Is the Crucial 64Gb SSD worth the extra £38?

MeatLoaf · 9 Oct 2009 at 18:15

I was going to get a Kinsgton 64Gb SSD to put my OS on for £92. But im wondering if i should get the Crucial instead for its faster write speeds. But is it worth the extra £38? If it had stayed at £115 then yes i would have gone for it but now the difference is enough to make me wonder if its worth it.

ChileanLlama · 9 Oct 2009 at 18:36

See what you think after reading this...http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18064052

MeatLoaf · 9 Oct 2009 at 18:40

The main issue in that thread seems to be the stuttering thing, which according to reviews ive read, these kingstons dont suffer from.

ChileanLlama · 9 Oct 2009 at 18:44

If they're using the JMicron controller then it's likely they will, or at least may, suffer from stutter

MeatLoaf · 9 Oct 2009 at 19:13

ChileanLlama said:
If they're using the JMicron controller then it's likely they will, or at least may, suffer from stutter

Hmm i dont know ive read a few of the kingstons and they say they definatly dont stutter

ChileanLlama · 9 Oct 2009 at 19:16

It's possible - I've not seen any of the later ones in action.

But for the piece of mind and extra performance I'd go with the Crucial.

Richy1204 · 9 Oct 2009 at 19:38

Crucial

MeatLoaf · 11 Oct 2009 at 10:20

Well ain the end the decision was made for me as my wife had some cash off me for kids shoes. I decided to get the Kingston and so far im very pleased with it.

ChileanLlama · 11 Oct 2009 at 10:25

If you're pleased with it, then the M225 maybe isn't worth the extra £38

MeatLoaf · 11 Oct 2009 at 10:27

ChileanLlama said:
If you're pleased with it, then the M225 maybe isn't worth the extra £38

Lol, it helps that the kids also like thier shoes

ChileanLlama · 11 Oct 2009 at 10:36

LOL, I guess the alternative was to get a few drives in RAID and give them the empty boxes and a bit of string for their feet

MeatLoaf · 11 Oct 2009 at 10:42

ChileanLlama said:
LOL, I guess the alternative was to get a few drives in RAID and give them the empty boxes and a bit of string for their feet

Lol now thats an idea

Monkeynut · 11 Oct 2009 at 11:31

MeatLoaf said:
Lol now thats an idea

Recession Clothing!

Slackworth · 11 Oct 2009 at 14:31

ChileanLlama said:
If they're using the JMicron controller then it's likely they will, or at least may, suffer from stutter

They are a JMicron controller but Kingston seem to have been able to sort out the issues with older drives.

ChileanLlama · 11 Oct 2009 at 22:04

I'd heard mixed reviews, my only experience was on the older ones.

This thread is just good news all round

nikebee · 12 Oct 2009 at 11:06

Slackworth said:
They are a JMicron controller but Kingston seem to have been able to sort out the issues with older drives.

That's good news if they have, hopefully OCZ update their firmware for their old Core drives and I can flash it and have a semi decent second SSD next to my Crucial.

All that said, I'd still pay the extra couple of quid and go for the Crucial drives (bugger the kids!

). They're much faster from benchmarks anyway.

Meat Loaf, it'd be interesting if you could post some benchmarks from your Kingston drives just to see how quick they actually are.

The bottom is my Crucial SSD compared to my HDD in work.