Crucial Announces its v4 SSD for Budget Conscious Users

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With the vast majority of systems still running a SATA 3.0 Gb/s interface, Crucial has released its new v4 SSDs to deliver substantial yet affordable performance gains to SATA 3.0 Gb/s systems.

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  • wiinippongamer
    No thanks, there are already a few 128g SSD's on the market that are SATA III with much higher transfers at $99 or less.
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  • sylvez
    Great idea, but they need to make the prices go much lower than that. They are targetting a group of people who are unwilling to pay that much. I say 3/4 it and it will fly off the shelves like hotcakes.
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  • drwho1
    A little too late.
    There already are SATA III at lower prices than this on similar sizes.
    Plus they will work on SATA II.

    If the price range for this were substantially lower (to bear the "budget" gimmick)
    then it would have a real chance. But like this, this aren't "budget conscious" at all.
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  • JDFan
    They really need to work on the pricing if they want it to be considered --- for example looking on Newegg they have this 128GB V4 which is SATA II for $99 for the Bare drive and then right along side it they have the M4 which is much faster SATA III (so faster if you have the SATA III available but just as fast if not faster using the SATA II interface at $99 with a USB to SATA cable for making transfering the data from your old HDD to this SSD easy (which would cost you at least $10+) !!
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  • alcalde
    I can't believe you people.... $50 for an SSD boot drive and you're complaining about the price! Also, "This makes it one of the most affordable SSDs on the market" means it's one of the most affordable SSDs on the market.
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  • mjflis
    Yeah not budget friendly. Have them say $10-15 less (or more) than the sata 3 counterparts and you have a deal.
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  • lokii_0
    Everyone bitching about the price of these drives is forgetting one important thing: the list price of all of the SSDs which are now being sold cheaply is far higher than their sale price. Most of the time, the MSRP of an item is higher than the price at which it is actually sold. If these items have a MSRP which is the sale price of other items, once these SSDs are available for sale, they will likely cost even less than their suggested price, thus making them quite budget friendly.
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  • JDFan
    lokii_0Everyone bitching about the price of these drives is forgetting one important thing: the list price of all of the SSDs which are now being sold cheaply is far higher than their sale price. Most of the time, the MSRP of an item is higher than the price at which it is actually sold. If these items have a MSRP which is the sale price of other items, once these SSDs are available for sale, they will likely cost even less than their suggested price, thus making them quite budget friendly.
    That is Why I went and looked at Newegg --- and this drive is the same exact price for the bare drive as the Same companies M4 version ( REGULAR PRICE no sale involved !!) which is a faster (SATA III drive) and comes with a transfer kit -- so why would anyone go with this and pay more for less just because thy say it is a budget friendly drive ??
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  • mcvf
    JDFanThat is Why I went and looked at Newegg --- and this drive is the same exact price for the bare drive as the Same companies M4 version ( REGULAR PRICE no sale involved !!) which is a faster (SATA III drive) and comes with a transfer kit -- so why would anyone go with this and pay more for less just because thy say it is a budget friendly drive ??Wait a month or two and check prices again.
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  • alidan
    mjflisYeah not budget friendly. Have them say $10-15 less (or more) than the sata 3 counterparts and you have a deal.
    i saw a sale, 256gb sata III great drive, about 150-160$ i forget how much.
    the suggested here for each drive is WAY to much... and they will be cheaper, but only after a while and a next generation of them comes out... drives arent cheaper than msrp from day one unless its by a very small sum, or a new company looking to attract new customers (got borderlands 2 for 20$ off retail price, for that reason)
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