There is <i>nothing</i> that makes SSDs with power loss protection inherently expensive. As always, it&#x27;s just market segmentation...<p>A large supercap in the 100-200mF range for an SSD is around $1 or $2. In fact you can implement power loss protection with less capacitance with regular tantalum caps like the Intel 320 did (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.storagereview.com&#x2F;intel_ssd_320_review_300gb" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.storagereview.com&#x2F;intel_ssd_320_review_300gb</a>). But drive manufacturers see the consumer market doesn&#x27;t care about power loss protection, so they decide to scrap the feature, which saves a buck or two, and saves some PCB space.