Looking for a cheaper G2 SSD

Now that G3s have launched i was expecting to see a couple of discounts on G2s to clear them out. But i cannot find any, anyone else find some??
I am not expecting major discounts but a few 20or30$ off the original price. I guess i'd be better off with a G3 now.

 

The cheapest I've seen on G2 is this:
Amazon.com: Intel 80 GB X25M Mainstream MLC 2.5 Inch SATA II Solid State Drive (SSD): Electronics

The cheapest I've seen on G3 was $211 for 120GB.

I'm really cheap, I bought a Corsair Nova 64 for $110 less $30 rebate. That'll have to suffice until I see $1.25/GB on something really great.

 

Not sure if the rebate thing on the x25-m G2 160GB for $260(or was it $280) at buy.com is still available..Might wanna check it out.

 

There were some used G2 160GB yesterday for $190. I posted the deal, but nobody here liked them, though. I bought one anyway because I'm crazy like a fish, hungry like a wolf.

 

I'd be willing to take a look at used ones, I tried eBay but no luck. Anyone else aware of some other deals

 

i took a hard look at this intel drive, that's the cheapest out there. look at the vendor review and the picture, it shows that he's selling the oem version instead of the retail version (they are the same drive with slightly different intel model #'s). it's the exact same thing but the oem version doesn't come with the 3.5" adapter and more importantly, is the the 3-year intel warranty valid?

 

The 3 year warranty is still valid with the oem version. You just don't get the 3.5" adapter.

 

If you're shopping the G3, you might as well just get a Vertex. And the G2 is only worth it under SATA II. Even then it's a bit questionable. I bought a 160GB only because it was at $1.22/GB.

 

Whoa! Details please...SATA II or III? What brand? Where and when did you buy it? I'd like to research that up please

Mr. Mysterious

 

I got a 160GB G2 for $200 on ebay. It was claimed as new.

It was a pull from a HP system. I got it and it had under 100GB of use so I consider that pretty new. Happy with the purchase as anything under 160GB would be too little for me. A few games and Adobe Master Suite can take up 100GB on its own.

This is the first time I had to choose not to install some programs I might use and only install what I need even with the 160GB model.

If you were ok with smaller capacity I would get the C300 120GB its been on sale for $200 and will surly get lower, its faster than the G2 and a very nice drive so far from what it seems, this is what is in my laptop.

 

*nods* Yeah, I'm thinking about it. One part of me is saying "great deal, this is the perfect time to buy SSDs!" the other part of me is thinking "it's really all about your usage, nothing that you actually do necessitates buying an expensive component like this"

I'm stuck lol

Mr. Mysterious

 

I posted it to the deals section on this forum. I don't think anyone else bought one except me. Instead, I got a lot of people with their two cents about why it was a bad idea.

 

A used SSD can be a bad idea, depending on how much it was used.

Most (including me) would prefer to pay just a bit more for a new one.

I only got mine on ebay because it was claimed as new and had a 7 day money back returns policy. So if it was not new I was going to send it back.

I expect some cool SSD deals to show up here and there soon anyways, so not much reason to settle for any deal that is not stellar.

 

I think we may have bought from the same seller. Mine hasn't arrived, or even been shipped yet, as far as I am aware.

This will be used in an Inspiron Duo (combination netbook/tablet), which IMO is the perfect low-write/high-read scenario where an SSD will shine the most.

 

and the slight reduction in weight as well as no moving parts(being used as tablet usually mean more movement while in use).

 

Totally agree with this. We all obviously prefer new stuff. Used items suffer from what economists call "the lemon problem." Because if it worked well, the owner wouldn't be selling it.

A couple of reasons why the lemon problem doesn't affect this particular transaction. Computer parts are no longer assets. Rather, they are commodities, much like grains, barrels of oil, etc. The seller I ordered from pulled SSDs out of a bunch of older computers.

This means that the pulls were likely from a business that has either failed or upgraded to newer machines. In any event, the life of an SSD is determined by write cycles. Not read cycles. So, most servers are going to be either web servers or database servers. And in either case, most of the activity going on will be read, not write. And so even if the SSDs got major, major read activity, it doesn't affect the life of the drive at all.

The only case where I'd have a potential problem on my hands is if this pull was from some graphic design firm or film studio where the busy worker bees read/write huge non-compressible data. But given the extremely slow nature of X25-m's sequential writes, it would be hard to understand why such firms would opt for Intel drives. It's possible of course. Maybe they bought them in 2009 when the Intel drives were the best on the market.

It's just unlikely is all. I know the numbers and the stats. I'm using the market's irrational fear to capitalize on a cheaper drive. Is new better? Obviously. Is it $1.22/GB better? Absolutely not.

 

A graphics firm wouldn't use SSD's for writing (they'll be saving seconds, at most) - they'll use it to be reading their collection of clipart, photos, etc. at the fastest speeds possible and the X25-M is still fast for that type of task even today.

 

Thought I said that, more or less. But oh noes, the horror of used drives.