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Crucial M4 or Samsung 830 or Vertex 3

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menko2

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Hi.

I'm going to purchase one of these 256gb for my laptop.

For casual use and gaming.

Which do you recommend?? Price is not problem.

Thank you
 
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samsungs have a very very very good track record for reliability, the M4 are also good but it has had a few problems. lastly I would never willingly give OCZ my money and I'd stay completely clear of their SSDs.
 
Oh this is so difficult to decide....

I just want the fatest around 180-256gb for my laptop.

I also saw the Kingston hyperx, corsair force gt,...

Any help?
 
menko2 said:
In just reading review and both samsung and crucial look good.

But the M4 looks faster right??
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I think it's kind of a wash, but most importantly you wont be able to tell the difference unless you run a synthetic benchmark, they'll feel equally fast.
 
menko2 said:
Oh this is so difficult to decide....

I just want the fatest around 180-256gb for my laptop.

I also saw the Kingston hyperx, corsair force gt,...

Any help?
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hyperX and force GT are both sandforce based like the vertex 3, they're very fast but much less reliable than SSDs based on other controllers
 
menko2 said:
Do you know which of them will have the lower seek time (latency)??

With this I will decide...
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latency isn't a problem with SSDs, but the 830 does have better 4k random read performance.

Railgun said:
I've got five 120GB variants. Four in a stripe on an Areca card running solidly since April and another I just put into a Dell M1530.

No issues with any.
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of course the vast majority of OCZ SSDs will work fine, otherwise they would have gone out of bussiness long ago, but they have the highest failure rate of any SSD manufacturer and I don't trust OCZ one bit.
 
Reliability is really hard to determine at this point. They all have their strengths and drawbacks and I think realistically for basic use you'll see no real difference in performance between the options. I personally went for an m4 because its cheaper than the other 2 where I am and got a bit of a deal (£1 a GB!) but get as big as you can.

I started with an Intel X-25 80GB and it was too small. I upgraded to a Vertex 2E 120GB and it was too small. I ended up shuffling games back and forth from an olde pair of VelicoRaptor's. In the throws of HDD price hell and doing an upgrade I splurged on a 512GB m4 and now I have plenty of space and no hard drives at all. Once you have seen the difference an SSD perform you'll never want to put software on a HDD again. But all three of the options you have listed will serve you well.
 
Some of my opinions:
They are all fast/solid drives
The M4 is the best if you aren't a windows user, it has the best firmware update method (no windows program needed).
The samsung usually has the best write performance (well rounded drive)
The vertex is best for compressible data. If you're a big media guy that might be mostly negated (game files can fall into non-compressible category also).

If neither one of these particular use scenarios fit you then I suggest buying solely on price.
Another drive to consider is Plextor PX-M3S. It uses the same controller as M4, but toggle nand like samsung. Also it has a larger cache than the M4 and a 5yr warranty.

good luck
 
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I now have a Samsung 830 and have no problems. The Corsair GT i had was a little buggy but it could have been a bad drive. Samsung gets my vote for no system issues.
 
Go with the Samsung, the M4's just had an issue with max uptime cycles or something, do a google search for Crucial M4 problem/BSOD.

Samsung and Intel are still KOTH for reliability.
 
menko2 said:
Hi.

I'm going to purchase one of these 256gb for my laptop.

For casual use and gaming.

Which do you recommend?? Price is not problem.

Thank you
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the m4 or 830. both are great drives and I personally own both. I wouldn't trust an OCZ.

M4 has a an issue currently, but I trust crucial will have it resolved shortly. If that is a concern, get an 830.

The plextor drive that King posted also looks like a great drive and they look to have 5 yr warranties. Intel SSDs are great drives, but WAY over priced... especially considering there are viable competitors.
 
I'm not sure why the Samsung 830 isn't on the Anandtech Bench since it has been reviewed...

In any case, I've been using a Samsung 830 128gb for about 2 weeks now and it has been smooth sailing and great speeds
 
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