Crucial M4 256 GB SSD $325 shipped @ Newegg

Newegg has the 256 GB Crucial M4 SSD for $325 shipped when you use the promo code CRU206 at checkout. The code expires tomorrow (Feb. 8).

Newegg.com - Crucial m4 CT256M4SSD2BAA 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

Paid 358 like a week and a half ago on amazon.. The day mine got delivered it dropped to 340 so they gave me the difference back. I'm sure amazon will follow soon and be at 325. That's a $33 drop in ~10 days! Edging closer and closer to $1/gb for the bighearted sata3 drives.

I can't imagine benefitting from anything faster for an average consumer. Wonder where they'll go from here. Probably will keep making needlessly fast ssds lol

Edit: fantastic drive btw. Perfect amount of space for me and plenty fast, even on my old laptops sata2 laptop

 

fabulous deal!

 

Amazing deal... I'm running low (sub-12GB free) on my 128GB SSD with games (due to the fact that stupid Steam doesn't have an option to install games to different locations each time), 256GB would have been the perfect size... Oh well, by the time I feel a need to get a larger SSD, I could easily give my wife's laptop or my desktop my old 128GB and upgrade guilt-free

 

If I had the money I'd buy it in a second... alas...

 

So how does this compare to the Samsung 830?
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC256N/AM 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Notebook Upgrade Kit

People seem to be more excited about this deal.

 

Save $34 and reality of it is they're comparable.

 

Yeah I had to move all my steam stuff to my ssd. A 256 would be great if I could afford it.

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As far as I can see, they've been bouncing around the same price range for a long time.

Besides, $1/GB may feel like a milestone, but unfortunately, that's still ridiculously expensive if you have large storage needs. Moving drives are still well over an order of magnitude more cost efficient for storage space. $1 gets you 15-20GB today.

I'm still waiting... (well, not really, I have some SSDs, but I'd like to be able to shove one into a desktop as well)

 

Yeah, I know all too well how much cheaper platter drives are.. $1/fb isn't exactly cheap, but considering where ssd's were a year ago, they're definitely getting cheaper..

The worst part for me is that since ssd's aren't cheap enough for a non-enthusiast to buy one, it feels like torture waiting for things to load on the computers of those who come to me for help lol

 

Haha I know the feeling all too well. I yearn for the days where the computers I fix for friends also have SSDs and it doesn't seem like such a crazy extravagance to the masses.

 

I have the 256GB M4, but if I had a choice I would take the Samsung 830. Reliability on both is excellent. But the Samsung is faster on benchmarks. Still in real world use I doubt I would see any difference. I may pay up $20 more for the Samsung, but I think whichever is cheaper is best.

 

I thought the M4 performed better on benchmarks than the 830, however the 830 had significantly lower power consumption over the M4. However, when it comes to SSD's, all of this is really negligible since they're all blazing fast and use far less power when compared to any mechanical drive alternative. To me when it comes to SSDs, I just care about reliability.

 

To anyone who missed this deal (like me)
Buy.com has it for $326. My post was originally for the 128GB version but then I found the slickdeals link lowering the price. See the links inside the below post.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/notebook-tech-bargains/644637-crucial-128gb-m4-2-5-internal-ssd-157-85-shipped.html (New Customers)