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Corsair Performance Pro vs Intel 520

Get a Plextor M3P (instead of a CPP) :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820249021

The 256GB M3P recently went down to $300, so it is less expensive than the CPP.

The Plextor M3P and CPP are almost the same SSD, except with Plextor you get a 5-year warranty, and occasional firmware updates when necessary (for some reason Corsair has not been providing firmware updates for the CPP)

As for reliability of Plextor M3P vs. Intel 520, there is no way to tell since both models are less than a year old. But for "trouble", the Plextor M3 series is less likely to cause trouble (as determined by percentage of 1- or 2-egg newegg reviews) than the Intel 520.

The Intel 520 is more than 3 times more likely to cause trouble than Plextor M3/M3P, since only 3.0% of newegg reviewers gave below-average reviews to Plextor M3 or M3P, as compared to 10% of reviewers for the Intel 520. Those percentages are including all capacities of each model since there is not enough data to do it only for 256GB units.
 
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You said that already. Forget the Intel 520. Get the Plextor M3P instead of the Corsair Performance Pro, since the Plextor M3P is better and cheaper than the CPP.
 
Salamander said:
I am NOT interested in the Plextor. If I was, I would have asked about it as well.
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Then why did you ask about the Corsair Performance Pro? It is a re-branded Plextor, with a shorter warranty and worse firmware.

Only a moron would pay more for a Corsair Peformance Pro than for a Plextor M3P.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/603?vs=582

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5785/corsair-performance-series-pro-256gb-review/2

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Plextor M3 Pro and M3 on the top and Corsair Performance Series Pro underneath the two
 
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The only reason to pick a Corsair Performance Pro over the Plextor is if its cheaper or for some reason you want a drive with 32nm Toshiba NAND instead of 24nm (I have no idea if that's the case still)

CPP also doesn't have a wear indicator smart attribute so you have no idea how much you've written to the drive. Plextors got that now in the latest firmware.
 
jwilliams4200 said:
Then why did you ask about the Corsair Performance Pro? It is a re-branded Plextor, with a shorter warranty and worse firmware.

Only a moron would pay more for a Corsair Peformance Pro than for a Plextor M3P.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/603?vs=582

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5785/corsair-performance-series-pro-256gb-review/2

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Plextor M3 Pro and M3 on the top and Corsair Performance Series Pro underneath the two
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First of all, I'm not impressed with reviewers who feel the need to attack people by calling them morons. Second, I've had enough mixed experience with some Plextor products that I'm not yet convinced of the long-term reliability of their SSDs. That's my personal experience, and other people no doubt have different experiences. Because their different experiences lead them to have different preferences does not make them morons either.
 
Salamander said:
First of all, I'm not impressed with reviewers who feel the need to attack people by calling them morons. Second, I've had enough mixed experience with some Plextor products that I'm not yet convinced of the long-term reliability of their SSDs. That's my personal experience, and other people no doubt have different experiences. Because their different experiences lead them to have different preferences does not make them morons either.
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Then you don't want Corsair Performance Series Pro either because it uses exactly the same hardware and they are manufactured in the same plant (Lite-On).

F1shF4t said:
The only reason to pick a Corsair Performance Pro over the Plextor is if its cheaper or for some reason you want a drive with 32nm Toshiba NAND instead of 24nm (I have no idea if that's the case still)
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CPP uses 24nm Toshiba NAND now, or at least my review unit did.
 
Yeah after some reading this comes down to a more expensive Sandforce controller using standard slow to update firmware vs a Marvel controller using a top quality custom firmware that is well maintained.
 
Dark Shroud said:
Yeah after some reading this comes down to a more expensive Sandforce controller using standard slow to update firmware vs a Marvel controller using a top quality custom firmware that is well maintained.
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Intel 520 Series uses Intel's own firmware. It's not tied to SandForce's ability to provide FW updates.

perdomot said:
If you are looking for a 256GB SSD, I recommend this one as its always a great performer regardless of the type of data used and its actually less expensive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820147138
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perdomot said:
Actually, this is the best deal I've seen yet on a really good ssd:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148526
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These two would be my recommendations as well (Samsung 830 and Crucial m4) but it looks like OP has set his mind on Intel 520 and Corsair Performance Pro.
 
Salamander said:
Because their different experiences lead them to have different preferences does not make them morons either.
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What part of "the Plextor M3P is the same hardware as the Corsair Performance Pro" are you having trouble with? They are physically the same, even the same circuit board, as anyone can see from the picture I linked to. This is not rocket science, dude.

And before you make any claims about the firmware...Corsair does not write their own firmware. Plextor does. So you will have a very hard time convincing anyone that Corsair's product is more reliable because it has more reliable firmware.
 
Hellhammer said:
CPP uses 24nm Toshiba NAND now, or at least my review unit did.
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That right there makes me question the wisdom of buying a Corsair Performance Pro over a Plextor M3P. If Corsair can make such a large change (different flash generation) in a period of several months, without changing the name of the model or giving any indication that they made a large change, then I don't trust them not to possibly change something else, without warning, that could cause problems.
 
Hellhammer said:
Intel 520 Series uses Intel's own firmware. It's not tied to SandForce's ability to provide FW updates.

These two would be my recommendations as well (Samsung 830 and Crucial m4) but it looks like OP has set his mind on Intel 520 and Corsair Performance Pro.
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I was referring to the Corsair Force the OP was looking at. I am aware of what Intel does and they're most likely the only Sandforce drives I would consider buying. But yes I probably could have been a bit more clear on that for others that are not as knowledgeable.
 
jwilliams4200 said:
If Corsair can make such a large change (different flash generation) in a period of several months, without changing the name of the model or giving any indication that they made a large change, then I don't trust them not to possibly change something else, without warning, that could cause problems.
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Corsair is not selling you "SSD with 32nm NAND." They are selling you "SSD meeting these performance specifications." If the 24nm NAND can meet their published performance numbers (including MTBF and warranty) then they haven't done anything wrong.

Unlike back with the Sandforce 1200 series drives getting SLOWER and SMALLER with newer NAND.
 
Zap said:
Corsair is not selling you "SSD with 32nm NAND." They are selling you "SSD meeting these performance specifications." If the 24nm NAND can meet their published performance numbers (including MTBF and warranty) then they haven't done anything wrong.
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I didn't say they did anything wrong. I said they did something that makes them untrustworthy. Changing the flash is a major change. That big a change merits at least a "2" or something like that added to the model name. Any seller that makes that big a change in their product without making it apparent to their customers has lost my trust. I cannot trust them not to make some other change, unknown to me, that could affect compatibility or reliability. Additionally, it makes it hard to know what performance to expect, since it seems the newer CPPs have different performance than the earlier CPPs.
 
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