Why the $300 dollar difference ?

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tweakboy

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Crucial M4 512GB is 399.99 , about 400 dollars couple places I checked.

Sammy 830 512GB is 700 dollars if not a bit more.


That is a 300 dollar difference in SSD.


Which one would you get ? I heard the Sammy is awesome drive but I also here people saying M4 is awesome drive.
 
philipma1957

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I have them both the sammy is better but i continue to buy the crucial.

My opinion is the 399 price for the crucial trumps the better performance of the sammy.

after gift card discounts I listed in hot deals i can buy the 512gb crucial for $280 at amazon.

the 512gb sammy is $507 after the gift card discounts.


the price difference is too much to ignore.
 
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Herr Kutz

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I would get the Samsung 830. It costs much more, therefore it is better by default.

A simple life lesson:

More > Less
 
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Rvenger

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Herr Kutz said:
I would get the Samsung 830. It costs much more, therefore it is better by default.

A simple life lesson:

More > Less
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Therefore you would be broke all the time. OP get the M4, its a great drive as well. For the $300 difference you can get an IVB CPU and Mobo.
 
TakeNoPrisoners

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No SSD is worth $300 more for the same capacity. Even a SATA 2 SSD would be good if it was $300 less then a SATA 3 SSD.
 
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Ben90

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I'm not so sure about that. The original JMicron drives were pretty bad. Love me some 2000ms access times.
 
corkyg

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If you have the money for the Sammy - why not buy TWO M4's?
 
Coup27

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bryanW1995 said:
Didn't you post this exact same question a month ago?
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He's been asking this exact question in about 4 different threads now.

I would guess that the m4's successor is not too far away so they're selling out before announcing as sales will drop if people know a new model is on the horizon. Although there are no such price crashes in the UK so that may not be the case. I can get 830's for less than m4's in the UK from our closest equivalent to Newegg.

The Samsung is a better drive and worth a small premium, but at that difference the m4 is a steal.
 
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tweakboy

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Sorry Coup27 .... Yes Ill go with M4 I hope it plays nice with my marvel controller


I searched for the threads but couldn't find it. Soo I posted this. Sorry ..

Sammy is way over priced along with Vertex 4 and Intel...... Crucial makes good RAM soo I trust them. gl
 
exdeath

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Same reason a Max IOPS or Wildfire still costs twice as much as a Chronos Deluxe?

Just because?
 
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The M4 doesn't get great firmware support. They only update it for serious problems. The firmware could be tweaked for better performance (look at Plextor). Still a great deal for the 512GB.
 
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greenhawk

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without looking deeply into the specs, it is not a issue of 32nm vs 25nm with the two drives?

I know locally with the 256GB drives there can be about $150-200 difference with the different flash being noticable on the difference checklist.
 
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