Kingston SSDs are terrible

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acfrazier

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So I just had this drive go out on me for a second time, it's one of these and I've just sent it back in for RMA. Same problem, the drive just disappeared from the computer. So, once I get the RMA drive back I'm probably going to look at selling it and replacing it because this was the worst SSD I've ever bought. Even the OCZ ones I owned weren't this bad (I never had one totally fail, just cause my system to lock up). Running a Crucial M4 one in my desktop which was an upgrade from an Intel 320 series. I want to replace this drive with something better, am I best off buying another Crucial? Intel's SATA 3 offerings are out of my price range.

Edit: Heh, all of those negative Newegg reviews were definitely not there when I bought that..
 
It depends on how much you want to spend and what you'll be doing with the drive. I use a 256GB M4 as my OS drive and if I wanted to replace it with something better I would choose a 840 Pro. I probably won't since I won't notice the speed difference.
 
KENNYB said:
It depends on how much you want to spend and what you'll be doing with the drive. I use a 256GB M4 as my OS drive and if I wanted to replace it with something better I would choose a 840 Pro. I probably won't since I won't notice the speed difference.
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That's what I'd be using it for, OS drive except in my notebook. I use a 256GB M4 as my OS drive in my desktop. It doesn't have to be super high end or anything, I could probably spring for another 128GB M4 and be happy with it.
 
Hmm... I've got a pair of Kingstons in RAID 1 handling 40+ simultaneous remote desktop logins daily. Maybe you were just to nice to yours? :D
 
acfrazier said:
That's what I'd be using it for, OS drive except in my notebook. I use a 256GB M4 as my OS drive in my desktop. It doesn't have to be super high end or anything, I could probably spring for another 128GB M4 and be happy with it.
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I have a 128GB running on Windows 2008 in an older Dell workstation. It's not "bad", but I'm not very impressed by it. 256GB M4s aren't much less than a 256GB 840 Pro. I'd take the Pro if I had I choice. :) If you're just using it for desktop use a 840 non-pro would be fine also. It all depends on the workload. As as steam apps drive, the 840 is great.

Also, M5s are coming soon.
 
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I wouldn't get anything less than a Hyper X from them, their low end models have an asscrap amount of horrendous user reviews on all of the major sites, big red flag to stay away
 
acfrazier - The one you posted I have in 64Gb and is considered quite old now compared to the other brands. I used mine for a full 12 months and has been handed down from machine to machine to machine. Although it does feel like it has aged but it does just quite fine in a netbook :p.

The HyperX range on the other hand is a much bigger improvement and has been awesome since day 1. But I replaced the HyperX as my main to my HTPC and gotten an Intel 520 series SSD and will never look back.

Sadly first impressions on drive manufacturers are a lot more harsher then majority of other components. If a drive fails for 1 person then there is a thread and a bandwagon along with it for those that had a single bad experience with them.
 
acfrazier said:
So I just had this drive go out on me for a second time, it's one of these and I've just sent it back in for RMA. Same problem, the drive just disappeared from the computer. So, once I get the RMA drive back I'm probably going to look at selling it and replacing it because this was the worst SSD I've ever bought. Even the OCZ ones I owned weren't this bad (I never had one totally fail, just cause my system to lock up). Running a Crucial M4 one in my desktop which was an upgrade from an Intel 320 series. I want to replace this drive with something better, am I best off buying another Crucial? Intel's SATA 3 offerings are out of my price range.

Edit: Heh, all of those negative Newegg reviews were definitely not there when I bought that..
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How soon do you need the replacement? The next version of crucial drives is just around the corner. If you can get by with lesser hardware until then I suspect it will be worth the short wait.
 
KENNYB said:
I have a 128GB running on Windows 2008 in an older Dell workstation. It's not "bad", but I'm not very impressed by it. 256GB M4s aren't much less than a 256GB 840 Pro. I'd take the Pro if I had I choice. :) If you're just using it for desktop use a 840 non-pro would be fine also. It all depends on the workload. As as steam apps drive, the 840 is great.

Also, M5s are coming soon.
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You can get a 256GB M4 on sale for under $180. Finding a similar deal on an 840 Pro is going to take some serious luck and even more speed. For normal everyday use you aren't going to be able to tell the difference between most SSDs that are within a generation of each other.
 
StormUP said:
How soon do you need the replacement? The next version of crucial drives is just around the corner. If you can get by with lesser hardware until then I suspect it will be worth the short wait.
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Well, given that I had to RMA it because the laptop it was in also failed (but the disk failed a long time ago, I just used the hard drive in the other bay until I could get around to opening it since I wasn't at home) I don't need one immediately. But the last time I had to RMA this disk it took a month so we'll see.
 
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