Is an M4 really THAT good?

Surveyor · 6 Jul 2012 at 07:47

kedge said:
I agree with this, my only gripe with ssd's is the actual data storage amount usable to the consumer. My Crucial m4 128gb ssd only has 119gb data storage, 9 gb put aside for the actual marvell controller and wharever else is inside the drive before the end user storage.

moogle said:
He's talking about the spare flash that SSD's keep for maintenance and increasing life. The 120GB SSD's do that and have the 8GB hidden (I think), I don't know whether the 128GB ones have 136GB actually and have that 8GB hidden or they just mention it in the specs to make it look better.

It can't be the filesystem, taking up 8GB of space. Could be the conversion to bits to bytes as 128GB -> 122GiB.

It's the difference between the decimal system used by disk manufacturers (GB) and binary system used by Windows (GiB).

128GB = ~119.2GiB

It's not new.

HDD's have been measured that way for as long as I can remember.

moogle · 6 Jul 2012 at 07:58

Surveyor said:
It's the difference between the decimal system used by disk manufacturers (GB) and binary system used by Windows (GiB).

128GB = ~119.2GiB

It's not new.

HDD's have been measured that way for as long as I can remember.

How'd you get 119.2?

128 x 10^6 / 1024^2 = 122.07

jakspyder · 7 Jul 2012 at 07:25

after the calculation between GB and GiB you take a bit off for filesystem and such.

GPR · 7 Jul 2012 at 07:48

I would like to buy the Crucial M4 256Gb but cannot find the link , any help please. :confused:

moogle · 7 Jul 2012 at 07:54

jakspyder said:
after the calculation between GB and GiB you take a bit off for filesystem and such.

That's not the reason, but I realised my mistake

GPR said:
I would like to buy the Crucial M4 256Gb but cannot find the link , any help please.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-010-CR

Muel · 7 Jul 2012 at 09:25

M4, all the way.

GPR · 7 Jul 2012 at 10:28

Thankyou for the link, does Overclockers price match as I have seen the
M4 256Gb for £159.90 from a Uk supplier.

robgmun · 7 Jul 2012 at 21:24

GPR said:
Thankyou for the link, does Overclockers price match as I have seen the
M4 256Gb for £159.90 from a Uk supplier.

Yep and only a couple of pounds more directly from the company!! Overclockers are seriously dragging there heels on the price reduction on these! I'm buying one next month and if they don't reduce the price here then there going to loose my purchase!

Ollie1132 · 7 Jul 2012 at 22:08

robgmun said:
Yep and only a couple of pounds more directly from the company!! Overclockers are seriously dragging there heels on the price reduction on these! I'm buying one next month and if they don't reduce the price here then there going to loose my purchase!

Your insane lol.

The prices are already low enough xD

kiel367 · 7 Jul 2012 at 23:03

bought my m4 256gb drive back when they were about 230 quid, still boots up from pressing the button to desktop is fully useable in 26 seconds, love the m4

robgmun · 8 Jul 2012 at 08:41

Ollie1132 said:
Your insane lol. The prices are already low enough xD

That's an insane comment it really is. If you can save youself £30 you'd be a nutter not to go with it. :rolleyes:

Ollie1132 · 8 Jul 2012 at 15:46

robgmun said:
That's an insane comment it really is. If you can save youself £30 you'd be a nutter not to go with it.

Ahah true. But consider the fact a 128GB m4 was once about £120 and is now at £90 ^.^

moogle · 8 Jul 2012 at 15:47

Thought it was £74?

Ollie1132 · 8 Jul 2012 at 15:48

moogle said:
Thought it was £74?

You are forgetting to add VAT.

moogle · 8 Jul 2012 at 15:49

Ollie1132 said:
You are forgetting to add VAT.

Nope, it definitely was £74 for the 128GB at some point. It wasn't from OcUK though but I remember it was at that price.

Ollie1132 · 8 Jul 2012 at 15:57

moogle said:
Nope, it definitely was £74 for the 128GB at some point. It wasn't from OcUK though but I remember it was at that price.

Well it probably was an offer of sorts. When you consider a 64Gb M4 is £62 inc VAT

moogle · 8 Jul 2012 at 16:00

Ollie1132 said:
Well it probably was an offer of sorts. When you consider a 64Gb M4 is £62 inc VAT

It was a special offer a month ago, but it looks to be the normal price at that place right now.

Ollie1132 · 8 Jul 2012 at 16:12

I see. Well I would still happily pay £90 for it from OCUk since their customer service is worth the extra and i'm always garunteed help when I need it.

moogle · 8 Jul 2012 at 16:14

Ollie1132 said:
I see. Well I would still happily pay £90 for it from OCUk since their customer service is worth the extra and i'm always garunteed help when I need it.

Well if I were in the same position as you I would do the same as well. I wouldn't risk buying from somewhere cheaper without having had the 'good customer service' that everyone else may have experienced with them.

However when you have a manufacturer like Crucial who have a UK RMA base and are good with RMA's if the price difference was significant I would take a chance on it

robgmun · 8 Jul 2012 at 17:41

moogle said:
Well if I were in the same position as you I would do the same as well. I wouldn't risk buying from somewhere cheaper without having had the 'good customer service' that everyone else may have experienced with them.

However when you have a manufacturer like Crucial who have a UK RMA base and are good with RMA's if the price difference was significant I would take a chance on it

Hang on, you'd still pay £30 over the odds from overclockers over direct from the manufacturer because of 'customer service'??

I'm out... it's your money you're burning