I've bought a bunch of cheaper SSDs... though my first SSD was quite a doozy at $350. I'm amazed at how cheap SSDs are now, and I never consider a computer without replacing the HDD with a SSD ever.
256 GB Crucial M4 (died in primary rig)
128 GB Crucial M4 (to replace the aformentioned one cause it died).
256 GB Crucial MX100 (formerly in primary rig, now in PS4)
128 GB Crucial MX100 (for my mom's laptop)
240 GB Sandisk Extreme Pro (currently in primary rig)