INTEL SOLID STATE PRICE DROPS

[Slackworth]

We have just dropped the price of the superb Intel SSDs by up to £30.

Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) @ £86.99 inc VAT

Intel Value Solid-State Drives represent an advancement in storage technology that is specially engineered to deliver robust performance for cost effective solutions. Intel X25-V SSD was created to take on the most demanding applications your netbook or notebook PC has to offer, at a significant value for solid-state computing. It also provides a high-performance reliable boot drive for desktop and embedded applications.

- Capacity: 40GB
- Read: Up to 170MB/sec
- Write: Up to 35MB/sec
- NAND Flash: 34nm Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-II
- Low Power Consumption
- Lightweight (68g)
- Shock Resistant

Only £86.99 inc VAT.

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Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1) @ £168.99 inc VAT

Intel Solid-State Drives represent a revolutionary breakthrough that delivers a giant leap in storage performance. Intel Solid-State Drives are designed to satisfy the most demanding gamers, media creators, and technology enthusiasts. These new drives bring a high level of performance and reliability to notebook and desktop PC storage, at a fraction of the cost of the previous generation of Intel SSD products. Drawing from decades of memory engineering experience, and new, industry-leading compute-quality 34nm NAND flash memory manufacturing processes, Intel Mainstream SATA SSDs are designed to deliver outstanding performance, featuring the latest-generation native SATA interface with an advanced architecture employing 10 parallel NAND flash channels equipped with multi-level cell NAND flash memory. With powerful Native Command Queuing to enable up to 32 concurrent operations, Intel Mainstream SATA SSDs deliver higher input/output per second and throughput performance than other SSDs on the market today - and drastically out-perform traditional hard disk drives. These drives also feature low write amplification and a unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability, meaning Intel drives not only perform better - they last longer.

- Capacity: 80GB
- Read: Up to 250MB/sec
- Write: Up to 70MB/sec
- NAND Flash: 34nm Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-II
- Low Power Consumption
- Lightweight (80g)
- Shock Resistant

Only £168.99 inc VAT.

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Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH160G2C1) @ £324.98 inc VAT

Intel Solid-State Drives represent a revolutionary breakthrough that delivers a giant leap in storage performance. Intel Solid-State Drives are designed to satisfy the most demanding gamers, media creators, and technology enthusiasts. These new drives bring a high level of performance and reliability to notebook and desktop PC storage, at a fraction of the cost of the previous generation of Intel SSD products. Drawing from decades of memory engineering experience, and new, industry-leading compute-quality 34nm NAND flash memory manufacturing processes, Intel Mainstream SATA SSDs are designed to deliver outstanding performance, featuring the latest-generation native SATA interface with an advanced architecture employing 10 parallel NAND flash channels equipped with multi-level cell NAND flash memory. With powerful Native Command Queuing to enable up to 32 concurrent operations, Intel Mainstream SATA SSDs deliver higher input/output per second and throughput performance than other SSDs on the market today - and drastically out-perform traditional hard disk drives. These drives also feature low write amplification and a unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability, meaning Intel drives not only perform better - they last longer.

- Capacity: 160GB
- Read: Up to 250MB/sec
- Write: Up to 70MB/sec
- NAND Flash: 34nm Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-II
- Low Power Consumption
- Lightweight (80g)
- Shock Resistant

Only £324.98 inc VAT.

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[Slackworth]

I've got a change to make to the 160GB first thing to make it cheaper. Should be around £320ish

Ha there's the proof that the new drives are on their way.

80GB at £100 is my guess for gen 3 (without price gouging)

The new drives are not going to be available till the end of 2010.

 

[Slackworth]

So er... no offence but why delete my post if you're just going to do what I said anyway?

If it is indeed £320 in the morning I might well have one off you.

If you read the rules you will see quoting competitors pricing is against the rules.

Price adjusted.

 

[Slackworth]

Mainly retail. We have some mixed stock at the moment though.

 

[Slackworth]

Any chance of these price drops spreading across the SSD range Slackworth? i.e Crucial drives?

Is this price drop down to exchange rate conditions?

Nope. Intel have dropped their $ purchase price.

Oh its going to be late this year but with something like this they want a more gradual transition so they are not left with a lot of old stock.

Correct. Very good business sense by them to be fair.

You have to remember though that when Gen. 3 comes out, Gen.4 will be x amount of time away. Unless you have a LOT of money, you will never be able to keep up with the market 100%.

80Gb for £100 would actually be a very good deal, your looking at just enough storage capacity to fit in a reasonable amount of programs & games without constantly having to reinstall software. Lets hope the technology matures to the point where we will see SSDs a standard component in most builds. I'd say your price prediction is wishful thinking though, that said I know nothing about how the technology is developing in terms of production cost efficiency.

Going to be a while before we see a good SSD anywhere near that price. Cheaper SSD's are appearing on the market but the specification I would say is actually taking a backwards step. Anything remotely decent and the price is on the increase.