Crucial 256GB SSD on offer this weekend until 9am Monday!

[Perfect_Chaos]

I live within walking distance of the £145.00 samsung drives but I want to give my money to OCUK because I always do.

I don't but 145 with free delivery for forum members sounds good.. nowhere else has stock, not at that price at least.

 

[bemaniac]

I don't but 145 with free delivery for forum members sounds good.. nowhere else has stock, not at that price at least.

Well yeah lol the place I meant doesn't have them and they told me the ones they get next week are probably gonna be sold before they arrive!

 

[BUZZIN_NICE]

wouldnt it be awesome if ocuk tried to offer price matching on most things where possible. massive respect on the price match here. i am not even in the market for another ssd but but really after an excellent gesture like this is really making me want to hit the buy button here

 

[Stoner81]

What a bloody silly price!

Stoner81.

 

[jimhaumman]

Own this drive myself, is a SERIOUS bargain at this price (got mine when it was still £300+). Seriously the best upgrade you can have for your pc.

that what's happens when you want to have cutting edge technology

 

[Broken Hope]

Oh and prices are not dropping on Crucial due to a certain other etailer ruining a brand value, they are actually as of earlier this week going up to restore value worth for the record.

AMD tried to keep the 7970 prices high and used brand value as an excuse, we both know what happened there, they dropped their prices.

 

[The_Baron]

Lovely drive to stick all those new Steam Summer Sale games. That's what I've done

 

[kiel367]

yeh iv got one of these, paid 275 quid for it a while back from here, gutted about the price now but ah well, stonking drive!

 

[Lord Alibaski]

Don't need one at the moment but just purchased one for a future build.

 

[Andrew Moore]

Offer ended

 

[Helios1234]

At least this is back on sale:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-150-SA

 

[tamzzy]

oh snap! the sammy 830 256gb! and cheaper than the crucial m4 on offer!
if anyone was holding off on the weekend, now's the time to pull the trigger

 

[Andrew Moore]

Im going to extend the promo until 9am tomorrow but at a slightly higher price, take a look!

Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) @ £158.99 inc VAT

Continuing the tradition of our award-winning solid-state drives, the Crucial m4 offers mobile and desktop users scorching-fast read and write speeds. Low power, lightweight, and durable, it empowers high-speed synchronous MLC NAND, advanced controller technology, optimized NAND management, and the SATA 6Gb/s interface. Together, that technology dramatically improves data transfers for bandwidth-demanding applications.

Our products are built on decades of design and manufacturing expertise. It is our expertise in NAND technology that enables us to optimize the performance and endurance necessary to build quality solid-state storage devices.

- Sequential Read (up to): 550MB/sec (SATA 6Gb/s)
- Sequential Write (up to): 300MB/sec (SATA 6Gb/s)
- Random 4k Read: 40,000 IOPS
- Random 4k Write: 50,000 IOPS
- PCMark Vantage: 65K HDD Test Score
- Interface: SATA 6Gbps / Backwards Compatible 3Gbps
- Native TRIM support
- Seek Time: .1ms
- Slim 2.5" Design
- 100.5 x 69.85 x 9.5mm
- Lightweight: 75g
- Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
- Storage Temp: -40°C ~ 85°C
- Low Power Consumption: 150 mW in operation, .85 mW in standby
- Shock Resistant up to 1500G
- RAID Support
- MTBF: 1.2 million hours
- Limited 3-Year Warranty

** FIRMWARE UPDATE 0309 - Increased speeds up to 550MB/s **

Link to Firmware: - http://www.crucial.com/support/firmware.aspx


Was £191.99 Inc. VAT

Only £158.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[Nexus18]

Still no epic 128GB SSD deals

 

[chippy08]

When these reach £100 then it will be time to buy but not until then.

 

[Andrew Moore]

When these reach £100 then it will be time to buy but not until then.

Based on current rates of dropping (average over range) this will happen in app 19months...

Could be waiting a while

 

[chippy08]

Dont think it will take that long myself but i can wait.

 

[DennisMenace]

When these reach £100 then it will be time to buy but not until then.

Following that philosophy, you're probably considering upgrading your recent floppy disk drive to the latest newfangled CD reader...

Srsly, if you're on a tight budget, why not get a 128gb SSD for £70-£80? Easily big enough for OS + apps + a few games. I recently bought a 256gb Samsung 830 for under £140 (it's since gone back up to ~£160) which is bigger than I needed, but means I don't have to worry about speed/TRIM degradation as the disk fills up, and allows for greater over-provisioning (and more games). If I'd known the M4 was going to reach ~£150 I'd have waited, but I couldn't resist a bargain like that (the Samsung is slightly faster, but the M4 has a name for reliability... time will tell).

If 256gb drives hit £120 in 6 months time, I won't consider I've wasted £20 - as I'll have had 6 months of a fast booting, quick loading and responsive PC. Eventually they will drop below £100, but by then we'll be using Sata4 SSDs as boot drives, and Sata2/3 for storage/backups.

 

[robgmun]

Good to see that OCUK catching up with the rest of the pack in terms of pricing, but concerned that it will fall behind after Monday. This should be permanent price cut