OCZ Agility 4 256GB Solid State Drive SATA III 6Gbps $129 shipped AR

Did you all notice that the price of 256gb has been stuck at this price range for 6 months now.

Quote from supfresh : one of the cheapest i've seen a 256 SSD, even considering BF deals!

Just an FYI -- I got this for $100 AR ($10) from TD around BF. I also had a $10 "cash back" deal from Discover on any purchase of $80 or more at TD. So for me, it was about $90 OTD AR.

Quote from johnnyc418 : Got this for $100 on BF. SSD works great!

Same here. So far, so good. It's my first SSD and other than a minor hiccup making it my OS drive (user error, I believe), it's been smooth sailing. My mobo is only SATA2, but I still have noticed a whale of a difference on startup (especially) and app launching.

I'd buy one of these just as soon as I can get a decent price on a Thunderbolt enclosure.

Quote from Worlock : I still haven't jumped on the SSD bandwagon. Im concerned about failures. Im running a regular SATA drive. What kind of performance increases will I see running this and is it worth the switch?

It depends somewhat on your mobo and what your current HDDs are as far as how much of a performance increase you will see, but regardless, you should see a noticeable improvement in boot times (if it is your new OS drive) versus a standard HDD.

If your mobo only handles SATAII like mine, you might not notice as much of an improvement as if you're using a mobo that runs SATAIII.

I have 2 of them and I have no problem... but I got them for 100$

wtf is with Flash price. I thought it suppose to drop??!!! I think these companies are colluding to drive prices up again like the time with the DDR2 memory price. I guess we are still slave to the profit driven industry

Quote from supfresh : one of the cheapest i've seen a 256 SSD, even considering BF deals!

Not really. Tigerdirect had this same SSD on BF for $100

Quote from chong67 : Did you all notice that the price of 256gb has been stuck at this price range for 6 months now.

Yeah, I believe that the prices have leveled out now. There may be an occasional clearance on older drives from time to time as newer drives come out and replace them. Personally I'm kind of holding off on such a deal on an 830 drive.

I've just cancelled my order. One item is left on the page. Grab it if you wish!

I dont think this is a good deal. I just got this a few weeks ago for $110 out the door from Circuit City online and I just sent my $10 rebate in. I recommend you guys to wait for a better deal unless you guys dont mind spending $30 extra.

As for the drive and how it performs. Its freakin awesome. Very fast on windows 7 64 bit ultimate. Its actually mind boggling

To those wondering why SSD prices have gone up, it's because the NAND fabs cut production in late-July so that Supply/Demand was more favorable for them.

There was a sudden jump in NAND prices in late August (~15%) but prices have come down slightly and are leveling off now. The next price decline will come when SSD manufacturers use the next NAND geometry. Over the past year NAND was made at 25-27nm and we'll soon see 19-21nm be the standard. What's that mean? More NAND fits on the same wafer which leads to higher yields and cheaper prices.

Other things to look for - the use of TLC NAND instead of MLC. TLC adds an additional bit per cell, increasing bit density by 50%, while lowering the cost per bit by 33%. Although there are concerns over endurance, for most people, TLC SSD's will offer more than enough endurance.

Ok, enough of my PSA. Point is this is a great deal and it's unlikely you'll see another price like this in the near term.

dead $160 AR now