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Crucial Technology 128GB M4 2.5" SSD USD $186.73 (AUD $182.65) Delivered from Amazon

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*** There is a bit of issue with this drive at the moment. The fix is coming. You can read here http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/BSOD-Cru…

Crucial M4 128G at amazon is now $179.99 USD plus $6.74 USD delivery to Melbourne. (guess it is the same price for other cities)

Take about 2 weeks to arrive with that shipping option (they use i-parcel and then Auspost. All with tracking numbers).

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT128M4SS…

Total $186.73 USD Around $182.65 AUD.

If you want it fast, priority shipping is $31.79. Total $211.78 USD (not really a deal I think)

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  • shiny1 on 07/01/2012 - 10:51

    The final AUD that I have to fork out will be between $185-$190 going off Paypal or CC exchange rates, right?

    • Fishy on 07/01/2012 - 10:57

      You're right. It could be around that price. I just used xe.com for exchange rate and didn't think about CC transaction fee.

      Still quite cheap as the cheapest on staticice seems to be around $238 or something.

  • inusure on 07/01/2012 - 10:52

    i really want this but the thing is i cant get local warranty if i buy from amazon?
    great deal anyway.

  • Megahowler on 07/01/2012 - 10:58
    +4

    Be aware there is a massive issue with this SSD atm..
    Crucial do not currently have a fix.. They die at 5220 hours on the dot

    I have one.. hoping for a fix soon

    • [Deactivated] on 07/01/2012 - 11:02
      +2

      Now if that is true, then a negative vote would be a great warning for all.

      Links to this issue would be great to post as well

      • Fishy on 07/01/2012 - 11:05
        +9

        Looks like its true but the fix is coming.

        http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/BSOD-Cru…

        • Adamiam on 07/01/2012 - 12:46
          +5

          Crucial admitted the problem, and they are releasing a fix (in one week).
          I'd still say they are the most reliable brand for SSD's.

        • HereYeeHereYee on 07/01/2012 - 19:23
          +3

          I agree, they are the most reliable brand SSD, I've been using it for a while, great brand.

      • prodnus on 07/01/2012 - 11:05
        +1

        edit: beaten

    • Tardvark on 07/01/2012 - 12:11

      Good to know.

    • cwongtech on 07/01/2012 - 12:26

      5220 hours ON THE DOT?
      Hahaha
      So we get 217.5 days to use this thing?

      • Elijha on 07/01/2012 - 14:03

        since first use or of operation time? Since my machine is in on average only say ~10 hours per day (and probably less) then this could mean ~18 month of use. Allowing plenty of time for a fix .. or a new cheap model to come out to transition to.

        I'd go for it except I'm look for 200+GB.

  • nicksnoobie on 07/01/2012 - 11:02

    This is cheap comparing bhp deal a while back for $200

  • Kill Joy on 07/01/2012 - 11:10
    +1

    Here
    http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/0x00000f4…

    It goes on for several pages before people realise it all happened at the same usage hour. Should be fixable in a firmware update, but when that happens is anyone's guess. So I'd personally stay away from these drives.

    • senorclean on 07/01/2012 - 11:43
      +4

      5220 hours is about 7 months if it runs 24/7… I'd almost be prepared to take the punt that they'll have it fixed by then.

      • cryptowiz on 07/01/2012 - 12:49

        Or 28.583 years for my wife… (30 mins per day)

    • Jabba the Hutt on 07/01/2012 - 12:20
      +1

      That's sure to come as a shock. After the SandForce bugginess and Intel 320 flaw, the Crucial was held up as pretty much the last consumer SSD to maintain an untarnished reputation.

      If there's a lesson, it's about the primacy of backups over brands when it comes to reliability. The way it's often discussed, a novice ought to be forgiven for thinking the latter is more important - there's an undue focus of the past performance of brands as an indicator of future reliability, both for SSDs and mechanical drives.

      • [Deactivated] on 07/01/2012 - 12:29

        Intel 320 problems seems to be fixed

        http://communities.intel.com/thread/24205?tstart=0

      • bargain lover on 07/01/2012 - 12:48

        as we used to say: "he who laughs last has the best backup"

        • izzeho on 07/01/2012 - 14:15
          -1

          No data is lost and the drive is accessible, so backups are not at all helpful. you just boot the up the drive and copy off what you need…

  • inusure on 07/01/2012 - 12:47

    i just hope that can some1 please tell me that can i still get local warranty if i buy this through amazon. thanks.

    • dukkie on 07/01/2012 - 12:53
      +1

      No local warranty. It would be either direct with Crucial in the US.

  • seb on 07/01/2012 - 12:52

    When I go to the Amazon page it says:

    "We are not able to ship this item to your default shipping address"

    The OP claims it is $7 shipping to Australia. I won't neg but I'd like a clarification.

    • Naed on 07/01/2012 - 13:05

      I have $6.86 shipping to Clayton South, Vic. Is your default shipping address a PO Box?

