Crucial M4 $199.99 FS, NR

6 months and my SSD has depreciated in value by over 50%. :mad:
 
ugh i just bought a samsung 830 256 for 289.99 at amazon.... should i return it and get one of these....
 
I have to laugh now at people selling used ones for $150. Okay TRYING to sell them is a better word. I just had a brain fart, the people selling them for $150 are 128gb, this thread is about the 256.
 
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man.... and i just bought a samsung 128GB for $130 from newegg.... i would've bit on this deal instead ><
 
Got one from Amazon, what a great deal. Really looking forward to seeing what will replace the M4.
 
pelo said:
Well, buy one if you need one but don't buy it just because it's a good deal. I read an analyst report earlier this year that said SSD prices were going to drop below the $1-per-GB mark by late summer. That report looks to have been a bit too conservative and we're nearing that mark already
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Someone can't seem to do math. :p
 
pelo said:
Yep. SSD prices should be under $1-per-GB by summer, and not just the asynch cheaper models. If you need an SSD then buy this as there's no reason not to, but don't buy it if you don't need it while under the assumption that you won't find a better deal. Cheaper deals will almost certainly be had.

I'm waiting for summer to buy a new laptop + SSD :D
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Since these prices are the result of a deliberate price war, they may end up going back up.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120425PD202.html
 
Historic deal. Best drive for the best price from the best store (Amazon).

Just bought a 128GB for $125 a few days ago thinking I'd scored but it'll have to go back because $75 more for 128GB more is too hard to pass up, not to mention the 256GB model is almost twice as fast as the 128GB in read and writes due to the way SSD controllers and nand layouts are designed - throughput tends to scale with capacity, especially with the Crucials. C300's were the same way.

This will be like my 4th 256GB M4. Last one I bought according to Amazon was November 1 and I paid $349, lol.. And even at that price it has been worth every penny.
 
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AthlonXP said:
Yup if I am correct we are at 78 cents a gig now right??
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I prefer to go by formatted capacity, which is 238gb. 84 cents :D

I don't have a problem if it drops to $150 in just a few weeks, might pick up another one if they do.
 
wow... I don't really need another ssd right now but so tempting...
 
This is an amazing price, but I don't need one for another 1-2 months or so, hopefully prices continue to drop :)
 
pelo said:
And you seem to be under the misconception that a Crucial M4's price = prices of all SSDs... Take a gander at Newegg or Amazon prices and you'll see they're still above 1-to-1, with the exception of a few.

http://news.techworld.com/storage/3328861/ssd-prices-due-to-fall-under-one-dollar-per-gigabyte/
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You seem to be under the assumption that we gives a rat ass about what some random study claims is the average price per gig of across the entire SSD market. As a consumer, all I care about is the lowest price per gig at which I can buy a reasonably well-reviewed mainstream SSD. So $0.78 or $0.84 works for me, as being the effective price-per-gig right now.

This is like quoting the MSRP price of a 2500k, instead of the MicroCenter price.
 
Missed one of the best deals this year. :mad:

Edit: Amazon is still temporarily price matching, yay
 
I had to do it. amazon no tax just made it sweeter. I got in in it while ago. I went against my rule of no driving and touching my phone.
 
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AmberClad said:
You seem to be under the assumption that we gives a rat ass about what some random study claims is the average price per gig of across the entire SSD market. As a consumer, all I care about is the lowest price per gig at which I can buy a reasonably well-reviewed mainstream SSD. So $0.78 or $0.84 works for me, as being the effective price-per-gig right now.

This is like quoting the MSRP price of a 2500k, instead of the MicroCenter price.
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niceguy1234 said:
OOS now in Newegg
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Welp there goes that, now the lowest price per gig is $0.89! Deal breaker! :eek:

Update: oh wait its back at $0.78!
 
I am very active on slickdeals and not so active on hardforums......i am always hard for the wifey though


I picked up the Crucial M4 and used a coupon from ccccpn for $.95 which was $30 off $150. Purchased the m4 on staples website.

$249.99 - $30 coupon = $219.99 + 18.14 (TAX....FU UNCLE SAM) = $238.14. I called in and had staples PM Amazon.com since there price around 12pm central and 2pm central was $199.99 with no tax and free 2 day shipping. Staples gave me a refund for $54.13 after tax making my final purchase price $184.00.

