2...e-shipping

dead though

Quote from PhonzoXD : Nah, Ive always held out for the Intel branded SSDs. I really wonder how long itll take until SSDs are priced to be afforadable to the common consumer. Something like 500gb SSD, for under 200.

The Samsung's are just as good. Historically the Samsung drives have been more reliable than Intel's. Intel had a big, big issue with one of their last gen drives.

As for 500GB for $200; unlike mechanical hard drives SSD's are subject to Moore's law - every 18 months, a doubling of transistors. The cheapest SSD's I've seen recently have been about $0.75 per GB, drop that to $.40 and you have 500GB for $200.

Then there's the current glut of NAND memory which is driving this SSD price war. The glut means we could certainly see $.60 in the next few months. I've been buying flash memory for over a decade, I've never seen the price stay high over any given quarter. Once it goes down, it stays down. Also consider that there are a lot more NAND manufacturers than DRAM manufacturers. There's also a vastly larger market for NAND than RAM. NAND is in everything and is used in much larger quantities than RAM; phones, tablets, cars, thumb drives, SSD's toys. With so much NAND made by so many manufacturers, it's harder to price fix and easier for gluts to emerge.

Taking all that into consideration, my guess, Black Friday of 2013, a (budget) 500GB SSD for $199. (in other words, 18 months from now, one turn of Moore's crank)

How thick is this drive because, unlike most SSDs, it isn't listed on the "Details" tab? 7mm is necessary for Ultrabooks. 9mm works every were else.

Quote from Larron : ...As for 500GB for $200; unlike mechanical hard drives SSD's are subject to Moore's law - every 18 months, a doubling of transistors. The cheapest SSD's I've seen recently have been about $0.75 per GB, drop that to $.40 and you have 500GB for $200... Taking all that into consideration, my guess, Black Friday of 2013, a (budget) 500GB SSD for $199. (in other words, 18 months from now, one turn of Moore's crank)

I've seen a 240GB Agility 3 for $170. That's $0.71/GB. So we're getting there pretty quickly considering a year ago a 120GB drive was $200 or $1.66/GB. I'm hoping for a 240GB for $130 this Black Friday. I don't actually need a 480GB/512GB drive unless I store media on it--and that's what magnetic disks are for.

(Also, the Moore's law interpretation was suspect, but still appropriate enough to the discussion.)

Quote from luis702 : You must choose, but choose wisely, as the true SSD will bring life into your pc but the false SSD will take it from you. ( Indiana Jones and the last crusade )

They had SSDs in Indiana Jones?
Who knew? I thought it was the Holy Grail this whole time.

Quote from philosopher : they had ssds in indiana jones? Who knew? I thought it was the holy grail this whole time.

Quote from The_Doug : How thick is this drive because, unlike most SSDs, it isn't listed on the "Details" tab? 7mm is necessary for Ultrabooks. 9mm works every were else.

Intel lists the height as "9.5mm", so this is an 'everywhere else.'

This looks like a great 'value drive' (per Intel), for those who must have that brand. There are equal or better drives to be had for less, as others have pointed out.


Intel drives are very good. My two 1st Gen (no TRIM) drives running in RAID0 are just as fast/reliable as when installed three years ago.

The prices are slowly but surely dropping for ssd.

Quote from Larron : Also consider that there are a lot more NAND manufacturers than DRAM manufacturers

Are there really more NAND manufacturers than DRAM? I only counted 6 NAND manufacturers last time I checked.

Intel
Samsung
Micron
Hynix
Toshiba
SanDisk

With the last 2 in a partnership, you could argue that there are really 5 and a half. But I guess I could be wrong, am I missing any?

I'm not sure of how many DRAM manufacturers there are, but it seems like there are more than 6.

Quote from The_Doug : I've seen a 240GB Agility 3 for $170. That's $0.71/GB. So we're getting there pretty quickly considering a year ago a 120GB drive was $200 or $1.66/GB. I'm hoping for a 240GB for $130 this Black Friday. I don't actually need a 480GB/512GB drive unless I store media on it--and that's what magnetic disks are for. (Also, the Moore's law interpretation was suspect, but still appropriate enough to the discussion.)

I'll be fine when the high quality 128s hit $99. Some would say we're there already, but the models I'm looking at are still some distance away.

Yes, Moore's law is no guarantee over any given 18 month period, but it's held up pretty well over the long term. Most of the NAND manufacturers should benefit from a process shrink over the next 18 months, that alone may cut costs enough to get close to the $0.40 per GB mark.

Quote from pdp76 : Are there really more NAND manufacturers than DRAM? I only counted 6 NAND manufacturers last time I checked.

I read an article a few months ago, there were more NAND though I don't recall all the names.