      • seb on 07/01/2012 - 13:17

        I thought of that so I changed my default address but still got the same msg. If others don't get the msg then maybe a caching issue with my system. Will have to double check.

  • TZK on 07/01/2012 - 13:00

    So is this issue only on the 0009 firmware? Im running at about 6 months 24/7 use on one of my M4 128gb SSD's. Lets hope the fix is within the month.

  • zan5hin on 07/01/2012 - 13:11

    This is a great price! I just bought a 64GB from PCCG 3 weeks ago for $139.
    $182 if you pay in USD and use a 28 degrees or nab gold banking card is a good price - even cheaper than hong kong.

  • orange123 on 07/01/2012 - 13:45
    +3

    Is this much better than centre com's OCZ special? I mean in terms of reliability and performance?

  • stumo on 07/01/2012 - 14:42
    +1

    I guess that's it then. We should all revert to the Intel G2 X25M ssd, its the only one that has proven reliability long term.

  • morini on 07/01/2012 - 15:02
    -7

    If they have a problem as simple as one which arises after 5220 hours exactly every time, then I don't trust their engineering processes well enough to be sure that other problems aren't going to crop up. This neg is only as a warning to those who might not read the threads closely, not because it's not a good price.

    • Adamiam on 07/01/2012 - 15:06
      +11

      Relax, the reason they didn't notice it was because very few people had actually accumulated that many hours so far.
      Every brand of SSD have their fair share of problems, in fact many brands of anything have their fair share of problems. Going by your logic, you should neg every deal.
      Crucial have admitted to the error and are providing a fix shortly, which is a better response than many other companies make.

      • stewy on 07/01/2012 - 18:25
        +3

        Exactly and the point to emphasise here is there is no data loss just a royal PITA from this bug…

      • HereYeeHereYee on 07/01/2012 - 19:25
        -1

        5220 hours is like 6 months… seriously. Who keeps their PC running for that long without any reboot? there's times where you always need to reboot at some stage (software installation, updates, free up memory etc)

        • Elijha on 07/01/2012 - 20:53
          +2

          It's not continuous run time … it's time accumulated.

    • stumo on 07/01/2012 - 16:37
      +4

      Yeah, the trouble with negging this is that you will have to now neg every single other SSD deal too. Its your duty.

    • stewy on 07/01/2012 - 18:23
      +1

      It's a bug in the firmware not a hardware flaw - flash an updated firmware to it once it is released shortly and you'll be right. Alternatively buy a Sansforce SSD based that is actually plagued with controller failures that result in data loss! Or spend up for the dearer and more reliable Intel drives….

      As for the comment RE engineering processes it's hard to test for something that only crops up after 5000 actual usage hours as opposed to accelerated testing with heavy read/write that they would have used before releasing to market.

    • AlexF on 08/01/2012 - 13:28

      Crucial hadn't even bothered to put a notice on their Web-site. What about everyday consumers who don't read Crucial's forums - how much time and money they'll waste trying to determine the cause?

      Relax, the reason they didn't notice it was because very few people had actually accumulated that many hours so far.

      Few consumers run SSDs 24/7, but Crucial have had plenty of time to do long-term testing. The fact that they didn't catch this simple-to-detect issue means either that they're not doing any long-term testing or that they were hoping that it won't be consistently noticed to involve all M4 SSDs.

      there is no data loss just a royal PITA from this bug…

      every time PC BSOD's there a possibility that it won't recover on reboot - neither (*nix's) fsck nor Window's chkdsk is perfect. If Windows' configured for auto-update and kernel's being updated, you won't recover. In practice, a broken File System is same as lost data.

      This is what Crucial wrote in the forum: "We are aware of an issue that is currently affecting a small number of users whereby their m4 causes their system to require a restart." - technically correct, as far as PR damage control goes, but very sneaky. In reality, 100% of M4s are affected, causing BSOD (which isn't a controlled restart).

      Anyway, as of today, the fix hasn't been released, hence it isn't known if Crucial can fix it.

  • Inferno_Gunz on 07/01/2012 - 16:18
    +1

    Just to let people know that they going to release a new ssd from crucial
    http://hothardware.com/News/Crucial-Releases-Adrenaline-Cach…

    Edit: Pretty much the reason its cheaper

  • mrfluffy on 07/01/2012 - 18:00
    -6

    Buggered if i would be buying anything from the U.S with know reliablity problems.

    • stewy on 07/01/2012 - 18:24
      +3

      It's a firmware bug, all you will have to do is flash the new firmware once released shortly and it will be fine.

      • Kranbone on 07/01/2012 - 19:29

        So there are still issues with this drive?

        • stewy on 07/01/2012 - 21:00
          +2

          Well unless there is atleast 7 months before the firmware update is released then you'll never have a problem buying one now….

          Even with this setback the controller in Crucial drives is still miles ahead of Sandforce (OCZ, Corsair,etc) in terms of reliability. But if you are super worried about reliability then don't use SSDs in the first place and stick to the trusty old mechanical hard drive…

  • ewik on 07/01/2012 - 20:55

    Is now $179.99 USD. How much was it before?

