Whats the best SSD?

JButlerUK · 26 Jul 2011 at 21:43

I have been looking at this one:

Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

However the Intel ones come with a 5 year warranty for abit more, any thoughts?

Also is it worth the cost getting SATA II vs SATA III for a new build pc?

Levirginien · 27 Jul 2011 at 13:50

Go Intel...

RiseAgainst · 27 Jul 2011 at 13:53

some people say intel are overpriced with there ssd's but i have also seen a few people on here with OCZ one saying they have failed. I would say if you have the budget then intel will give you peace of mind otherwise something like the one you have linked or the corsair nova seem to get a good name

Duke · 27 Jul 2011 at 13:54

The M4 would be my choice if I bought today.

MooMoo444 · 27 Jul 2011 at 14:07

RiseAgainst said:
i have also seen a few people on here with OCZ one saying they have failed./QUOTE]

While they may have failed, people don't create a topic saying their drive is working fantastic and they've not had any problems - so it creates a false illusion

Got 2 ocz ssd's in my pc now and now had issues with either, even after updating firmware.

harmony · 27 Jul 2011 at 14:27

I would pick Crucial M4 for SATA III, or Intel 320 for SATA II.

JButlerUK · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:09

Yhink i will go with the Crucial for now, if i get any issues i can just return and move to intel.

I am actually very loyal, if i find a brand i like i stick, i was with Western Digital untill they went me 5 duff velocraptor HDD's in 4 weeks.

eg8076 · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:36

The Crucial M4 looks the best at the moment from all the reviews i have seen. Was planning on picking one up myself.

JButlerUK · 28 Jul 2011 at 00:04

Sounds good....

Pgreenwo · 28 Jul 2011 at 00:12

Vertex 3 240gb - 3 months now not missed a beat. Apparently the 120gb had isues and my force GT is having major probs. I would give the 240gb V3 my rating.

JButlerUK · 28 Jul 2011 at 00:17

That Sata III? How much?

Dont wanna pay more than like £200.00

HNR1 · 28 Jul 2011 at 01:46

eg8076 said:
The Crucial M4 looks the best at the moment from all the reviews i have seen. Was planning on picking one up myself.

I did today, for a good price.

Pgreenwo · 28 Jul 2011 at 13:18

JButlerUK said:
That Sata III? How much?

Dont wanna pay more than like £200.00

£400 for the Vertex 3 240gb.

If your limited to £200. Intel or Crucial M4 is a good choice as the Sandforce 120gb drives have issues at the min

JediFragger · 28 Jul 2011 at 13:22

HNR1 said:
I did today, for a good price.

How much dude?

ToejaM · 28 Jul 2011 at 13:25

30/09/2010 - Thats when I bought my OCZ Vertex 2.. no problems since I bought it and 100% no BSOD during normal use.. infact the only time I've had a BSOD is the IDE/AHCI loop and unstable prime 95benches to try and push past 4.3ghz on my e8600

JButlerUK · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:37

What about this one?

Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive

Its sandforce controller tho.. Whats a controller btw? :-P

The M4 is nice but the Force Series 3 is slightly faster speeds and cheaper.

JButlerUK · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:46

Gonna buy the Crucial M4 now.

Any last minute advice?

What do i do when i get it?

Akagi · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:32

RiseAgainst said:
some people say intel are overpriced with there ssd's but i have also seen a few people on here with OCZ one saying they have failed. I would say if you have the budget then intel will give you peace of mind otherwise something like the one you have linked or the corsair nova seem to get a good name

ohhh so thats why :l personally i have never heard of an ocz drive failing but ok.
would it be possible for an ocz drive to 'fail' when running in 'smart response' mode? and if so, would this physically matter in any way other than having to buy a replacement? aka will the data that was on the ocz drive when it failed be lost? or remain on the hdd also?

JediFragger · 30 Jul 2011 at 18:40

Went for an M4 128GB myself in the end, awesome responsive drive and still fab even on the ICH10 SATA2 controller

JButlerUK · 30 Jul 2011 at 23:07

Yeah all these Crucial formus say use ACHI or something and mine doesnt even have it.

My windows index was 5.9 before and its now 6.4 with my memory and CPU being the lowest score.

Sad thing is i have a watercooled system and a e6580 chip (widely known as very overclockable) and i have never bothered trying to over clock it. So i may now have a go

I have an nVidia 680i mobo tho and there isnt much support for this things, as soon as you touch it, it boots in "safe mode". Well annoying thats why i have never touched it.