best 120gb ssd?

_Jimlad_ · 21 Nov 2011 at 22:09

i have the intel m25 or something, but only 80gb and need something a tad bigger.

what the best to go for, speed wise

Hyburnate · 21 Nov 2011 at 22:12

Intel and M4s

jbloggs · 22 Nov 2011 at 10:21

I think the Crucial M4 is really hard to beat for price/performance/reliability...

_Jimlad_ · 22 Nov 2011 at 10:26

yeah i reckon so

Triggaaar · 23 Nov 2011 at 11:48

THe M4 is £20 more that the Corsair Force Series 3 and threads here suggest the M4 is the better of the two (although not necessarily worth the extra), but the Sequential Write speed of the Corsair is more than twice the speed of the M4, so:
a) is the Write speed just not very important
b) what is special about the M4?

djay · 23 Nov 2011 at 12:38

I'm also looking, how about the Kingston Hyper X 120GB?
Anyone have any experience with these drives?

I'm torn between the HyperX and the Crucial M4

Better write speed on the HyperX and free Battlefield but 8gb less space?

ChrisD. · 23 Nov 2011 at 12:43

+1 for the Crucial.

TFC · 23 Nov 2011 at 14:22

+1 for the M4

CrimsonAvenger · 23 Nov 2011 at 19:41

Another vote for the M4

adam1v · 23 Nov 2011 at 23:35

Are the M4's the best in terms of performance?
How do they compare to the Force GT?

GoogalyMoogaly · 24 Nov 2011 at 00:59

Triggaaar said:
a) is the Write speed just not very important

I think the reason people don't worry about write speed too much is, what are you going to be reading from in order to hit that write speed?
CD/DVD/Blu-ray?
USB drive?
Mechanical HDD?

I suspect the only time you'd hit that speed is if reading from another SSD with a read speed of at least that fast or from something held in memory.
And, how often are you going to be doing it?

_Jimlad_ · 24 Nov 2011 at 07:56

will the M4 be much of an improvement over my intel m25?

Iraklis F.C. · 24 Nov 2011 at 19:04

Corsair force3/GT is a very good option as well, pretty fast demon