Crucial M4 128GB SSD £77.99 @ ebuyer with 'barbecue' code, £78.99 @ Amazon
Another SSD deal - we all know what these are by now - but this time it's a major new low for the Crucial M4 128GB model for less than eighty quid - a mere £78.99 in fact.
UPDATE: Will Amazon match it? I've notified them via their "Tell us of a lower price link", and yes they have, so Amazon fans can also get this excellent price here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004W2JKZI/
UPDATE 2: Courtesy of samansam, if you use the code 'barbecue' in your basket you get another pound off, making this SSD a mere £77.99 at ebuyer.
A TIP to try for ebuyer purchases: I've noticed that items drop-shipped by ebuyer (the one's that have a 5pm cut-off shown in your basket) always seem to be sent next day, even when ordered using super saver free delivery. It also seems to be the case, in my experience, that orders shipped directly by ebuyer, but including a drop-shipped item, are also sent next day - so, if you want next-day shipping very cheap, try including something useful like 124021 for £1.56, and let me know if this works for you too!
25.05.2012 11:24
Alternative slimmer 7mm Version Now Priced Matched at ebuyer/Amazon £81.98
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006MQQBYA/
This is probably the cheapest 7mm drive out there. Personally I'd buy the 7mm over the 9.5mm, the 7mm are slightly more 'future proof'. Great Price.
- tightar5e
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Jump to unread Post a Commentbut why is the write speed on this drive a lot lower than other drives?
IMHO I would say yes...:D
but why is the write speed on this drive a lot lower than other drives?
It's an older model from Crucial.
I see this comment every time this SSD is posted.... Why copy other people?!
The Vertex 4 is faster but it's 30 quid more, and you're unlikely to notice much difference
Edited By: Aradria on May 24, 2012 09:58
but why is the write speed on this drive a lot lower than other drives?
If you compare with sandforce drives, their write speed is high because the benchmarks just write zeros. Sandforce compresses data as it is written, so they don't have to actually write so much to the underlying flash memory. Newer sandforce-aware benchmarks write random data instead, at which point sandforce drives' performance falls through the floor to a more realistic level (eg down from from 475 to 160 MB/s in the intel 330 benchmark - compare with the crucial m4 benchmarks, where the m4 gets 181 MB/s in the same benchmark)
As for real-world performance, it depends on whether you think you'll mainly be using highly-compressible data (eg log files and, erm... files full of zeros) or less-compressible data ( program files, jpg/png images, videos, game data ).
It's a good, solid drive. You can pay more for higher performance, but as an entry to ssds it beats the pants off anything remotely close in price IMO.
Edited By: foobie on May 24, 2012 09:59
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OCZ Vertex 4 is not worth the difference unless you have a top spec SATA 3 setup. Reliabilitywise its too new to call.
I went for the Samsung 830s (which I'd say is the best on the market in terms of reliablity/price/performance)
Intel have spent a great deal of time fault finding the glitches (measure in years!) in the Sandforce controller, but currently their IP from this is only in Intel Sandforce SSDs.
The Crucial seems to get good overall feedback (could be lots of Astroturfing though), but has had issues (5000+ hours bug).
OCZ Vertex 4 is around £115, its not worth £35 quid more, no way.
Remember RMAing OCZ Stuff is expensive, you have to return to Netherlands at your expense (after 12 Months+, maybe earlier). Personally, I'd avoid at the mo, depends how often you like backing up/restoring your data - as you would need to be on your guard given the history of previous OCZ Stuff.
Edited By: tightar5e on May 24, 2012 10:07
I see this comment every time this SSD is posted.... Why copy other people?!
I see this comment every time this SSD is posted.... Why copy other people?!
Edited By: Wilma_Fingadoo on May 24, 2012 10:05
Currently have a Vertex 2E in my 2010 15" MBP. They are both Sata II but I'm looking to buy the new MBP whenever it's released so I guess I'm Sata III ready when I get it.
Can't say that I've had any problems with my OCZ for the 18 months that I've had it.
Currently have a Vertex 2E in my 2010 15" MBP. They are both Sata II but I'm looking to buy the new MBP whenever it's released so I guess I'm Sata III ready when I get it.
Can't say that I've had any problems with my OCZ for the 18 months that I've had it.
But if you had.. you be paying to ship it back to Netherlands. Royal Mail International signed for small packets costs £13.77 (5 days delivery), £16.34 within 4 days delivery (you don't get this back). So roughly £10 more in shipping costs, than others if a problem occurs. Also, a lot longer having your system down, unless you have a replacement.
Edited By: tightar5e on May 24, 2012 10:30
I see this comment every time this SSD is posted.... Why copy other people?!
lol I haven't, I'm just being me...
Is it possible to split a steam install over several folders anyone know? I'd keep the most current games on SSD and the classics on 1TB.
Is it possible to split a steam install over several folders anyone know? I'd keep the most current games on SSD and the classics on 1TB.
On Mac OS X you can achieve that using symbolic links, I've done it on my macbook air. So FM 2012 is on the SSD but Half Life etc is on an external drive. Be worth searching for something along those lines.