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post #1 of 18
3/11/12 at 7:20am
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Hi everyone,

Finally took the SSD plunge and the M4 had generally the best overall reviews and the price is awesome. I got it from Amazon for £120 ($188 USD).

Any other owners here? What are they like?

I've studied tons of reviews and it had the least negative points compared to other SSDs. I would have liked an Intel 520, but they are £50 more expensive.
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post #2 of 18
3/11/12 at 7:21am
Just got the 64 gb myself yesterday. Solid investment. Use sean's windows 7 install and optimization guide thumb.gif
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post #3 of 18
3/11/12 at 7:22am
I couldn't have been more happy with the M4. ...unless I had waited and got it for cheaper. I paid $215 for it last July and since then I've seen it on sale for as low as $130.

I wouldn't want to use my PC without it.
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post #4 of 18
3/11/12 at 10:06am
The m4 is an excellent drive in both performance and reliability.
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post #5 of 18
3/11/12 at 10:08am
Went to an M4 from a Corsair Force3 and never looked back since.
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post #6 of 18
3/11/12 at 10:13am
I recently bought a 64gb m4 and my only regret is that i didn't buy a bigger one. Its really fast and great performance. So far not one single issue thumb.gif
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post #7 of 18
3/11/12 at 10:13am
The M4 is one of best. There are some that are faster, but the M4 has a good track record and is very reliable.
You could have probably gotten it for less but $188 isn't bad.
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post #8 of 18
3/11/12 at 10:17am
If I had more $$ I would of got the 128 GB also! But price aside, this thing kicks the crap out of my OCZ Vertex 2. I wouldn't doubt OCZ botched there scores to seem like they are good at anything anymore. That's why I'll never purchase there sub-par products again.

Be sure to optimize your drive with some tweaks that will improve performance and longevity of your SSD. like this link- http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds/0_100

After a windows 7 install and tweaking it, my entire installation was around 8-9GBs.


Enjoy your new drive! I've been loving my 64GB M4!
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post #9 of 18
3/11/12 at 10:18am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqoJpBKiMWs Linus said it's good, so it is.
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post #10 of 18
3/11/12 at 11:27am
Excellent SSD.

After a thuroughly frustrating experience with OCZ SSD's, I picked up an M4. Problem solved. Will be picking up a second M4 for a RAID0,

FWIW, the OCZ drives were faster, but they were also incredibly unstable.
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