Crucial M4 or not?

Svarog

Svarog

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I got 2 x Vertex (1) 120GB in Raid at the moment but recently it seems one of them is causing issues which result in system shutdowns.

Since i read a LOT of bad about any OCZ SSD lately i'm looking for something else rather than going thru RMA and get another poor thing. Also i don't think i'm gonna bother with SandForce.

Seeing the Intel 320's are getting a little old by now i ended up with a Crucial M4. Does anyone have experience with these drives, cuz after reading some reviews Price/Performance wise they are very good. Just want to know i don't end up with another bad SSD. I'm aware that the Write speeds of the Crucial arn't as fast as an OCZ or Corsair, but i care more about reliability.

I did dig up some prices and it seems that going with a single 256GB would be cheaper. Ofcourse going 2x 128GB RAID0 would increase my Read Speed but i don't really feel that's worth the trouble.

So just want to know if Curcial is a reliability SSD to go for.
 
They're supposed to be awesome mate.

Also consider the Kingston HyperX range.
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Funnily enough I was reading a rave review about these drives yesterday. They have recently released a new firmware version 0009 which has bumped the speeds a fair bit.

Do you guys think that the lower write speeds on these drives in comparison to say the Vertex 3 would be noticeable in any way?
 
I haven't got one, but I'm thinking the real world performance wouldn't be too far off the SSD's with higher write speeds. The average read and writes are what matter and I think the M4 is on par with similarly prices SSD's (at least after the firm ware update).
 
I just ordered a Curcial M4 256GB. Had posted this on more forums and basicly they all say the same:

"Stop reaiding this post and buy one now"
 
I got the 128GB a few months back, on the 0009 f/w version, it's amazing. It just gets the job done at some crazy speeds, BF3 maps loading up in a matter of seconds, it's unreal. Not had a single issue with mine, and not much performance degradation while the capacity fills up. Check out my project log I think there are some figures in there.
 
Just got my Crucial M4 256Gb. It came with 0009 already, so that saved me updating trouble aswell
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So in real world use, what difference do you think that the IOPS make 20,000 vs 50,000 vs 85,000 (M4 64GB - M4 256GB - Force GT)?
 
Funny thing is when i had the 2x Vertex in RAID0 (550 Read/ 335 Write) they got a 7.6 Windows score. Now with this single M4 i got 7.8 heh.
 
Svarog said:
Funny thing is when i had the 2x Vertex in RAID0 (550 Read/ 335 Write) they got a 7.6 Windows score. Now with this single M4 i got 7.8 heh.
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mmmm

If I was buying now I would be kinda leaning towards a small Force GT....
 
IOPS irl shouldn't make too much of a difference, to me the price is a big factor, plus the M4 is reliable as anything
 
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