News - Intel cuts SSD prices in time for Christmas

[HEXUS]

Also throws a man out of a plane to launch new 120GB model.

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[GoNz0]

so they have dropped the price and still cost more than i paid

WTF ?

[matty-hodgson]

The Corsair and OCZ drives are both far better, and cheaper too .

[miniyazz]

so they have dropped the price and still cost more than i paid

WTF ?

Due to worsened exchange rates and increased cost of NAND, I'm afraid.


Re OCZ et al drives being better - this is true for some drives at some things (e.g. sequential writes), but the paper figures for the Sandforce controllers are optimistic best-case scenarios that really don't translate well to the real world. It's really not as clear-cut as it appears on first glance.

[aidanjt]

Mine is working pretty well in the real world.

[MadduckUK]

Due to worsened exchange rates and increased cost of NAND, I'm afraid.


Re OCZ et al drives being better - this is true for some drives at some things (e.g. sequential writes), but the paper figures for the Sandforce controllers are optimistic best-case scenarios that really don't translate well to the real world. It's really not as clear-cut as it appears on first glance.

the G2's have fast random, which is the SSD factor i guess, but the sequential is pretty pants, time for G3 so i can relegate this to my netbook tbh

[zoomee]

This is just one great big advert for intel, hexus!- you should be ashamed! lol

They cost more now than when I got one 2.

Even G3 doesnt give better read speeds - just slightly improved write speeds.....
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=27180

[Ross1]

the G2's have fast random, which is the SSD factor i guess, but the sequential is pretty pants, time for G3 so i can relegate this to my netbook tbh

that is pretty much my plan, although a 3820tg isnt a netbook

[Noxvayl]

SandForce drive here (Vertex 2E) and it's working brilliantly.

The Vertex 2E 120Gb is £40 cheaper than when I bought it 2 months ago... Well worth the 2 months I've used it though, so awesome having an SSD.

[aceuk]

Intel need to lower the price even further. I bought my 160GB X25-M G2 for £325.43 in July 2009 and Scan are currently selling it for £310.49. Almost 17 months later and it's only £14.94 cheaper.

[Champman99]

Haha - everyone seems to have the same plan as me at the moment!

New G3 or something with another type of controller into this machine, which frees up the 80GB G2 to move to my laptop, and the 64GB Samsung SSD in my laptop at the moment? That can go on ebay or go into my sisters laptop.