SSD Drive Price Tracker

Last Updated: 07/01/2009

July 2009 REBATES ON SSD's

NewEgg.com has $20 rebates on select Patriot's new TORX SSD's - As well as $20-30 rebates on OCZ Vertex, Mac Edition, and the blistering Summit series.

BEST SSD PRICES & REBATES: JUNE 2009

A few pricing quirks recently: Amazon OCZ Price Check Snafu? For under $210 you could have either an OCZ 60GB Vertex, Apex, or Core Series SSD. But you wouldn't anything other than the Vertex with its superior read-write performance and Indilinx controller chip for the money. Amazon is generally very price competitive - but pricing can change from day to day depending on competition from it's own 3rd party sellers. Any way you slice it: Great deal on the Vertex SATA II drive.

NewEgg.com has $20 rebates on select Patriot SSD's thru the end of June. Of note the EP Warp Series with peak 240Mb Reads - 160Mb Writes.
Note: NewEgg's site also features a Category Sidebar: Rebate Items in the SSD section link that can make it easy to find current discounts on their drive offerings.

SSD DRIVE PRICE TRENDS: MAY

Price CUTTING seems to be the trend in May: Competition in the 128GB SSD market in particular is getting cheap-er towards $300. Recent Intel X-25M price-cuts at Amazon's SSD section to under $330 still make this top-performing SSD's 'mere' 80GB capacity look anemic for the cost. Best-Bets? The rip snortin' 128 GB G.Skill FALCON Series SSD uses the Indlinx 'Barefoot' controller chipset with comparable performance to rival OCZ's Vertex line -- at a lower cost per GB.

Top-Performing SSD Disk Deals

Single-Layer SLC drives continue to provide the best write speeds and longevity - at a price. In the Multi-Layer MLC arena, Intel's custom chipset, Indilix 'Barefoot' chip and Samsung's latest controllers lead the pack over any current or past JMicron based drives.

80GB Intel MLC Mainstream SSD $50 Price Cut	60GB OCZ Vertex Indilinx Controller	MTron 64GB Fast SLC Drive
Intel X25-M SATA	OCZ's Best SSD Value	SLC Single-Layer SSD

Best Tech Analysis Articles of 2009:

For those seeking ultimate disk performance, check out this Nerdy yet informative in-depth analysis of SSD drive controllers and chipset design by Anand at www.anandtech.com. His extensive take on the Solid-State storage market in his "Final Thoughts" section is a must-read for Top-Performance Geek-Freaks. PC Perspective has a good take on OCZ's Apex Series (vs Intel X25-M vs Velociraptor etc) in this Apex SSD Benchmarks/Comparison with concluding thoughts.

Low-Cost Bargain SSD Deals

30 GB + USB Bargain SSD	64GB SSD Value Drive	Sweet-Spot Size + Speed
OCZ Solid Series 30GB	Cavalry Pelican 64GB	Patriot Warp V2 SSD 128GB <$300

DRIVES OF NOTE FROM INTEL PATRIOT PQI MTRON OCZ TRANSCEND

Intel's Top Performer: SLC Single-Layer 32GB SATA-300 SSD with the highest Read AND LEADING-EDGE WRITE performance to date: ~$400

Patriot PE128GS25SSDR Warp Series Extreme Performance 128GB SATA-II 2.5" SSD

OCZ OCZSSD2-2C120G 120GB 2.5-Inch Core Series V2 SATA II + USB SSD This drive features a MINI-USB connector beside the SATA interface. This innovation allowing you to format, use or prepare the drive without having to internally mount the SSD at all. Great for testing, backups, especially for computer bench techs.

Imation/Mtron Solid State MOBI 3000 - FULL SIZE 3.5" Mounts - SATA-150 Mtron ships some of the fastest SLC SSD's known to date - and are co-branding with Imation. Mtron's drive controller and flash NAND technology splits the line into a 'Value' 3000 series, and high-performance SSD 7000 and 7500 series lines - priced accordingly. They also make 3.5" form-factor direct replacement drives, whereas most others are focusing on smaller laptop/portable 2.5" and 1.8" drive sizes. Mtron's premium 7000 series SSD has mind blowing benchmarks detailed here at NextLevelHardware.com

Looking for a CHEAP SSD? $95 Drive from PQI 32GB MLC Drive: Up to 150mpbs Read - 90mbps Write Speeds + mini USB 2.0 Port