Been waiting for these to drop below $150 and so have now bought one.
I know they're posted here regularly but I thought below $150 would be worth mentioning to anyone holding out.
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With shipping using 28 Degrees MasterCard came to $152 AUD give or take a few cents.
Switch currency to USD instead, and it ends up as US$155.64, which currently converts to less than AU$48. Only if you have a 28 Degrees card though.
Gotta love the US dollar equalling 31 Australian cents :P
Disasterous for our economy, but awesome for internet shoppers!
How do you know that/how can I check this applies to me? I can't find the rate listed anywhere on their site.
great find. waiting for it to be 1GB/$1 one day :D
I couldn't troll that hard if I tried.
Derp.
Considering that MLC NANDs only have 10,000 write cycles and TLCs only 5,000, your statement isn't that far from truth.
What keeps it from being a fact is that probably increase in cell & level density, ie. over-provisioning, can keep up and compensate for decreasing cell write-lifetime.
Why are the write speeds for these Crucial SSDs significantly slower than their write speeds? I notice the OCZ/Corsair etc SSDs have almost equal read/write speeds.
OCZ, Corsair, etc all use the same controller, albeit with different firmwares. A few SSDs use different controllers such as Crucial, (some) Intel, Kingston. It's generally a trade off between reliabilty, IOPS and max read/writes.
The controller used in many other SSDs (Sandforce) compresses the data to speed up transfer. The reported speeds are based on data that compresses well, unlike video and other already compressed files, making speed differences not as different as some companies make them out to be.
Even so, at these speeds it can be hard to notice a real difference.
Compression is performed on the SSD by firmware, not across ATA interface.
Compression reduces number of NAND cells required to store data, hence, number of NAND cells that need to be re-written, hence number of NAND cells that will deteriorate to the point where they cannot be written-to any more.
So, compression is designed to keep your SSD alive longer. There's a beneficial side-effect (ie. less storage) which can be re-purposed for over-provisioning but that's not the primary purpose - if the cells didn't deteriorate there wouldn't be a need for over-provisioning, would there?
This is a good SSD. It works great since I bought it last year. Other brands tend to have more stability issue.
What's with the neg? He only asked a question.
Sweet. Bought one.
same. will be my first ssd.
They're SO good. Be sure to check for FW updates.
I should have waited, I just got one last week before the discount :(
Gonna wait till SSDs become mainstream, I really can't justify this replacing my main drive atm.
But a good price!
My old Macbook literally boots in 10 seconds with an SSD. It's an awesome investment.
Shiiiee that's awesome haha I'll just have to deal with my desktop booting a minute longer for now.
You see, it's not just about quick boot up. Firefox doesn't run like a dog anymore, iTunes starts up in 2 seconds, iphone syncs are super fast (ssd to ssd). It's not a critical upgrade but life is definitely better with it.
PS: Anyone using old computers, check your SATA bus speeds. My MBP from 2008 only has a SATA I controller, so I don't get 6G/s. It still kicks arse.
I recently assembled my desktop so everything is smooth sailing, itunes and chrome starts up pretty fast anyways. But like I said don't need those extra secs just yet ;)
@ggop
you mean sata 2
sata 1 is like 1992?
SATA 1 was released in 2003
I bought a Crucial M4 512Gb which sadly failed after a few minutes of use. Crucial replied to a help request 3 days after using their support page, requesting more information. Amazon offered a full refund (product + postage + postage back to the USA) which is what I took. 1 week to send the SSD back to Amazon via registered air mail and another week until the refund was in my CC.
Currently using a locally sourced Sandisk SSD. I wouldn't hesitate in purchasing computer hardware from Amazon. Awesome customer service.
Yes good price but ill hold out abit longer for them to get cheaper :)
what if the aud tanks… :)
Not likely buy ill take that chance lol
Can buy your USD now and get the drive later if you need too :)
Check the price history, this is a good price, I would recommend getting it now.
it doesn't come with bracket right?
Nope, just the drive
Just looked at this post and in my mind said "not this f**king thing again!". Guess it isn't that dramatic in reality.
yet another poster who made the effort of clicking on a bargain just to complain about it. lol.
nice just bought a dozen
You know you'll have to pay GST as the total order will come in over $1000.
A true ozbargainer would have split it into two or more orders.
Bought one of these at the end of last year and haven't regretted it one bit, even at the price it was back then. Definitely worth it at this price!
Cool, just bought one. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Have been monitoring these posts for several weeks now. Thanks also to all the previous posters.
I'd buy one but I'm far too lazy to migrate my OS to the new drive. That and I still don't trust the reliability of ssd's.
Gonna wait until the 256gb capacities drops to a sub 250 price.
Try Acronis True Image 2012. It's what I used to image across my drive. The clone utility nicely aligned my partitions on a 4096 byte boundary. I tried using Gparted in Ubuntu 11 Live CD but it failed without giving a reason why, and Acronis True Image 2010 isn't SSD aware.
The Acronis True Image installer is a demon though. Seriously. Had so many issues with it and many others online were complaining of the same thing.
Ended up with a nicely aligned partition without having to use it, but just be warned it is a nightmare if things don't install as planned.
Could you provide a link to more info? I've generally found Acronis products to be very good, so would like more info if/when things go pear shaped when I next use it.
