I am new to overclock.net. I bought a Crucial M4 256 GB SSD to put in my Toshiba A665-S5183X to replace the crappy 500 GB 5400 RPM HDD. But I found a great deal on a better gaming laptop so I am trying to get rid of the laptop. But now I am stuck with the SSD because the new laptop has 2 hard drive bays and I can get a 120 or 128 GB SSD and put it in one of the bays. My question is: Is Crucial M4 or Corsair Force GT better? I know the M4 has a new firmware now and that has increased its speed but I heard the Corsair is even faster. I am also trying to sell the Crucial M4 now because 256GB is too much for me. So if anyone is interested let me know, I haven't opened it yet.
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9/21/11 at 2:01pm
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M4... you dont want to get mucked about with the new (broken) sand-force controller.
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9/21/11 at 2:04pm
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by gtmaestro
I am new to overclock.net. I bought a Crucial M4 256 GB SSD to put in my Toshiba A665-S5183X to replace the crappy 500 GB 5400 RPM HDD. But I found a great deal on a better gaming laptop so I am trying to get rid of the laptop. But now I am stuck with the SSD because the new laptop has 2 hard drive bays and I can get a 120 or 128 GB SSD and put it in one of the bays. My question is: Is Crucial M4 or Corsair Force GT better? I know the M4 has a new firmware now and that has increased its speed but I heard the Corsair is even faster. I am also trying to sell the Crucial M4 now because 256GB is too much for me. So if anyone is interested let me know, I haven't opened it yet.
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Edited by ukic - 9/21/11 at 2:07pm
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| Crucial M4 256gb | Corsair H100i Push/Pull | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Logitech G710+ |
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9/21/11 at 2:04pm
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I would say keep the 256gb and get a good 1tb to go into the second bay. Boot from the SSD and put your games on it, and then store your data on the 1tb.
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post #5 of 10
9/21/11 at 2:58pm
The M4 is more reliable and has a better random read 4k score than the Corsair. In day to day usage with no huge writes, the M4 would be faster.
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post #6 of 10
10/21/11 at 11:22am
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Originally Posted by mcg75
The M4 is more reliable and has a better random read 4k score than the Corsair. In day to day usage with no huge writes, the M4 would be faster.
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post #7 of 10
10/21/11 at 11:25am
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M4 for life homie! 
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post #8 of 10
10/21/11 at 11:27am
M4, no problems with it whatsoever.
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10/21/11 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by nedh84
This has been extremely helpful. I was concerned about turning down the Corsair Force GT for this drive because of the supposed higher speed of the Corsair Force GT.
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I'm happy, go m4 or go home ;p
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