Crucial M4 512GB

[t0m3k51]

Amazon has the Crucial M4 512GB SSD for $399. I'm thinking of getting it for my ThinkPad W520, but I am wondering whether this SSD isn't too old considering it came out last year and new SSDs are being released.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

It's not the fastest drive on the block anymore, but for real-world usage scenarios you aren't going to be able to tell the difference.

 

[davidthemaster3]

^ what he said.

I got my m4 256GB and I don't see difference in my real world usager compared to my 128GB C300 ... except for drvie capacity of course

 

[t0m3k51]

Is it faster than the OCZ Agility 3? I had it for a brief period before I returned it. And, the Agility ran my VMs really FAST.

 

[tweakboy]

My SSD arrives today or tomorrow latest.

amazon takes away the deal sometimes and sells for 420 or soo , I got from B & H for 399.99 to the door.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

Is it faster than the OCZ Agility 3? I had it for a brief period before I returned it. And, the Agility ran my VMs really FAST.

The controller of the m4 should be faster than the Agility 3's controller in read-intensive or compressed workloads. Furthermore, the m4 uses synchronous (higher performance) NAND, while the Agility 3 uses slower asynchronous memory. This means that the m4 will generally outperform the Agility 3 in most tasks.

 

[davidthemaster3]

Is it faster than the OCZ Agility 3? I had it for a brief period before I returned it. And, the Agility ran my VMs really FAST.

here compare yourself http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/355?vs=373
seems better in reads than the agility 3