* Crucial M225 SSD's Available From £102.99 inc VAT *

Andy1911 · 26 Jul 2009 at 21:16

so is it a good idea to get one of these? looking into getting my first ssd and not sure what to go with dont want to spend 2 much either.

Gills · 27 Jul 2009 at 14:13

Andy1911 said:
so is it a good idea to get one of these? looking into getting my first ssd and not sure what to go with dont want to spend 2 much either.

It really depends on what you do most on you're machine. But right now for me its a toss up between these ssd's, the Intel G2's and the Vertex Turbo's.

easyrider · 27 Jul 2009 at 22:42

Whats the warrnty on these?

JediFragger · 27 Jul 2009 at 23:45

Crucial? Looks like 5 years as stated above

bledd · 28 Jul 2009 at 09:55

any reviews of these yet?

these are the first SSD's to really catch my eye, can a mod edit the title so it says Crucial

thanks.

Gills · 29 Jul 2009 at 10:14

Review here

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/2846/crucial_m225_256gb_solid_state_disk/index.html

bledd · 29 Jul 2009 at 12:31

awesome

will a 128gb one

randal · 29 Jul 2009 at 12:34

bledd. said:
awesome

will a 128gb one

Accidentally all over the SATA port?

bledd · 29 Jul 2009 at 12:48

oops

*will be getting a 128gb one

clocka · 29 Jul 2009 at 19:05

interesting, they seem slightly faster than gskill, maybe they are using a newer firmware. £120 is a nice price for 64GB version. Still can't justify 1 when intel drives are much faster, its a shame they are £50 more though

Nice to see ssd's are finally in a competitive market now. Wonder how the new jmicron controllers will perform.

easyrider · 29 Jul 2009 at 20:41

I'm going to get a 64GB crucial 5 yr warranty nice price and speed.

Perfect for my laptop

Gills · 29 Jul 2009 at 22:59

Only thing I dont like about these drives is that there is no jumper. So no firmware upgrades, ever !

Sure hope they got TRIM support right from the off or your out of luck.

clocka · 29 Jul 2009 at 23:08

maybe they might allow firmware upgrades via a dos flasher like with the intel ssd's

Gills · 30 Jul 2009 at 00:41

clocka said:
maybe they might allow firmware upgrades via a dos flasher like with the intel ssd's

Ahh, could be right there. I hope so.

bledd · 30 Jul 2009 at 10:31

any word on these ocuk?

easyrider · 30 Jul 2009 at 11:11

I should have a power house of a laptop

Crucial SSD 64GB for boot 500GB WD for storage.

Gotta love the Dell Vostro 1700's allowing two hardrives

bledd · 30 Jul 2009 at 11:19

is the second drive bay also usable as a secondary battery?

my dog old (pentium M 1.6, 1gb ddr1) D600 has this

it's awesome, between my 4 batteries it has around 18 hours battery

Andy1911 · 31 Jul 2009 at 11:05

Gills said:
It really depends on what you do most on you're machine. But right now for me its a toss up between these ssd's, the Intel G2's and the Vertex Turbo's.

basicly i would be wanting to use it for the op sys and a couple of games

Moeks · 31 Jul 2009 at 11:59

Hmm very interesting indeed, I was trying to decide between the OCZ Summit and the GSkill Falcon 120/128GB ssd's ...now Crucial throw this into the mix

...and an ssd is the best way I can make an alround good upgrade now, bare in mind I don't play many games anymore so a faster graphics card is of questionable value really, my old 8800GT is fast enough for anything I do.

cavemanoc · 1 Aug 2009 at 07:40

Given the way the pricing scales - would it be better to get 2x64Gb or 1x128gb? I'm guessing that the speed increase of the Raid would be nice - but what impact would it have on the random access times (from an onboard controller?)

Do these support TRIM out of the box?

One last addition - come on Overclockers - about to buy this from a competitor - get them in please, please, please...

*** Crucial M225 SSD's Available From £102.99 inc VAT ***

* Crucial M225 SSD's Available From £102.99 inc VAT *