witch ssd should i get

david.farr · 17 Nov 2011 at 17:38

hey i have narrowed it down to 3 drives witch one should i get?

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB
Kingston HyperX 120GB
Corsair Force GT 120GB

thanks

opethdisciple · 17 Nov 2011 at 17:43

What about the M4?

I got one, which I went for becuase of its reliablity.

Plus its fast.

david.farr · 17 Nov 2011 at 17:45

is that as fast as the other three?

Orcvader · 17 Nov 2011 at 17:47

You'll be hardly writing on an SSD, it's the reading speed that's important. So yes, in terms of actual usuage you will feel the M4 to be as snappy as the other SSDs. Plus it seems to be the most reliable SSD so far on the market

. Using the 64gb one and flashed it to the 0009 firmwire for a 20% speed boost

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david.farr · 17 Nov 2011 at 18:04

that sounds like a good idea can you flash the 128gb to the 0009 firmwire?

Orcvader · 17 Nov 2011 at 18:20

Yes you can, however I think the ones being sold now are already preflashed, so you'll be booting/loading things very fast with that 550mb/s read speed

(Assuming you're using a native SATA 6Gbps port on the motherboard).

Essexraptor · 17 Nov 2011 at 18:24

david.farr said:
that sounds like a good idea can you flash the 128gb to the 0009 firmwire?

yes

http://www.crucial.com/support/firmware.aspx

PapaLazaru · 17 Nov 2011 at 18:28

Nowt wrong with the write speeds on these.

opethdisciple · 17 Nov 2011 at 19:59

You will not be dispointed with an M4. Loads of us are using it and it comes highly recommended.

david.farr · 18 Nov 2011 at 12:31

Dose the m4 not slow down when it starts to run out of space?

Brackish · 18 Nov 2011 at 12:33

My 128gb M4 arrives today! Along with a z68 and i2500k. Realy cant wait to get this ssd up and running, sata II in raid 0 goodby!

Check this thread if you have not already seen it...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18311207

Lots of info there about the M4's

Orcvader · 18 Nov 2011 at 12:36

All SSDs slows then when they're very low on space, but compared to HDDs it will still feel snappy as it doesn't need to wait for a disk to spin up/down.