You'll want the Acronis True Image clean-up utility they make for each version, e.g. http://kb.acronis.com/content/14871 . My dilemma was Acronis thought it was installed when it wasn't, and when it was installed it would hang at launch. I actually never did get it working..
Here are some posts on the Acronis forum relating to it:
25430: Acronis True Image Home 2012 Hangs While Trying to Run It for the First Time After Installation
24238: Acronis True Image Home 2012 Freezing at open!
There are a few more if you want to look through their forum.
One suggestion was to use Revo Uninstaller which backups your registry, monitors the installer's changes and allows you to revert to pre-Acronis state quickly.
Bought one, thanks.
hmm, I already have 2… Should I buy 1 more?
I don't see the need to get more than one SSD for a single system :D
RAID 0
Also, a dedicated SSD for games/Steam folder would be nice. Mine is over 400GB, so I'll be waiting for the $1/GB to do that.
Ah, that's a good point, but I thought most people who get these small 128GB drives would use the SSD for the OS, apps, etc and still use a conventional HDD for the bulk of their data. SSDs in RAID 0, super expensive, but you're right, wait until its $1/GB :D
Woah 400GB of games from Steam! That's impressive!
I love mine, never turn pc off. I just press enter to wake up.
with the super fast boot up wouldn't it be more efficient to turn it off? even without an SSD, wake up on my hdd takes only a couple of seconds, so I though the benefit of ssd is that you can cold boot more often without waiting.
DO NOT hibernate with an SSD! If you're putting it to sleep, that's ok.
Anybody know the cheapest place to get a bracket? I just bought one and it would be great if they could both arrive simultaneously.
You actually don't need bracket. Just use tape to make it stick to the Case wall.
You actually don't need tape. Just use chewing gum.
It insulates the drive from vibrations, and tastes good too!
…especially the ones you scrape off the bus stop!
You don't actually need chewing gum. Just use snot.
It's still a sticky substance, and you can save those few cents!
Cable ties work a treat, they hold firm and just cut them if you want to more the drive. Cheap and secure, that's what you want.
Will this fit into my Lenovo e320 laptop, I bought a toshiba 2.5 hd and it was too big to upgrade from the existing seagate model that was in there!! I thought all 2.5 drives would be the same form factor?
This is 9mm. E320 require 7mm. What ive done is removing the spacer and then tape the casing as i am too lazy to get diff type of screws.
Anyone used one on a thinkpad e520 laptop??
I don't understand how I can 'mirror' my existing hdd (internal) to the SSD because my laptop only has one bay.
use a pc to do that
damn you again ozbargain.
buy now
"EXPIRED"
damn you again ozbargain!!!
I just creamed my pants. I love solid state drives. Why can't they be cheaper. I look forward to the day when mechanical drives are a thing of the past and we no longer have moving parts in computers that are vacuum sealed….. mmmmmm. No errors…. No hardware failure…….
That's where tablets are headed.
SSDs can and do fail. I had one fail within 30 mins of use. Read the reviews at rating 1 level on Amazon to find similar stories of hardware failure. Crucial M4 had a problem where it would cause PCs to freeze after ~5200 hours of use due to buggy firmware (fixed). MLC flash wears out after three to five thousand writes. Only wear leveling and other tricks makes it usable. SLC is much better but seldom used due to cost.
i bought one of these the first time it was $149 a few weeks ago… installed win 7 on it, boots up in like 10 seconds. =D
almost time to raid with my current 128 M4… oooohh yeah baaaaaby.. mmmm mmm
Alright finally bought one tonight.
Umm and ah'd long enough.
Also got the silverstone adapter thing, which drove price to $162aud.
hope that means no hidden fees from visa.
Long cable ties work just as good as those adapter thingys, just strap the SSD using two or more cable ties to the inside of a drive bay.
The only fees you'll get from Visa are a currency conversion fee which will only be a few a few dollars at most.
what's warranty like with amazon stuff ? I've been looking to buy an SSD but all the local shops seems doggy with people having bad luck
At least try and give this thread a cursory glance.. a lot of good comments here, worthwhile looking at them..
sounds good enough for my picky needs, small stores can be so unhelpful I know mostly their hands are tied with stuff but still.
Should i buy it now? Im going to build a pc by the end of Apirl
the price is slowing going down .. chances are very good it will be this price or better again between now and April. But you can always judge for yourself using the most excellent site CamelCamelCamel.com
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT128M4SS…
I think you meant to use this link :) http://camelcamelcamel.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT12…
Agreed though, the site is brilliant. Might get one of these next time around.
Honest question in relation to desktops, what is the advantage of getting this and reinstalling my os when Windows 7 standby function is as good as it is?
Fast boot up time is the first thing that you will notice but that's not all.
Internet browser can load pages quicker (combined that with fibre optic :)), itunes sync faster, game loads faster and multitasking is also faster.
I'm hooked to SSD now…
Anytime you access data from your hard drive, imagine it is FIVE TIMES shorter (approximately). That 1 second to load a movie would become 0.2 sec. The 5 seconds to load a game become 1 second.
Also, no more need to defrag.
Depending on your usage, you may see performance improvements of many times more than 5 times. A hard drive can do no more than a few dozen random access operations per second. An SSD can do thousands. It's a staggering performance difference in some situations.
umm'd and ahh'd too long, back up to 164 :(
Including shipping?