Crucial M500 Price drop ! 120GB SSD 69.99$ + FS Amazon.com

[Za0oO]

Amazon has a couple of SSD, still time left. I believe they're clearing the M500 series since the M550 announcement.

Crucial M500 120GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT120M500SSD1 69.99$ URL : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BQ4F9ZA

Crucial M500 240GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT240M500SSD1 119.00$ URL :http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BQ8RM1A

Crucial M500 480GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT480M500SSD1 229.99$ URL :http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BQ8RHJ2

 

[drw97]

The 240GB model shows $109.99 currently. An even better deal!

 

[Leyawiin]

Got the 240GB last week from them for $109.00 and am very pleased with its performance. AS SSD showed 497 seq read and 274 seq write - so they aren't fudging on the specs (500/250).

 

[GullyFoyle]

Thanks OP, in for one for my HTPC.
Yay for top quality hardware @ Kingston prices.

 

[Awesomedude99]

Got the 240GB last week from them for $109.00 and am very pleased with its performance. AS SSD showed 497 seq read and 274 seq write - so they aren't fudging on the specs

(500/250).

That was the info i was looking for, Thanks for sharing.
Good deal Thanks OP, These are really useful

 

[nwo]

$109 for a 240GB SSD with those speeds is hard to resist...

 

[Zxian]

I picked up two of the 480GB drives recently.

 

[tasukete]

$109 for a 240GB SSD with those speeds is hard to resist...

I jumped on one for $120AR a few months ago, not for the speed but for the capacitors. An enterprise SSD without power-loss protection would be a laughingstock, yet barely any consumer SSDs have it, except this one and the Seagate 600 Pro.

Sure, plenty of drives bench faster than the M500, but no ordinary user is going to experience any difference between 20,000 IOPS and 40,000 IOPS. You can run a small company on 20,000 IOPS. Just a second ago, we were still gushing about the 300 IOPS you get from RAIDing a pair of 10k Raptors...

Mmm... maybe in for another one!

 

[RossMAN]

Other than increased storage capacity, is there any reason I should choose 480GB over 240GB?

It's for my laptop if that's matters.

 

[EvilYoda]

Wow, I had no idea good quality SSDs were so cheap. I have 2 older ones already but 240GB for a hundred is rather...enticing.

edit: time warped the HD forum!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Other than increased storage capacity, is there any reason I should choose 480GB over 240GB?

It's for my laptop if that's matters.

Yes, 480GB has better performance. 240GB and 120GB have reduced NAND channels.

 

[awongsurawat]

I am still deciding between the 240GB for $109, or the 480GB for $229...

 

[QcGuy]

Snagged a M500 480 gig for $229 from Amazon last week, using it for just Steam games.

 

[Mitch101]

Other than increased storage capacity, is there any reason I should choose 480GB over 240GB?

It's for my laptop if that's matters.

If it were a desktop I would say get two of the 240gb then raid them. Go for the 480GB if you got the money and need the space. If you dont need the space then save the money.

 

[PliotronX]

I am still deciding between the 240GB for $109, or the 480GB for $229...

Unless you download all of your steam library onto it, I'd put that extra hundo into a 2x1TB RAID-0 array.... wait that's what I did Hell I'm rolling with the 120GB and with page file, temp file, ancillary/auxiliary software relocated and with Office 2013 and Adobe CC suite installed I still have 90GB remaining.

 

[awongsurawat]

Unless you download all of your steam library onto it, I'd put that extra hundo into a 2x1TB RAID-0 array.... wait that's what I did Hell I'm rolling with the 120GB and with page file, temp file, ancillary/auxiliary software relocated and with Office 2013 and Adobe CC suite installed I still have 90GB remaining.

Thanks! I went with the 240GB! I just need to get the rest of my build together, but I have to sell more stuff first!

 

[PliotronX]

Thanks! I went with the 240GB! I just need to get the rest of my build together, but I have to sell more stuff first!

Man you're going to love it, have you rolled with SSD yet? No goin' back like they say.

 

[awongsurawat]

Man you're going to love it, have you rolled with SSD yet? No goin' back like they say.

I have the Crucial M4 in my MacBook now, this one is going to be for a Windows PC Gaming Desktop build. I have not run an SSD in Windows yet, looking forward definitely to it!

 

[PaducahPhil]

Thanks OP

 

[killster1]

nothing better for close to the same price? looks good to me but IDK!

 

[lupi]

Ugh, still have a 60gb OS drive for one of my systems and at these prices its making me want to upgrade it but really don't want to reinstall everything.

 

[jjmIII]

Intel, please match this!!

 

[PingSpike]

Ugh, still have a 60gb OS drive for one of my systems and at these prices its making me want to upgrade it but really don't want to reinstall everything.

Why not just image the drive? That's what I do most of the time these days.