    • Fishy on 07/01/2012 - 21:03
      +1

      In the last two weeks, it was something like $199 $196 etc then ended up with $179. It changed a few times.

      I kept checking the price as I wanted one but ended up ordering 256G one at $379. Looks like that one is $364 now lol.

  • aubc on 07/01/2012 - 22:01

    how does this compare to

    http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/768900-REG/OCZ_AGT3_25…

    • shawn_low on 07/01/2012 - 22:57

      BH Photo shipping will cost at least $30-40.

      The OCZ uses the Sandforce controller…which has its own set of documented issues. Se the other thread where the OCZ was on sale at Centre Com.

  • dmc900 on 07/01/2012 - 22:58

    the ass's just put it back up, probably because it got so popular. I'm not to fussed was going to buy the 256gig one anyway.

    128gb was 179.99 now 191.33. No longer a deal. May as well set this thread to expired!

    • Fishy on 07/01/2012 - 23:03
      +1

      I think amazon is out of stock as $194.01 is from marketplace.

      It's funny how there is still an issue but people keep buying them. I'm one of those as I think its a good opportunity buy and I trust Crucial.

      • dmc900 on 07/01/2012 - 23:10

        lol yeah, I noticed it when up once again. Was 179.99, then 191.33 now 194.01.

        oh yeah, They run out. didn't noticed it was coming from one of Amazons sellers.
        It looks like you can still order it for 179.99 but it says "Usually ships within 1 to 2 months."

        Yeah, I trust them too. :)
        But why not trust them, they offer 3 years warranty. This fault usually occurs before then. It would cause them more problems if they don't release a firmware upgrade.

    • Elijha on 08/01/2012 - 01:43

      EDITED: for making retarded comment.

  • chachi on 07/01/2012 - 23:02

    Does the dual channel start from 128gb? I read somewhere that speeds are a lot faster on larger ssd's.

    • ejsteven on 08/01/2012 - 15:54

      Afaik dual channel is only for RAM not ssds. My 60gb vertex performs just as well as my 120gb one.

      • stumo on 08/01/2012 - 18:33

        NO its SSDs as well, well, 10 channel is the most last time I checked. I believe the M4 128 is slightly slower than the 256, but not enough to justify the price unless you really need 256.

  • shawn_low on 09/01/2012 - 13:44
    +1

    Note, I had this in my cart and price is back down to what the OP listed for except for note that:

    In stock on January 11, 2012.

    • AncientWisdom on 09/01/2012 - 19:48

      Thanks! Let us know when it is back in stock..

  • stefanko on 10/01/2012 - 14:11

    ordered one last night - price as per OP $179.99+6.74 delivery to Sydney, amazon web says:

    Shipping Soon
    Shipping Estimate: Friday January 27, 2012 - Thursday February 9, 2012
    Delivery Estimate: Wednesday February 8, 2012 - Monday March 5, 2012

    • AncientWisdom on 10/01/2012 - 18:29

      awesome, enjoy.

    • caprimulgus on 11/01/2012 - 09:50

      if it's in stock, why does it take so long to ship? (18 days is a long time for them to send it out, isn't it?)

      • stefanko on 11/01/2012 - 23:13
        +1

        just got an email that the item has been shipped and estimated delivery date is Friday, January 20, 2012 but no tracking information currently available…

        :)

  • mrfluffy on 11/01/2012 - 12:14
    -1

    The 'fix' is supposed to be released on the week of Jan 16th 2012. Hopefully that will
    fix 5220 hours problem and the freezing and failure problems too.

    http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/BSOD-Cru…

    Got to admit i was shocked that my previous comment where i stated i would not buy something from the U.S
    with known problems was negged out of existance. Aren't i allowed to have what most people would call a fairly reasonable opinion? Grrrrr

  • Fishy on 12/01/2012 - 12:14

    Just an update

    I ordered 256G on 30 Dec (at $379.99 and it's $364 now..went down to $358 a few days ago lol) and it arrived today 12 Jan. Pretty good since I ordered during a holiday season.

    Auspost didnt bother putting up the tracking until the delivery date which is usually 2 days after arriving in Aus and custom clearance.

    From I-parcel
    2011-12-31 Received at i-Parcel
    2012-01-05 Exported i-Parcel and in transit to country of destination
    2012-01-09 Arrived at destination country

    From Auspost

    12/01/12 Article ready for despatch
    12/01/12 In Transit
    12/01/12 Onboard with driver
    12/01/12 Delivered

    I-parcel will update their tracking to delivered too.

  • AncientWisdom on 17/01/2012 - 12:16
    +1

    Crucial released the fw to fix the BSOD issue:
    http://www.anandtech.com/show/5424/crucial-provides-a-firmwa…

    All current owners are highly encouraged to apply the update.

  • Adamiam on 04/02/2012 - 21:49

    Just to let you guys know, the deal has definitely not expired. In fact, it is now slightly cheaper than what it was when the deal was posted. I ordered a couple of days ago and it cost me under $180 delivered :)

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