March 2011 SSD pricing update:
The list sorted by Gross Price is:
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Tier 1 or 2? Buy at your own risk. No really, these are very new drives and may or may not be reliable or a good value.
Intel (G3) to be known as Intel 320 Series. To be released in April 2011.
Intel 510 Series 120GB ~$317 ~$2.64/GB SSDSC2MH120A2K5
Intel 510 Series 250GB ~$678 ~$2.71/GB SSDSC2MH250A2K5
Crucial C400 64GB ~$130 ~$2.03/GB MTFDDAC064MAM-1J1 or MTFDDAK064MAM-1J1
Crucial C400 128G ~$245 ~$1.91/GB MTFDDAC128MAM-1J1 or MTFDDAK128MAM-1J1
Crucial C400 256GB not in stock yet MTFDDAC256MAM-1K1 or MTFDDAK256MAM-1K1
Crucial C400 512GB ~$920 ~$1.80/GB MTFDDAC512MAM-1K1 or MTFDDAK512MAM-1K1
Corsair Performance 3 64GB ~$175 ~$2.73/GB CSSD-P364GB2-BRKT
Corsair Performance 3 128GB ~$320 ~$2.50/GB CSSD-P3128GB2-BRKT
Corsair Performance 3 256GB ~$825 ~$3.22/GB CSSD-P3256GB2-BRKT
Plextor PX-M2 64GB ~$132 ~$2.06 PX-64M1S
Plextor PX-M2 128GB ~$297 ~$2.32 PX-128M1S
Tier 2 (which is where the best value drives are at this point)
Intel X25-V 40GB ~$ 95 ~$2.25/GB SSDSA2MP040G2K5
Samsung 470 64GB ~$117 ~$1.83/GB MZ-5PA064/US
Crucial C300 64GB ~$127 ~$1.98/GB CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 EOL Pending
Intel X25-M 80GB ~$170 ~$2.13/GB SSDSA2MH080G2K5
Intel X25-M 120GB ~$208 ~$1.73/GB SSDSA2MH120G2K5
Crucial C300 128GB ~$228 ~$1.78/GB CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 EOL Pending
Samsung 470 128GB ~$240 ~$1.88/GB MZ-5PA128/US
Intel X25-M 160GB ~$338 ~$2.11/GB SSDSA2MH160G2K5
Crucial C300 256GB ~$440 ~$1.72/GB CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 EOL Pending
Samsung 470 256GB ~$460 ~$1.80/GB MZ-5PA256/US
Tier 3
Sandforce 1200/1500 drives (not doing pricing for these see note in post above)
Tier 4
OCZ Vertex Plus 64GB ~$136 ~$2.13/GB OCZSSD2-1VTXPL64G
OCZ Vertex Plus 128GB ~$256 ~$2.00/GB OCZSSD2-1VTXPL128G
SuperTalent UltraDrive MT 60GB ~$???? no listing FTM60MT25H
SuperTalent UltraDrive MT 120GB ~$???? no listing FTM12MT25H
SuperTalent UltraDrive MT 240GB ~$???? no listing FTM24MT25H
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Samsung 470 64GB ~$117 ~$1.83/GB MZ-5PA064/US
Intel X25-M 120GB ~$208 ~$1.73/GB SSDSA2MH120G2K5
Crucial C300 256GB ~$440 ~$1.72/GB CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 EOL Pending
Edit: added C400 prices from Superbiiz.