Another day, another SSD price dip. This is the lowest price so far for the 1TB M550, a product which needs no introduction here.
AUD price is using Amazon's converter - may work out cheaper if opt to purchase at USD, especially if using a 28 Degrees card or similar.
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I always scratch my head at these kinda posts… Why $300? Not $400? Not $200?
Because some people are on a budget but want a certain size drive? Its only an issue if you keep putting off the purchase because you suddenly change the goalposts to suddenly wanting a 2TB drive for $300 as soon as the 1TB model reaches the $300 mark.
Problem is next you will be waiting for 2tb to drop, then 3tb, then 4tb…… and so on and so on
not quite…. 1tb for a playstation 4 is a pretty safe amount if you've only been playing disc based games and getting the psn plus freebies.
After 9 months of ownership and owning 22 games including cod which updates the most i'm only up to 380gb usage so a 1tb should serve me well for atleast another 9 months at this rate, with uninstalls of less used games even longer.
The budget and having a family however won't change and neither will the sluggish loading screens in games (without an ssd)
Price just Dropped another $10
its $389.99USD now
$389.99 USD (plus $5.59 shipping) is what it was when the deal was posted. Looks like it's gone up to $399.99 now, so have marked as expired.
great deal but still bit to rich for my blood.
Wow that is tempting.
yeah need to be under 300 for me too LOL .. but good to see the prices dropping fast! wont be too long until 2TB's are around this price!
By that time the 4Tb drives will be out and, lo and behold, you'll be craving for those instead. You have to draw the line somewhere with technology.
agreed
I buy the next step up SSDs every year or so, as the price comes down. The line ive drawn is the $375~ mark
e.g. First gen SSDs were 400$+ for 80gb.
So i waited and I bought my first SSD (a gen 2 80gb) for $370
Later i upgraded to a cricual 500gb for $375 3 years later when 500gbs finally dropped to affordable $375~ range
recently ive been waiting for the 1tb to drop around this mark. But i noticed the price drop in the last 12months has slowed down alot. The only time it made a nice drop was when the MX100 was released at the sweet spot of $200/500gb
But 500gb was the max size for that model
Seeing as how the m550 is faster than the mx100 and is less than $200/500gb
When the next model up (particularly double the capacity) hits the same price point as your older model, then you know that THIS IS A GOOD DEAL
Its the lowest price ever on this model
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But it can go lower considering its less than a year old
Using 28degreescard its about $425.47AUD
But anyone expecting it to go to $300 might as well just wait for the next generation cause thats how long its going to take
IMHO the best time to buy will be november black friday sales
The time to buy is now, as you will drive the price down. You can think of yourself as a reason SSD's are decreasing in price.
I've only got mSata on my laptop… Hoping for some good deals on them soon.
+1 for spotting a new low price point for a 1TB SSD. Reviews mention that the M550 is not quite as fast as the Samsung EVO 1TB. is that true?
you wont notice it
just get whichever is cheaper
^This.
It becomes "splitting hairs". Scouring benchmark after benchmark, to find tiny differences that you'll never feel in daily usage.
It's kinda like bumping your wage from 50 to 500, then chasing another 5.
keep price dropping my pretty, you hit $300 and your mine.