Last week i picked up 2 120gb sandisk extreme and paid $99 for 1 and $79 for the other. I plan to send back the sandisk i bought for $99 and just keep the $79 as a backup or flip it off to pay for some beer.

What is better in terms of quality, speed and reliability. The sandisk extreme 120gb or crucial m4 256gb. I care about the $$$, honestly both cost about the same to me per gb so don't worry about the size difference....just pure raw numbers

http://slickdeals.net/f/4339394-256G...Free-Shipping?

http://ccccpn.com/
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hmm no tracking from amazon yet. Still says shipping soon. Hopefully it already shipped out and hasn't been updated yet.
 
avddreamr said:
Crap i just got mine from buy.com for 10.00 more. I wonder if they will pricematch :)
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not likely, but then how much time do you really want to spend bickering over $10? Try to remember to place a value - a price tag - on free time.
 
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xero404 said:
how do you amazon price match? looks the like drive is 229 straight from amazon and the td one is out.
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he is not talking about now. Amazon automatically price matched newegg this morning. I ordered mine from them too, but this is the first time amazon failed to ship my order the same day. I think they might be out of stock and might have sold too many and I hope not actually. Oh well still a super hot deal.
 
buy.com has 14 days price match .. so shoot them an email with the updated price on buy.com website which is $199 and then $10 off for new customer. If you are paying more than $189 for this SSD than you sire are a fool..... I do not care how much you make. You can take 5 minutes out and shoot a email to buy.com and get some money back instead of fapping your tiny e-peen.

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http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-256gb-2-5-sata-iii-solid-state-drive-ssd/221150375.html?s


$10 off new customer...derp use a new email

http://www.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=82955137&&

http://slickdeals.net/f/4343646-Crucial-256GB-M4-SSD-for-200-at-Buy-com-190-for-new-customers?
 
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faiz23 said:
I am very active on slickdeals and not so active on hardforums......i am always hard for the wifey though


I picked up the Crucial M4 and used a coupon from ccccpn for $.95 which was $30 off $150. Purchased the m4 on staples website.

$249.99 - $30 coupon = $219.99 + 18.14 (TAX....FU UNCLE SAM) = $238.14. I called in and had staples PM Amazon.com since there price around 12pm central and 2pm central was $199.99 with no tax and free 2 day shipping. Staples gave me a refund for $54.13 after tax making my final purchase price $184.00.

Last week i picked up 2 120gb sandisk extreme and paid $99 for 1 and $79 for the other. I plan to send back the sandisk i bought for $99 and just keep the $79 as a backup or flip it off to pay for some beer.

What is better in terms of quality, speed and reliability. The sandisk extreme 120gb or crucial m4 256gb. I care about the $$$, honestly both cost about the same to me per gb so don't worry about the size difference....just pure raw numbers

http://slickdeals.net/f/4339394-256G...Free-Shipping?

http://ccccpn.com/
Reply With Quote
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damn i bought my coupon for $3
 
$3 for a $30 coupon is PWNAGE....i rarely ever pay for coupon and if i do it is like $1 for $30 off coupon. Please do your research on slickdeals before you just fork over you cash..unless you don't care about forking over money to big companies and resellers.

Heck..i used the backdoor trick for staples on the coupon and have like 15 of the $25 of $75 coupons just sitting in my coupon folder on my desktop...lolz
 
faiz23 said:
$3 for a $30 coupon is PWNAGE....i rarely ever pay for coupon and if i do it is like $1 for $30 off coupon. Please do your research on slickdeals before you just fork over you cash..unless you don't care about forking over money to big companies and resellers.

Heck..i used the backdoor trick for staples on the coupon and have like 15 of the $25 of $75 coupons just sitting in my coupon folder on my desktop...lolz
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$2.49 for $30 off 150
everyone on SD kept saying ejunkie and it gave me $2.5 as the cheapest lol
whats teh backdoor trick if i may ask?

damn now i have $500 of staples giftcard bought for $350
hmmm i think ill get 3x 256 haha
 
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