Nice card but I don't need all that space and for the 100 clam difference between the 128 and 256 I will grab the 128 which should last me yonks if I look after it
"100 clam difference" -- first I've heard that one, I like it!
Actually though, if you want to compromise, some manufacturers make 200GB cards.
PNY is one of them ($80) two of those cards have survived for 1 year (
EDIT: fixed time frame) without issue, a third died after a faulty power supply killed it, and a fourth got lost in the 100 feet between my living room and my car (butterfingers...). Both they and Lexar made the variants for a while, each can be found on Amazon or eBay if you know the right spots for slightly lower.
Here's a Lexar on eBay (
EDIT: Link removed, see below) for $65 by a seller that's been around since June 2011 and has almost 7,000+ feedback score of 99.5%
(I will note that I will be buying that exact eBay listing once I finalize my GC setup and will test those guys. Newegg had PNY, Lexar, and the "black card / red text" SanDisk guys that were having numerous issues, so I went with PNY on the basis of a $10 sale. Lexar is an untested brand, but I'll take the plunge for science again no problem!)
It should be said that bleeding edge capacities come with ridiculous pricing. The cards I mention are from an era where 200 GB was attainable, but 256 GB was just starting to come out, so 200 GB was inherently lower in pricing.