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Crucial M4 128GB SSD from Amazon - Updated - NOW $165.17 Delivered!

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Adamiam on 07/02/2012 - 12:30 amazon.com (1414 clicks)
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Just alerting everyone that the price of this SSD has dropped again!
I previously bought one at the higher price.
edit: It has dropped AGAIN to $165.17.
This is a brilliant price, compared to local stores of $210-220.
This does suggest that the price is quite volatile at the moment.

The Crucial M4's are considered to be one of the most reliable brands of SSD, and I would definitely recommend it over others.

This is a product that retails for $219 here, and that would be a good price.
Source: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&p…

This is the lowest price it has ever been on Amazon.com:
http://camelcamelcamel.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT12…

Price History at C CamelCamelCamel.
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  • Turd on 07/02/2012 - 12:31

    Great price!

    No wonder retail sales are down!

    • couger on 07/02/2012 - 17:42
      +1

      Just a remind to those bought the ssd recently, you may ask amazon to refund the difference between the price you paid and this $169.95, I saved $8.04, and my ssd is shipping soon.

      • cookie42 on 07/02/2012 - 18:55

        Mind telling us the procedure for this?
        Is there a link I should read?

        • couger on 07/02/2012 - 19:09

          it is in the help section, just contact amazon by send them a email.

        • cookie42 on 07/02/2012 - 19:26

          @couger

          http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_4…

          "Post-Order Price Match Policy

          With the exception of TVs, we do not offer post-order price matching when an item's price drops after you buy it. Our prices regularly change, and the price you paid when your order shipped was the lowest price we were able to offer at the time. We consistently offer competitive prices on everything we carry because we know low prices are very important to our customers."

          Did you just send an email asking for the difference to be repaid? Because after reading that, I'm not sure they were supposed to have given you it.

          Edit: Oh, and thanks for the tip.

      • knackers on 08/02/2012 - 11:42
        +1

        it worked.. just send them an email

        here is the response i got..

        Hello,

        Thanks for contacting us about the recent price change on Allen Edmonds Men's Kendall Plain Toe Oxford,Black Patent,9.5 E. I recognize you have a choice of retailers and appreciate that you prefer to order from us.

        I've reviewed your order and see that the price change is significant from the time the item shipped.

        Under the circumstances, I'll make an exception for you and issue a refund for the price difference in the amount of $42

  • bugman on 07/02/2012 - 12:36

    Keeps heading down, I'll wait a few months until I need to order

    • holdenmg on 07/02/2012 - 12:52
      +9

      just running up a projection timeline to work out when they will be free (or paying me to have one) lol

  • nowlan on 07/02/2012 - 12:44
    +2

    New lowest price for Amazon. Awesome.
    http://camelcamelcamel.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT12…

    Still cannot afford one myself however.

    • aeon on 07/02/2012 - 16:18

      Great, thanks for that URL, will use it for other products I have my eye on as well!

  • bugman on 07/02/2012 - 12:48

    Now!! 169.95 keeps heading south

  • h4lcyon on 07/02/2012 - 12:50
    +9

    $1 per gig and I'm there.

    • shawn_low on 07/02/2012 - 13:01
      +1

      I hear ya!

      • Cap N on 07/02/2012 - 13:12

        Ditto!

        • lhxxznr on 07/02/2012 - 13:31

          Me too!

    • bugman on 07/02/2012 - 13:01

      Not sure it will go that cheap just yet, I don't think theres any new models on the way. But I could be wrong

  • giventofly on 07/02/2012 - 13:50

    FYI folks, I upgraded to 0309 F/W last night on my M4 128GB SSD and it was noticeably quicker. It felt 'fresher'.

    Great SSD.

    • [Deactivated] on 07/02/2012 - 14:07

      Can I update the firmware without formatting the drive? I'll backup before I do it of course but hopefully it's just a 5 minute job to put the new firmware on there and reboot.

      • ragflan on 07/02/2012 - 14:24
        +2

        Takes no longer than half a minute. No need to format but backup is definitely recommended. Download the firmware. Burn to CD or make bootable USB. Reboot machine and install the firmware. Installation part was almost instant for me.

  • milfey on 07/02/2012 - 14:09

    Since when did Amazon ship to Australia? Was this recently?

    • Duff5000 on 07/02/2012 - 14:23

      They have for ages but annoyingly you cant seen to tell till you get to the checkout. Often find something i want then find out during the checkout it will not ship to AU.

      • kamp on 07/02/2012 - 14:26

        Amazon usually publishes this information under Product Details.
        Shipping section will usually state if the product is availalbe for intl clients.

      • justtoreply on 07/02/2012 - 15:08
        +2

        http://www.shipstoaustralia.com.au/

        Search engine for amazon stuff that ships to australia.

        • stratbargain on 07/02/2012 - 15:53

          Thanks, that's a really handy site

        • Duff5000 on 07/02/2012 - 22:02

          Just goes to prove the theory that on the internet, If you think it should exist it probably already does.

          I was thinking there must be a way to do this.

          Thanks.

    • knackers on 09/02/2012 - 10:49

      They don't ship items with lasers and protein. As of Jan 2012 they relaxed a ban on hole saws

    • bugman on 07/02/2012 - 14:15
      +3

      Firmware issues fixed

    • Vladdo on 07/02/2012 - 14:36
      +8

      I pity the fool that buys from megabuy!

