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flamingspinach posted:TigerDirect is selling the Intel 330 180 GB for $100: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2372752 You will be fine with a 128GB drive - but you need a 7mm drive for that laptop http://communities.intel.com/message/161458#161458 Anand tested the 60, 120, and 180GB versions of that drive - http://www.anandtech.com/show/5817/the-intel-ssd-330-review-60gb-120gb-180gb/4
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I've been looking pretty hard at SSD's the last few days and do believe I've narrowed down my options. I know the Samsung 830 is always a viable option, but I've got two others in mind that are a bit cheaper that I think will fit my needs just fine. I've narrowed it down to these two: SanDisk Extreme 240GB SDSSDX-240G-G25 ($160 currently) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006EKJ8UI/ or Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe MKNSSDCR240GB-DX 240GB ($180 currently) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226226 I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro on Mountain Lion with 8GB of ram. I know AnandTech recently said that Sandforce drives perform the best on Mountain Lion, which is why I've been favoring these two over the Samsung 830. They both get reviews of being DOA and I know the SanDisk had some pretty big problems with firmware, but that supposedly has now been fixed. For you all that know these drives a lot better than I, which one is the better choice? Thanks for the help.
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Bob Morales posted:You will be fine with a 128GB drive - but you need a 7mm drive for that laptop The Intel 520s that run in the 7mm variety are > $1/GB. I am looking for a 7mm SDD with ~180GB or more for ~$.75/GB also for my X230. Do I need to be scouring slickdeals for this kind of thing or something?
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The Intel 330 Series SSDSC2CT240A3K5 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) is still $140 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167127 Isn't that a better deal than both of those? Or is the 9.5mm height too much?
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HorseDickSandwich posted:I've been looking pretty hard at SSD's the last few days and do believe I've narrowed down my options. I know the Samsung 830 is always a viable option, but I've got two others in mind that are a bit cheaper that I think will fit my needs just fine. e:f;b Cardboard Box A posted:Or is the 9.5mm height too much?
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Thanks for the replies. I saw in the OP something about avoiding a certain Intel drive so I sort of blocked it from my mind. I know Intel is a reliable brand and from what I've seen of reviews, most people seem to like this drive. For the money, it definitely looks really great. I may go with it as long as the deal holds out for another couple of days.
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HorseDickSandwich posted:Thanks for the replies. I saw in the OP something about avoiding a certain Intel drive so I sort of blocked it from my mind. I know Intel is a reliable brand and from what I've seen of reviews, most people seem to like this drive. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6462/intel-explains-20nm-nand-endurance-concerns-on-the-ssd-335
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blowingupcasinos posted:What is the consensus on Seagate's hybrid Momentus XT drives?
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Bob Morales posted:You will be fine with a 128GB drive - but you need a 7mm drive for that laptop Oh, drat. So anyone know if there are any good 7mm 128GB drives that are cheaper than the Samsung 830 128GB now (i.e. under $100)?
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I ordered a 128gb m4 MSATA drive recently, and it shipped with the troublesome 01MG firmware. No worries I thought, I'll just downgrade it to the 000F. But it seems there isn't a downgrade method for the MSATA version! I've emailed Crucial support to see if they are expecting a new firmware any time soon, or will look to provide a method for downgrading the firmware, but not heard back yet. Trouble is I'm in the UK and so far the only other MSATA drives I've managed to find are MyDigitalSSD which I've never heard of and then OCZ, so I'm stuck with a dodgy Crucial drive until they address the issue. Anyone know about 'MyDigitalSSD'? Or anywhere in the UK that offers other MSATA drives? Or know what Crucials track record is like on things like this, and whether I should hold it out until they fix it?
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Crucial has been pretty terrible with firmwares as of late. There's already a fix for the problem, but they're only releasing it to OEMs, and installing it will void your warranty. Also, I don't even know if they've released the fix for MSATA drives yet. It took them five months to go from the buggy 0009 to 0309, so don't expect them to release anything soon. Also keep in mind that Crucial is owned by a memory chip manufacturer, not a controller manufacturer, so I doubt they have the best firmware development team.
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unpronounceable posted:I'm not sure how long the sale is on for, but you could get an 240GB Intel 330 for $140 right now. I'd personally trust Intel over either of those vendors, and the price is really good right now.
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blowingupcasinos posted:The Intel 520s that run in the 7mm variety are > $1/GB. I am looking for a 7mm SDD with ~180GB or more for ~$.75/GB also for my X230. Do I need to be scouring slickdeals for this kind of thing or something? Shouldn't be too hard to find. I think you can pop the cover off that drive and it'll fit in a 7mm bay but you'll void your warranty.
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Bob Morales posted:Shouldn't be too hard to find. I think you can pop the cover off that drive and it'll fit in a 7mm bay but you'll void your warranty. Yes, removing the cover from the Intel 330 240GB is the only way to make it fit in a 7mm bay.
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I'm thinking of adding a Crucial CT064M4SSD3 to the HTPC parts I'm ordering. Does anyone have experience with Crucial M4 mSata drives? Is this a terrible idea?
