help me choose one ssd

[gammaray]

Hello,

I got 3 240/256 GBs SSDs here;

Crucial M4
Crucial M500
Seagate 600

They are all new or so.

Which one should i keep for my main build?

 

[daveybrat]

For your main build i'd go with the Crucial M500. It has higher IOPS than the M4 but not quite as high as the Seagate.

I'd stick with the Crucial just based on reliability and brand name over the Seagate personally.

 

[Charlie98]

The M500 is newer tech than the M4, but they are all MLC NAND... Take your pick. I wouldn't have any reservations about using any of them.

 

[npaladin-2000]

You won't notice the difference unless you benchmark them, really.

If you get a Samsung 840 EVO or Pro you could enable RAPID, THAT you might notice. Otherwise, it's mostly a matter if buying a latest-gen SSD these days.

 

[Cerb]

M500 or 600. Flip a coin, if it's a desktop or desktop-replacement.

The M500 has shown itself to generally be a pretty solid SSD. It's pretty clearly derived from, or was developed along-side, their enterprise drives, which shows in its performance (meh light usage performance, but takes heavy loads quite well), as well as features.

The 600 is newer, and less tested, but it's basically like the Neutron GTX, with Seagate's customized firmware. Seagate also had some influence in the actual chip design, apparently, so they aren't just throwing parts together. Given that I haven't read any rashes of problems, and that the Neutrons have all been quite reliable SSDs, I wouldn't worry much about it.

The M4 was good for when it was new and mainstream, but newer drives have so eclipsed it in performance and reliability, overall, that I would relegate it so some other use, having two newer good drives.

 

[saratoga172]

M500 imo. I've got an m500 and multiple m4's and have not had a single issue with any. The m500 is newer and has some enhancements for heavier loads.

Regarding the m4 we have been deploying them in our dell systems at the office and have yet to have a single failure in the 18 months since we started deploying. Some are a bit older from our initial testing, were hammered pretty hard for a month and are still running strong.

I've only read a little on the seafarers but everything I see shows it to also be a solid drive. So any three would do you well but personally I went with the m500. In my sig is what I'm using.