Friday, February 18, 2011

The stock prices of SSDs, it is urgent to wait

The return of our stock prices of SSDs. And it is urgent to wait. Indeed, if the SSD is less expensive but still comparatively more expensive than a hard drive, new generations arrive. And Vertex 2, Intel X25-M "Postville" Crucial C300 (etc.) are dying. Vertex 3, the new generation of X25-M and C400 Crucial come with memory in 25 nm, which should reduce prices and increase performance.

Obviously, there are some false notes, and memory in 25 nm already poses some problems, especially from OCZ has quietly replaced the memory in 34 nm memory in 25 nm, with the key to a decrease in performance and speed, but it is a priori isolated case, at least for now, and the company replacing the models with faster versions on request.

The problem of life, often put forward is not really one: even in 25 nm, it is virtually impossible to reach the limits of current SSD using the SSD in a "normal" for many years . And in practice, evolution is so fast that a DSS can be used advantageously replaced entirely by a USB key for a fraction of the price.

For the rest, the prices are quite stable and models 2.5 inches and 3.5 inches are now almost at the same price, while the difference could reach 20% to the advantage of 3.5 inches a few months ago. Specifically, buying a 2.5 "is useful if you want to install in a laptop or if you regularly change material-with the opportunity to recycle a laptop - for the other is a 3.5-inch good choice.

At the average price, you get the € 1.5 GB on some models and the average is around 2 € per GB, which seems high now, but at conventional hard drives a few years ago. And 25 nm models are expected to reach 1 € the GB this year, analysts said.

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