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Which SSD should I get?

Crucial m4 or Samsung 830, but like Haiku214 said, you're probably going to want 120GB/128GB for a boot drive and a "few" games.
 
I'd get the Crucial M4 - but as everyone else said, try to swing a larger one.
 
Forceman said:
I'd get the Crucial M4 - but as everyone else said, try to swing a larger one.
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This, no doubt about it. The other drives are based off Sandforce controllers that have random BSOD issues with Windows. Although the M4 does have an issue after 5000+ hours of use, it's better to know when you need to look for problems, rather than being surprised when it does happen out of the blue. Plus Crucial supposedly has the issue fixed and will release the firmware update January 16th.
 
Skillz said:
This, no doubt about it. The other drives are based off Sandforce controllers that have random BSOD issues with Windows. Although the M4 does have an issue after 5000+ hours of use, it's better to know when you need to look for problems, rather than being surprised when it does happen out of the blue. Plus Crucial supposedly has the issue fixed and will release the firmware update January 16th.
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Already released - http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/M4-firmware-0309-is-now-available/td-p/80286

While the m4 does tend to run a bit less in price, I probably would have picked up a Samsung 830 had it been cheaper than the m4. I don't want OP thinking the 830 uses a Sandforce controller.
 
I'm generally anti-asynchronous NAND so that tends to nix the Force 3 for me... but otherwise I'd go with the cheapest you can find of the latest gen drives.
 
Crucial has AWESOME customer service. I had to RMA two 2GB DDR2 sticks and since they do not have them anymore, they gave me some options. They gave me about $60 per stick of store credit. I'm not sitting happy with 16GB of DDR3! They gave me NO problems at all...
 
FireBean said:
Crucial has AWESOME customer service. I had to RMA two 2GB DDR2 sticks and since they do not have them anymore, they gave me some options. They gave me about $60 per stick of store credit. I'm not sitting happy with 16GB of DDR3! They gave me NO problems at all...
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If this is the case, buy the M4. I couldn't get Samsung to RMA my drive. It said my serial number was invalid.

I returned it to TigerDirect and immediately bought an M4. TigerDirect had no 830s in stock.

You'll never notice the difference between the two. They're both stupid fast. Buy whichever is cheaper. Though, the Samsung is secksy as hell.
 
BigJayDogg3 said:
If this is the case, buy the M4. I couldn't get Samsung to RMA my drive. It said my serial number was invalid.

I returned it to TigerDirect and immediately bought an M4. TigerDirect had no 830s in stock.

You'll never notice the difference between the two. They're both stupid fast. Buy whichever is cheaper. Though, the Samsung is secksy as hell.
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Bit on the Samsung, that brushed aluminum case looks so good.
 
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