Crucial 128g SSD SATA III $199

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148348

This has been $199 few days and Ive been teetering getting 2 to throw in a RAID 0 for my games/data. Just a single 256gb version for their equivalent is $484 and youd get better performance in a RAID0. I read somewhere that 2 of these in a RAID0 was faster than the 6gb/s could handle, and that just didnt seem right, can anyone confirm that?
 
thebaest said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148348

This has been $199 few days and Ive been teetering getting 2 to throw in a RAID 0 for my games/data. Just a single 256gb version for their equivalent is $484 and youd get better performance in a RAID0. I read somewhere that 2 of these in a RAID0 was faster than the 6gb/s could handle, and that just didnt seem right, can anyone confirm that?
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Think of it this way the performance numbers that you have seen from the last few generations of SSD are basically internal 8 drives in raid 0, so raiding them is like having a 16 drive raid 0 setup.
 
For what it's worth, Crucial released the 0007 firmware update for these drives yesterday which is supposed to fix the stutter/freeze/hang issues that some people have experienced. My drive came with 0006 and I haven't had any problems but there do seem be plenty of people who have. More here if you're interested in the firmware update.
 
So I take it the M4 C400's were not too much better than the previous gen C300's?

hmmm....
 
Does Samsung make SSD's now? I haven't heard of them doing much in the consumer market.
 
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For what it's worth, Crucial released the 0007 firmware update for these drives yesterday which is supposed to fix the stutter/freeze/hang issues that some people have experienced. My drive came with 0006 and I haven't had any problems but there do seem be plenty of people who have. More here if you're interested in the firmware update.
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0007 slowed down my performance!

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I came soooo close to buying this earlier today.. then I realized I can't afford to spend $200, and if I could I'd buy a sweet 2.0 speaker system for my PC instead.
 
repoman0 said:
I came soooo close to buying this earlier today.. then I realized I can't afford to spend $200, and if I could I'd buy a sweet 2.0 speaker system for my PC instead.
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2.0 speakers for $200? That's a waste. Find a cool 1980's amplifier that's used from a garage sale or thift store and attach some speakers from an old boom box and it's way better than many computer speakers sold today.
 
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Spare-Flair said:
2.0 speakers for $200? That's a waste. Find a cool 1980's amplifier that's used from a garage sale or thift store and attack some speakers from an old boom box and it's way better than many computer speakers sold today.
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Replace 80's with 90's and 2.0 with 2.1 and you have my system :)
 
Spare-Flair, run your tests a few more times to confirm. Sometimes I run CrystalDisk and get widely varied numbers... I'm interested in your results. However, I didn't experience any stuttering with my C300 128GB drive, so I'm probably not even going to update the firmware.
 
Cmustang87 said:
Spare-Flair, run your tests a few more times to confirm. Sometimes I run CrystalDisk and get widely varied numbers... I'm interested in your results. However, I didn't experience any stuttering with my C300 128GB drive, so I'm probably not even going to update the firmware.
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Yes I've run it a few times in frustration and the results are always lower performance on 0007. A few posters on Crucial's official feedback thread on their official forum report the same thing.

0007 was more a stability patch than a performance upgrade so I would recommend that if you are on 0006 and don't have any stability issues (some people had stuttering and freezing) then you shouldn't flash 0007.

I cannot downgrade to a lower firmware (I think someone tried that and it borked his drive) so it'll have to be this way until a new firmware is released.
 
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That is frustrating, and sorry to hear that. I hope the next version gives you back the performance you had. Best of luck...
 
Amazon.com has the 256gb c300 for $375 if you get it from SSD Solutions (great feedback).

Faster and twice the capacity for less than double the newegg sale price of the 128gb version.
 
soulesschild said:
You tempt me so bad.
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I tempted myself into buying one. Write speeds are significantly faster on the 256gb version. Came down to a decision between 1 256gb drive or 2 128gb drives in RAID. Speed vs TRIM. As soon as I found a 256gb for less than the 2 128gb's, I was sold.
 
Cmustang87 said:
Spare-Flair, run your tests a few more times to confirm. Sometimes I run CrystalDisk and get widely varied numbers... I'm interested in your results. However, I didn't experience any stuttering with my C300 128GB drive, so I'm probably not even going to update the firmware.
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I posted my benches here in the Data Storage thread: http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1037177926&postcount=42

As you say, the fluctuations run to run vary more than the difference S-F showed. In my opinion it's close enough to be a wash. However, it also seems to make sense to not flash it if it's working. I was getting occasional freezes and so far it's be freeze-free. The registry workaround didn't work for me.
 
DeathbyPutz said:
Amazon.com has the 256gb c300 for $375 if you get it from SSD Solutions (great feedback).

Faster and twice the capacity for less than double the newegg sale price of the 128gb version.
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Thats where I thought you got it from; great deal

DeathbyPutz said:
I tempted myself into buying one. Write speeds are significantly faster on the 256gb version. Came down to a decision between 1 256gb drive or 2 128gb drives in RAID. Speed vs TRIM. As soon as I found a 256gb for less than the 2 128gb's, I was sold.
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I wanted a 256 when I got my first drives but couldn't talk myself into it at the time; ended up with 2x128 in raid. $375 is a good deal though; wouldn't mind 2x256 in raid either.

enjoy your drive when it arrives
 
INFRNL said:
enjoy your drive when it arrives
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I'm impressed by the quick turn-around from SSD Solutions... I used standard shipping (got an estimated delivery of 12-20 May from Amazon), and within 3 hours I had a shipping confirmation from SSD Solutions. It should be here by Monday (Tuesday at the latest).

I'm always a little wary of the small vendors on Amazon, but so far so good.
 
I guess SSD Solutions doesn't have the drive anymore, can't find it anywhere on the site
 
wrxdrunkie said:
I guess SSD Solutions doesn't have the drive anymore, can't find it anywhere on the site
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Looks like CEDirect has them for 410.00 including shipping.

375.00 is the best price I've ever seen on these drives.
 
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