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I've given in and ordered the 256GB version. I tried my best to resist but my Intel SSD is nearly full so I need the extra space.
 
shine said:
Congratulations :)

What was the formatted capacity of the 128 drive?
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As already stated the formatted space was 119gb

I'm quite surprised how much space I have left on the drive after a complete windows install, all my regular applications and a few steam games copied across to it.

The windows install and applications took me to about 95gb and with a few games from steam moved to it using steammover I'm now at 65gb :)

I just hope I don't experience any issues, i've followed all the regular SSD guides and i'm not benchmarker so i'm not going to kill it by running them constantly lol
 
I've gone with the M4 because it's going into my MBP and the C300 doesn't always play nice with Apple. If that wasn't a concern then I'd go for the cheapest of the two.
 
Ultim8 said:
my OCZ vertex has died in my media centre so im looking for a new SSD.
Crucial is my first choice but looking at these benchmarks i cant decide on whether to go for the older C300 or the new M4.

http://www.ssdreview.com/review/com...crucial-realssd-c300-256gb-0002/throuput.html

Anyone else heard anything like this?
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I'd go with the M4 as prices seem to be pretty much the same as the C300. Unless you can find the C300 much cheaper (if so tell me where :p) then just go for the M4
 
Ultim8 said:
Crucial is my first choice but looking at these benchmarks i cant decide on whether to go for the older C300 or the new M4.

http://www.ssdreview.com/review/com...crucial-realssd-c300-256gb-0002/throuput.html
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Looks like the old c300 is faster at reading from them benchmarks :confused:

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shine said:
My M4 should be here Wed so I'll see if I get the same results.
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Another review at h-e-x-u-s said this

But in moving from one generation to the next, Crucial's new drive isn't a major step forward. In fact, it loses out to the year-old C300 in a number of tests, and we find it difficult to say that the m4 is a fundamentally better drive.

What's more, such is the progress made by SandForce through its second-generation SF-2200 controller, which is now being specified in a number of performance-orientated SSDs coming to market, that it makes the Crucial m4's speed seem, in cases, pedestrian in comparison.
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But the specs are faster than the C300?

Not a lot but faster read and write.

Are the 4k specs worse than the C300 ?
 
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Got a 64gb M4 earlier today and its very good. My first SSD so I have nothing to compare it against really thats anywhere near the same level of performance but windows boots up in 7 seconds and doing office work on it is all instant with absolutely no loading times at all.
 
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