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Crucial m4 or Samsung 830 128GB

Most will tell you to get the Samsung. I would recommend the crucial m4 becaue of personally having used it. Samsung is a bit faster but you will not notice this in real-life usage. I have personally used the 64 gb m4 and it is a very good drive. (the 128 GB model is even faster). also it has been on the market for over a year and hence proved that it is reliable.
Samsung also has a good track record in terms of SSD reliability.

in general both drives are a good buy and I would go with the cheapest offer in either one.
 
beginner99 said:
in general both drives are a good buy and I would go with the cheapest offer in either one.
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In the real world they are pretty much equivalent as far as performance. The Crucial has been out longer and has proven itself in reliability, the Samsung not so long but is quickly proving itself here, also. I would be bouncing off the walls with a 128GB version of either one.
 
You can get the m4 from Staples right now (with 10 minutes of effort) for $124 - $114 if you have an AMEX card. Check out slickdeals if you're interested. I usually hate doing the pricematch/coupon thing but it was stupidly easy and I have a SSD on the way for under $1/GB.
 
I have the 128gb of both m4 and 830. I can say that both are great and reliable SSDs, while the m4 runs and boots faster in a small difference (about 2 sec faster boot time) which can not be noticed when running in real world applications. In ATTO, the m4 has faster read speeds while the 830 has faster write speeds.

I would say get the m4, which is much cheaper and gives the same level of performance.
 
What score do these M4 and 830 get on WEI , My old mans SSD is SATA 2 120GB A-DATA..... he gets 7.5 score on the drive, But even 2 years ago I see people saying they get a 7.7 index score, which would NOW be 7.9 with sata 3 ,, coming into the picture.. thx..... Which hard drive gives 7.9 is basically my question here.
 
tweakboy said:
What score do these M4 and 830 get on WEI , My old mans SSD is SATA 2 120GB A-DATA..... he gets 7.5 score on the drive, But even 2 years ago I see people saying they get a 7.7 index score, which would NOW be 7.9 with sata 3 ,, coming into the picture.. thx..... Which hard drive gives 7.9 is basically my question here.
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My small Samsung produces 7.9.

To the OP, if you are on the fence, pick the drive that has the best tools. The Samsung has SSD Magician. Intel has the Intel Toolbox. Don't know about the others. I have the Intel 320, 128GB in my laptop and IMO, the Samsung has better tools.
 
Wow, these prices just keep dropping. $125 for a 128GB high end SSD? I almost regret buying an SSD two years ago, lol.
 
I bought one 128GB M4 for $130 from amazon. Then got a second one off buy.com for $110 the next day. Just gotta look for deals.
 
If the price is really equal then I would absolutely pick the samsung. However, as several posters have mentioned, there are regularly deals in the $ .85-.95/gb range for the m4 here in the US. At that much of a price break I'd pick the m4.

Anandtech has some excellent benchmark comparisons. I particularly like the MOASB heavy load.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5734/kingston-hyperx-3k-240gb-ssd-review/3

FYI: I just bought 2x256gb m4's from buy.com b/c the deal ($430 shipped total) was too good to pass up. Keep your eyes open for those $110 or so deals on the 128gb m4's, they have been cropping up quite a bit lately. That drive is still quite good, but it looks like it's getting close to EOL so retailers are dumping their stock.
 
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tweakboy said:
What score do these M4 and 830 get on WEI , My old mans SSD is SATA 2 120GB A-DATA..... he gets 7.5 score on the drive, But even 2 years ago I see people saying they get a 7.7 index score, which would NOW be 7.9 with sata 3 ,, coming into the picture.. thx..... Which hard drive gives 7.9 is basically my question here.
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Both my 128gb m4 and 830 gives me WEI of 7.9 on sata3 while 7.8 on sata2.
 
Windows experience index is meaningless. I have built systems that don't score all that hot but benchmark really well in other tests and games run flawlessly. Still, I think any SSD you buy today will score the same on wei.
 
cmdrdredd said:
Windows experience index is meaningless. I have built systems that don't score all that hot but benchmark really well in other tests and games run flawlessly. Still, I think any SSD you buy today will score the same on wei.
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If you look at the single number shown in Windows then yes it's rather useless. Using it from the command prompt - type winsat disk - provides a lot more information. 😉
 
lehtv said:
Sup with the caps. Here you go:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/425?vs=533

From newegg, I'd get M4 because it's cheaper. It also seems to be faster with small files.
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Haha spacing would also be nice 😀

I would go for whatever is a better deal, cant go wrong with either. Recently got my mom a 128 GB crucial on sale from tiger direct. Looking at upgrading the agility 2 sometime later when I upgrade my main system when more money allows. Probably going to get something along the lines of an M4, though I will see whats around when I have the money 😀
 
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