Crucial M4 SSD on This Week Only

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Hello all

I'm looking to get an SSD for a new build and the 256gb Crucial M4 on This Week Only seems a good bet. I've got a couple of (naive) questions to ask and was hoping that the good folks on this part of the forum could help:

1) It mentions that (presumably the write) speed increases greatly with a firmware flash; do new drives come with the firmware automatically flashed or do you still have to do it yourself? A few reviews on the OcUK site state that the firmware was pre-flashed, but mention '000f'. Is 0309 a new firmware code or simply the date that it was released?

2) Any downsides to a larger SSD? I was hoping to install Windows and software on the SSD and then store documents etc on a separate 1 tb drive.

Many thanks :)
 
000f is an older firmware,its a simple job to flash to latest fw,post here if you need help

larger size is better as they are faster ect,you can put your documents on a storage hdd if your pushed for ssd space
 
Scotteh said:
1) You have to do it yourself, isn't 070H the latest?
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Yes. 000F is fine for Win7 owners and was a good upgrade from 0309. 070H offers improvements for Win8 owners and 'may' offer improvements for Win7 owners, however there have been a lot people on Win7 who had nightmares after going from 000F to 070H. Personally, I stayed with 000F and everything has been ok.
 
I have this drive it is my first SSD and I'm impressed :)

Updated from 040H to 070H tonight and it took seconds


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After :-

 
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M4 is a good drive (I have two). More importantly, they are reliable, and have good support. Perceived SSD Speeds tail off quickly. Synthetic benchmarks don't tell the whole story, so if the price is right, go for it.

There is no downside to bigger SSD. If anything, they are faster.
 
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