      • Jabba the Hutt on 07/02/2012 - 14:51

        What's your prediction for the person who buys from Megabuy?

        • simulacrum on 09/02/2012 - 09:10
          +1

          My prediction? PAIN!

    • Adamiam on 07/02/2012 - 14:42
      +3

      It's not a price drop due to stronger AUD, it's a price drop by Amazon.

    • justtoreply on 07/02/2012 - 15:09

      That's a big price difference. 18% more for local warranty? These drives are quite reliable, I'd rather save 18%.

    • [Deactivated] on 07/02/2012 - 15:49
      +4

      You need to include mandatory delivery in the Megabuy option since they don't offer pick ups. $171.50 (or $165.21 if you use a credit card with no international transaction fees) on Amazon includes shipping.

      Megabuy is $209.03 + $15.95 delivery cost = $224.98 delivered. Which is $59.77 more than Amazon, or 36.2% dearer.

  • djglenmcbride on 07/02/2012 - 14:44

    Not bad performance/price wise. See http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html

  • lovedeals on 07/02/2012 - 15:28

    How do these compare to Intel 320 SSD 120GB?

    • T1OOO on 07/02/2012 - 16:15
      -1

      intel is a poor choice for performance, even since the x25-m originals they havent been able to get the same performance, the new 510 is even caped with I/O to lower than that of the x25-m! even the new 520 is weak as crapp,.. having said that if you care for reliability they are by far the best,, at 0.1% failure rate, with ocz up like 7.9% … cant remember the link i had…. iv owned the x25m 80gb and 510 120gb and would the x25-m any day. in dont think the 510 is even 6gbs? though could be wrong about that.

      • FabMan_UK on 07/02/2012 - 16:24

        Intel are just releasing performance SSD's, bit late but hey exciting!

      • MetalPhreak on 12/02/2012 - 19:57

        The intel 510 is SATA3 6gbps and while it may not be the top dog in the synthetic benchmarks, its still near the top, and actually flogs many of the other SSDs in real world testing. They may not be the cheapest or best value, but they are certainly not worse than the old SSDs…

        http://www.anandtech.com/show/4421/the-2011-midrange-ssd-rou…

    • Jabba the Hutt on 07/02/2012 - 16:49
      +2

      The 320 has transparent, hardware-based encryption, which is nice for those concerned about data security since OS-level disk encryption (e.g. TrueCrypt) has issues with SSDs in terms of performance and wear. It also has a capacitor that stores just enough power to write cached data in the event of an unexpected power loss, which is a unique feature.

      Performance difference depends what you look at - the charts I've seen show the 320 neck and neck with other SSDs in Windows boot and app/game load times, but falling behind in other measures.

  • ModaMagic on 07/02/2012 - 17:32

    So depressing being on the Marvell 9128 SATA 3 Chipset :(
    I won't be able to use these to the full potential.

    • Dan_ on 07/02/2012 - 17:35

      Really want to get it… but I don't want to stick it in my somewhat outdated PC (uses SATA2).

      • MrGareth on 07/02/2012 - 23:56

        Get it anyway! I'm stuck on SATA2, and in IDE mode (instead of AHCI), so my M4 is running way slower than everyone else's :(

        That said, it's still a HUGE improvement over my old hard drive!!! I never want to go back :)

    • Cluster on 08/02/2012 - 12:27

      The performance difference between the fastest hard drive and even the slowest SSD drive is enormous. I have a 30Gb Kingston basic SSD as a boot drive on one machine. It ran rings around a 10,000rpm WD hard drive in terms of boot speed and random file access. The fastest HDD can't match the slowest SSD in most situations. People often look at peak sequential data transfer speeds when comparing performance, but this is only one small measure of what the drive can do.

  • flipstardirect on 08/02/2012 - 13:19

    jawesome :) I can never have enough 'second' hard drives for games/apps

  • ShrewdOrJustTight on 08/02/2012 - 19:15

    Down another US$5 now… Now US$164.99 plus delivery

    • Adamiam on 08/02/2012 - 20:57

      Yep, was just getting the link for a friend and noticed the drop again!
      I've updated the post to reflect this, instead of posting ANOTHER Crucial M4 from Amazon deal.

      • Ultraman on 09/02/2012 - 22:43

        Lol, that was shortlived, it's back up to $169.95 that I can see.

  • KuroiDatenshi on 09/02/2012 - 11:46

    How long does shipping take?

    • knackers on 09/02/2012 - 12:46

      anything from a week to 3 weeks

      • Adamiam on 09/02/2012 - 15:28

        Mine so far (placed an order Feb 1)
        February 7, 2012 09:40:09 PM AU Arrived at destination country
        February 4, 2012 06:01:00 PM Carlstadt NJ US Departure Scan
        February 3, 2012 12:51:03 PM Carlstadt NJ US Arrival Scan

  • nfr on 09/02/2012 - 12:30

    Why did price drop again? That's like 3 times in 5 days. Are they crazy?

    • cashews on 10/02/2012 - 06:12

      I'm guessing the value of the US dollar has something to do with it.

  • ShrewdOrJustTight on 10/02/2012 - 21:15

    yup… dropped to US$157.95 now

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