Crucial's New 512 GB m4 SSD Costs $1000

[exfileme]

The new line of Crucial SSDs use Micron's 25-nm MLC NAND flash technology.

Crucial's New 512 GB m4 SSD Costs $1000 : Read more

 

[memadmax]

3 year warranty is nice....

 

[Guest]

At first I missed a zero and read $100. I nearly fainted.

 

[burnley14]

Poor performance, all things considered. Especially for that price tag.

 

[ProDigit10]

$2 per GB is not so bad, if they could offer the same price value for a 32GB SSD.

 

[tmax]

I am going to put a SSD in my Bulldozer/990FX build. I just hope the prices come down a little more.

 

[soundping]

$1.000 for a oversized thumb drive?

 

[eklipz330]

[citation][nom]soundping[/nom]$1.000 for a oversized thumb drive?[/citation]
lol what? that's like saying a desktop computer is an oversized netbook...

 

[tavix]

Competitive my a$$! 130$ for crappy 64GB???? Pffffff!

 

[brisingamen]

still way too much money. period.

 

[thrasher32]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]When SSD prices come down by 50% I'll think about buying one.[/citation]

$500 for a 500Gb drive? No. I'm thinking more like $200-300 before I jump in that pool.

 

[hannibal]

$500 for a 500Gb drive? No. I'm thinking more like $200-300 before I jump in that pool.

Well at this speed you have to wait... hmmm... something like 5-6 years until you will buy SSD...
They are not cheap, but they are affordable... Good GPU cost 150-250$ (forgeting the highend models) for 150-250$ you can get reasonable good ssd.
When the limiting factor in GPU part are game consoles, the ssd seems to be better upgrade than new GPU... I would newer have though to say that... O mores o tempores.

 

[rosen380]

People buying SSDs aren't buying for $/GB [compared to rotating drives], but paying for unmatched speed, lower power use, no noise, etc...