[DanH Posted Dec 2nd 2009 1:32PM]

This drive's performance hit compared to the 80GB intel SSD is too much. spend the extra $120 for the 80GB. You'll thank yourself later.

[Jeff Kibuule Posted Dec 2nd 2009 1:42PM]

@DanH

The price for the 80GB X-25M drives is back up to $300 on newegg. I think it's best to wait for prices to come down. We're still in the early adopter phase.

[James5mith Posted Dec 2nd 2009 2:30PM]

@Jeff Kibuule

$248 at Amazon, showing in stock on December 5th. I just ordered one. :)

[FitFan Posted Dec 2nd 2009 2:49PM]

@James5mith

Thanks for the tip! I'm starting to get tired of Newegg's practice of jacking the prices on products when inventory drops. They have been really bad about their SSD and video card prices lately.

[ChaosEntity Posted Dec 2nd 2009 5:33PM]

@FitFan
>jacking prices when inventory is low
>basic law of supply and demand
It's called economics 101. The fact that demand is getting high enough to warrant this is good- it means the ssd is becoming more mainstream.

[James5mith Posted Dec 3rd 2009 11:17AM]

@FitFan

Mine shipped out today. Can't wait to give it a run through on the HTPC.