Crucial OCZ Intel ssd prices

roachyuk · 6 Sep 2011 at 22:09

i was just wondering why the prices are a lot cheaper on ocz agility and vertex crucial m4 than the intel 510 is there any reason thanks

FreeStream · 6 Sep 2011 at 23:13

Wow thats a HUGE difference.

I know the Intel drives tend to be more reliable but not for £80+ more

roachyuk · 6 Sep 2011 at 23:20

i know i bought mine when they first came out and they were all around the same price....now they have dropped except intel ones.

LtMatt · 7 Sep 2011 at 13:58

roachyuk said:
i know i bought mine when they first came out and they were all around the same price....now they have dropped except intel ones.

With Intel youre paying for quality and no reliability issues. Its worth the extra ££ for peace of mind and hassle free operation.

Azuse05 · 7 Sep 2011 at 17:32

Actually a years on-line backup is £32 from certain providers which provides better peace of mind since it also works if your pc burns down or get pinched

Still, 510 drives are using 32nm nad, which is simply more expensive than 32nm. Intel also likes it's high margins and asking for a cheap ssd is like asking them to sell a cpu that doesn't have a 50% mark-up

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Andrew Moore · 7 Sep 2011 at 17:33

Intel dont drop prices.

Everyone else does.

Intel WILL price them selves out of the market especially when you consider than the 510 series is the same (bar the nand used) as the crucials hence the reason they perfom near the same.

Azuse05 · 7 Sep 2011 at 23:17

Andrew Moore said:
Intel dont drop prices.

Everyone else does.

Intel WILL price them selves out of the market especially when you consider than the 510 series is the same (bar the nand used) as the crucials hence the reason they perfom near the same.

You couldn't explain why you only have a single intel ssd above 100GB in stock right now could you? The 320/510 120GB+ ssd have vanished as in they're not showing as zero in stock but the listings are gone :confused:

FreeStream · 7 Sep 2011 at 23:20

Andrew Moore said:
Intel dont drop prices.

Everyone else does.

Intel WILL price them selves out of the market especially when you consider than the 510 series is the same (bar the nand used) as the crucials hence the reason they perfom near the same.

Well why can't the retailers do anything about this?

If OcUK has such buying power then surely somebody at Intel has to listen.