SSDs represent an easy way to add some oomph to your computing experience, but they’re still in the relatively high priced zone, especially on a per GB basis. We’ve highlighted cheap SSDs recently, and Amazon’s currently in that game too selling Crucial’s SSD ranges for a fair price; at current exchange rates this 128GB SSD would cost around $165. [Amazon via OzBargain]
Adam
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:47 PMI hope that SSD get to the same price as a HDD would be so much better but are just way to expensive.
Nytrojen
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 1:06 PMmy selective dyslexia is playing up again.. I read that as a “crunchtime deal”
Noddy
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 1:42 PMLast time I bought something from Amazon the dollar was 5c over parity but they still charged me around a dollar ten US….
MotorMouth
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 2:58 PMI’ve not seen this. amazon defaults to Au$ for me and this showed up at just over Au$170, which is OK. They were even going to let me buy it, which is unusual for tech stuff.
JonBOY
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 2:50 PMI’m tempted to hit that deal up actually. I’ve been keen to try out a Windows 8 beta installation but didn’t want to have to mess up my current drive.
This drive ranks in at 70 on Passmarks benchmarking list
http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=Crucial+M4-CT128M4SSD2
JonBOY
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 3:07 PMI’ve been doing a bit of rooting around, and it appears that the OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD actually out-performs this Crucial drive, and is available in Australia from pccasegear for just $169 (+ $12 postage).
Crucial M4 128Gb:
passmark score = 2,077 (higher is better)
rank = 70 (lower is better)
price = ~AUD$180
OCZ Agility 3 120GB;
passmark score = 2,256
Rank = 59
Price = AUD$181
Think I’ll grab the OCZ Agility 3 instead.
JonBOY
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 3:13 PMand there’s also the Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SSD from pccasegear for $185 (+$12 postage)
passmark score = 2,439
Rank = 48
Price = AUD$185 + $12 postage
All the drives I’ve listed have a 3 year warranty.
JonBOY
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 6:04 PMAfter some reading up on the pros and cons of the different SSD’s the Crucial unit was clearly the recommended way to go. I just placed an order. Below is the exchange rate offered by Amazon, at the time
Applicable Exchange Rate:
1 USD = 0.9637770326 AUD
(includes all fees and charges)
Actual Exchange Rate at time of the transaction:
1USD = 0.9331 AUD