Best 120GB SSD

Peerzy · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:19

What's the best 120GB/128GB OcUK are doing at the moment?

Looking for something that's reliable, decent bang for buck and considered a decent buy.

cmndr_andi · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:21

I would go with the Crucial M4 128GB. It is fast, reliable and currently costs £127.

beejjacobs · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:34

cmndr_andi said:
I would go with the Crucial M4 128GB. It is fast, reliable and currently costs £127.

This without a doubt

Andrew Moore · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:39

Im going to throw a spanner in the works here and say that the M4 although what i would have opted for for the past 6 months + is now not the drive to have.

Its an Excellent drive but for warranty purposes etc I would go with the Intel 520 series and if its a cost issue the Vertex 3 120GB.

Everyone has Crucial now, it just doesnt seem special enough and Crucial have become arrogant to what else is on offer from other manufacturers due to their recent boom in sales.

Just my 2cent

oxygene · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:41

Can open. Worms... everywhere.

cmndr_andi · 28 Mar 2012 at 15:08

If the OP can afford the £155 for the Intel 520 120GB then it is a fantastic drive to go for and with a 5 year warranty and Intel's exceptional SSD reliability history the extra price over a M4 could be justified without even looking at the extra performance.

However, with the Vertex 3 being around the same price as the Crucial M4 then given the choice between the two I would still go with the M4 - mainly due to peace of mind.

KraniX · 28 Mar 2012 at 15:46

I just ordered the M4, was on offer from here for £120 yesterday, seems to be that price normally from some other retailers though.

I looked around a lot and seemed like a good SSD, maybe not the fastest but very respectable scores all round, was having a problem with BSOD's due to some quirky error in a very small number of cases but is easily fixed in the latest firmware.