Are SSDs leveling out for now???

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I saw on SD a deal for 120gig Agility Series SSDs for $250. I was thinking about getting 1 or 2 of them for a new comp in building, but that may be 1-3 months away.

I havent heard much news since Intel's G2 came out, maybe im just not paying attention. How much do you guys think the SSD market will change in the next few months? Are there any new SSDs nearing launch before the end of the year, or do you think prices of current SSDs will go down regardless?

$500 for 240 gigs of SSD (OCZ Agility Series) seems pretty good, but I dont know if I can find better in 2 months.
 
I don't think there's gonna be any big changes until serial ATA 3.0 motherboards are out. When that happens there's gonna be another big influx of 500+ MB/s SSD drives and maybe some process shrinks at the same time.
 
I think improvements in the controllers/firmware have leveled off for now. It would be nice to see Samsung get it together so we have a true 3-horse race or at least a true 2-horse race for second place. :p
 
Prices almost always get cheaper with technology.

Faster, better, and cheaper has been the way things work. If you are not ready to build, I would wait.
 
Pocatello said:
Prices almost always get cheaper with technology.

Faster, better, and cheaper has been the way things work. If you are not ready to build, I would wait.
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Agree with the above. Since many of these things are selling for over MSRP, I have to believe that prices will continue to drop.
 
I own one and after owning nothing but HDDs (never in a raid) I will never go back! I can't wait for price drops, it's amazing how much your performance increases in everything with an SSD. Mine isn't even one of the fastest out either...
 
I gave up waiting for the OCZ colossus and picked up the OCZ 60GB agility for $130ish from ZZZ deal.

Talk about snappy...and windows boot / startup is soooo speedy.
 
I don't anticipate any disruptive changes in the short-term (6 months?). Intel is at the beginning of the life-cycle in the current generation product. Indilinix is the only other real player in the market, and they will probably be concentrating their efforts on getting TRIM and Windows7 to work.

Although, OCZ is working on their Solid2 and Colossus products. I don't know exactly where the Solid2 is supposed to fit into the market, but the Colossus appears to be a significant evolution.

Solid2:
http://hothardware.com/News/OCZ-Goes-Mainstream-With-Indilinxbased-Solid-2-SSDs/

Colossus:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/

Other than the colossus, the only real movement I see is price reductions as demand is met, and goes down. (Although this may not happen, as we have seen with the unprecedented demand for the Intel G2 X-25.) And as flash becomes cheaper to produce (again, this is a very volatile area and difficult to predict.)
 
I am in the market for an Intel G2 160GB but the current low availability is detrimental to my wallet. $500 is a lot of money but it is supposed to be the most significant upgrade in years.
 
Could always go with a 120GB Vertex for $330 instead... Or an 80GB X25-M for $230, you'd just have to prioritize what you want on the SSD and what's gonna reside on the secondary HDD. I'm pretty happy with 80GB for now... Might offload it unto my netbook down the line and get a larger one for the desktop, or I might get impatient and buy a 60GB OCZ Agility for the netbook before that, heh.

Demand for these is only gonna go higher (or stay the same) after the official Win7 release tho, so I don't see prices budging until next year, 'course there'll still be places selling the X25-M G2 for MSRP and places price gouging and trying to sell 'em for $300+ and $500+. Plenty of places out there to get it at MSRP or close to it tho, just put in a lil' work and be patient.
 
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