SSD Prices Went Down, Down, Down 46 Percent On Average Over The Past Year

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If you watched HDD prices soar after the Thailand floods and found yourself grumbling that SSDs should be cheaper, good news! Your wish has come true, at least to some degree. The hardworking souls over at The Tech Report and Camelegg have analyzed scads and scads of SSD price points over the past year and found that prices are down nearly 50 percent in that time frame, with several models now dropping below the vaunted $1/GB price point.

That's been sparked by competitive pricing wars between Crucial, OCZ, Corsair and Samsung, with a lot of the cuts coming from SSDs based around SandForce's super-popular controllers. The one stodgy holdout price-wise is Intel; various versions of its 520 series and 320 series SSDs cost more dollar-for-data -wise than any other SSDs on the market, with the 40GB 320 series SSD going for a whopping $2.31 per GB.

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[h=1]SSD Prices Continue to Trend Downward[/h]

As hard drive prices remain high since the Thailand floods of 2011, the SSD prices have taken a different trend, a much appreciated downward trend in prices.

The guys at The TechReport worked with Camelegg, which tracks prices at Newegg and other sites, to compile data of SSD prices over the past 16 months. They reviewed many of the popular SSDs to see how the market trend was on with regards to $/GB, which has been a popular discussion point with SSD users.

As SSD users, we are looking for the $/GB prices to drop and reach that so called "magical" less than a $1/GB that many feel makes it worth while to purchase.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Solid_State_Drives-Prices-Trend-ssd-drop,16013.html#xtor=RSS-181