Crucial 240GB M500 or Kingston 240GB V300 SSD

BennettWHU · 25 Dec 2014 at 10:55

I want to swap the 500GB HDD in my laptop with an SSD. Both of them cost roughly £75. My problem is, I don't know much about SSD's and since they're both around the same price point, I don't know which is "better".

Crucial 240GB M500 or Kingston 240GB V300 SSD?

I've gone for a 240GB+ SSD because it is going to be my systems main drive and I don't want to run into issues with running out of space any time soon. I use the laptop for SWTOR and web surfing.

RJC · 25 Dec 2014 at 10:59

Go with the MX100:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

Rroff · 25 Dec 2014 at 11:01

As much as I like Kingston the V300 are a bit of a joke - avoid.

kefan77 · 25 Dec 2014 at 11:04

RJC said:
Go with the MX100:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

do this.

BennettWHU · 25 Dec 2014 at 11:05

RJC said:
Go with the MX100:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

The MX100 is £86.99 which is a bit too expensive for me at the moment.

RJC · 25 Dec 2014 at 11:12

BennettWHU said:
The MX100 is £86.99 which is a bit too expensive for me at the moment.

Sell the wife :eek:

DiNZi · 25 Dec 2014 at 11:40

I also needed to purchase an SSD, I first looked at the MX100 128GB, then when reading up the 240GB+ have better performance.

Take a look here http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Search?searchTerm=brand:Crucial

I went with the M500 240GB in the end and I purchased at £65.

Steveocee · 25 Dec 2014 at 12:12

Go with the mx if you can.

lude1962 · 25 Dec 2014 at 14:02

BennettWHU said:
The MX100 is £86.99 which is a bit too expensive for me at the moment.

cancel the turkey if not too late

rickjames · 25 Dec 2014 at 14:05

What's the difference between the M's and the MX? I wouldnt mind picking one up for my super old Macbook from 2006. Ideally if I could get a 256gb one for under £70 I'd be happy

kefan77 · 25 Dec 2014 at 14:24

manufacturing process and MX is newer and slightly faster.

it doesn't matter which one if it's for 2006 laptop. but note that m500 is 240GB and MX is 256GB, which is 6.7% bigger. so you better look on price per GB than just the price.

rickjames · 25 Dec 2014 at 14:30

Cheers. And yeah anything is a considerable upgrade really, only need it for general browsing/a game or two.

kefan77 · 25 Dec 2014 at 14:32

whichever is on offer tbh.

I have 4x 240GB m500 in household, but buying now, I'd probably lean towards MX.