When will ssd's price fall

prices have dropped though, if you consider a few months ago the 60gb vertex 2e was >130 and now it can be had for (this weekend only!) £91.99
 
I'd say prices started off cheap, then increased when retailers realised how popular the drives were. And it then takes ages for price to drop down again.

A shame there aren't more controller brands about really. Can only think of three available on current models - Intel, Sandforce, JMicron.
 
I bought my 2 kingston 40GB SSD's back in Jan, and I got them both for around £140. They were 'cheap' at the time and just 2 weeks ago I got a 64GB Crucial C300 SSD for £110 - prices seemed almost the same really, I was hoping they'd be much cheaper by now.
 
How long is a piece of sting?

They will eventually get cheaper, but imo they will never drop in price like mechanical hdds seem to fall every year or so.

What's a current average price? about £1.50 / Gb isn't it? (roughly)
 
Ive been watching the prices and they have been falling. Possibly 2-3 months ago the Vertex 2E 60GB was at around £160-£180. Now you can get em for cheap as £97.99. Intel X25M have dropped at a much slower pace compared to the Vertex, nevertheless dropping, but the drop has slowed down now at a much slower pace. Soon as new drives come out, am sure it should begin the cycle of drop in prices on the older models.
 
thinking about it im waiting for £1/GB, not speed, cost

id rather these new drives be cheaper than faster
 
Tehy have dropped quiet abit since they came out. I brought a 30gb OCZ Vertex for £100 = £3.33 per a gb and now you can get a 60gb OCZ Vertex 2X for £92 £1.53 a gb. Obviously I haven't compared other brands or checked performance between drives, but they will fall as developments in SSD's advance or new tech is released such as the revodrives.
 
I bought my Crucial 128GB M225 August 2009 for £193. And the currenty 120GB C300 is going for £212.55 - 7% from quidco = £187 inc vat and delivery. Which is a great off.

I am currently thinking of upgrading my C300 64gb to 120gb. I don't want RAID as I need to then buy a good raid sata 3 card.
 
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