Intel M4 or Agility 3?

[geon106]

D-Day for my new build is fast approaching and whilst on these forums I keep hearing about the Intel(EDIT: Crucial) M4 SSD.

On my build I am looking at getting the Agility 3 64GB SataIII for £90 as it seems to have a high read and write speed compared to many of the others, plus SataIII should mean no bottleneck, i'm guessing anyway

But with so much talk and recommendation about the M4 i'm wondering if it is better to purchase that one instead?

 

[geon106]

There isn't an Intel M4. You mean Crucial M4

They're both fantastic drives... either one will do you nicely, it's just down to what you pick out of the reviews, personally I'd go with the Agility 3 for the better timings.

Thank you, and thanks for the correction

I think ill stick to the Agility 3 then I'm no expert at SSD, but it seems a good spec plus i'd like to take advantage of sataIII speeds

EDIT:

@StevieP, yeah i've heard quite a few people recommending the M4 for that reason, may risk the OCZ though, i mean it will only have my OS so if it goes wrong i dont mind taking it back to OCuK for an exchange/refund

 

[geon106]

I could spend the extra £25 and get the Corsair Force GT

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-023-CS&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

Not sure if it is worth the extra over the others, but it is featured in PC Format

 

[geon106]

I'm really in 2 minds about what to do lol.

Option 1:

Get the Agility 3 and risk it failing within the first few months but it seems to be a good performance drive

Option 2:

Go for a Crucial M4, cheaper, slightly slower drive but proven reliability

Option 3:

Spend a bit more for a Corsair Force 3, even better performance, high cost at £119 but don't think it has any bad rep for issues

 

[geon106]

Just get the Crucial. You won't notice the bigger performance unless you move large files a lot. And even then it'll depend on the source you're getting it from so if you're moving files from a old HDD to your SSD then it'll only go as fast as the old HDD can read. And same thing goes if you're moving large files from your SSD to a old HDD it all depends how fast the HDD writes. Seek time is where you see the speed when loading programs etc and they load that quick I doubt you'd see a difference. So no point taking the risk in my eyes.

This is a very good point my friend. I may then look at a cheaper drive with slower write but as fast read as i can find that isn't an OCZ drive.