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Is there any consensus on Transcend SSDs? They aren't carried much by Newegg but I have only seen positive reviews. It looks like they use the Sandforce basics but I am not too SSD savvy even after reading the OP. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208780&Tpk=TS128GSSD320
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Ort posted:Is there any consensus on Transcend SSDs? They aren't carried much by Newegg but I have only seen positive reviews. It looks like they use the Sandforce basics but I am not too SSD savvy even after reading the OP. It was one of Tom's Hardware's picks in their latest roundup: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/240gb-256gb-ssd-review,3313-7.html
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HorseDickSandwich posted:I've been looking pretty hard at SSD's the last few days and do believe I've narrowed down my options. I know the Samsung 830 is always a viable option, but I've got two others in mind that are a bit cheaper that I think will fit my needs just fine. Those are the exact two drives I had been looking at instead of the Samsung 830 everyone seems to love (I wanted the SandForce goodness for maximum non-Windows compatibility, just in case I use this in a Mac or my Nintendo Wii or something). I've even recommended those two drives to a friend since they seem to have some of the best stuff in them (SandForce 2281 & Toggle NAND). They both perform similar in the benchmarks from what I've seen. I was leaning toward the Mushkin drive (it even comes with a 3.5" bracket), but I had a gift card to Micro Center, and the SanDisk was the only thing they had locally. I got the SanDisk this past Friday and have been having a blast with it. Hella fast. Just make sure to load the latest firmware (mine came with the older one). The latest firmware is from October, so any reviews before then that mention TRIM or performance issues may not apply now. I know SanDisk even provides alternative, enhanced compatibility firmware for the device for use in certain Macs (it helps it when used with some NVidia chipsets used in some Macs). The Mushkin is slightly older, I believe (6-8 months older than the SanDisk, maybe), so that may mean it has a more "proven" track record. It was recommended in the OP, as well.
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Looks like there's a 5.04 firmware out for my Mushkin Chronos 240GB (which was $220 back in like March  ), and I'm on 5.02. Do I bother ripping my iMac apart again to do the update on a PC?
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Bob Morales posted:It was one of Tom's Hardware's picks in their latest roundup: That's good news, I picked up a 128 GB for $65 in a black friday deal on Amazon and it seemed like a good deal. There's another lightning deal coming up this afternoon on Amazon for the 256 GB one if anyone is interested.
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Chortles posted:TigerDirect has the same drive for $130 after mail-in rebate, it's $160 before MIR; which is better?
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Glen Goobersmooches posted:I got an M5S and while it's less good than the P it's still really drat good. Yeah, I looked at the 830 but the M5P benchmarks blew it away (as they should, being a much newer drive). The 840 Pro was significantly more expensive. I'm quite happy with my Plextor.
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Xenomorph posted:Those are the exact two drives I had been looking at instead of the Samsung 830 everyone seems to love (I wanted the SandForce goodness for maximum non-Windows compatibility, just in case I use this in a Mac or my Nintendo Wii or something). I've even recommended those two drives to a friend since they seem to have some of the best stuff in them (SandForce 2281 & Toggle NAND). The one big thing driving me to the Mushkin was the recommendation in the OP, especially since it was the only other recommended drive for a Mac besides the Samsung 830. The price point on the Intel that was recommended was nice, but if I can get a little better performance in the SanDisk or Mushkin for only $20 or so more, it might be worth it. From what I've read, the problems with the nvidia chipsets were in older Macs, so I'm not too worried about that (but it's nice to know they have a firmware fix for it). Thanks for the reply, it definitely helps. I hate how difficult picking one of these out is, but I want to make sure I get something decent that isn't completely breaking the bank.
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I just snagged a G.Skill Phoenix III 120 GB for $80 on Amazon, lightning deal going on right now. Doesn't seem like it's a very well-known model, but it apparently uses the Sandforce 2281 controller that a bunch of other good drives use, and G.Skill produces good RAM so I guess I trust them not to have faulty flash chips in their drives either... and it's 7mm so I can actually use it in my laptop, that's always a plus 
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Re: The 010G firmware on crucial M4s I bought a 128GB m4 and it has that firmware on it. Is the problem with the drive not initializing an intermittent issue where it will randomly not initialize? Right now I have it installed in my laptop with a ghosted image from my previous OS partition on there with no issues.
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Bob Morales posted:Looks like there's a 5.04 firmware out for my Mushkin Chronos 240GB (which was $220 back in like March Thats an important update, at least it is on my identical Sandforce Patriot Wildfire. It fixes TRIM not working properly in the 5.01 & 5.02 release.
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dud root posted:Thats an important update, at least it is on my identical Sandforce Patriot Wildfire. It fixes TRIM not working properly in the 5.01 & 5.02 release. The TRIM command from the OS (which I'm not using in OS X) or the built-in garbage collection of the drive?
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Bob Morales posted:The TRIM command from the OS (which I'm not using in OS X) or the built-in garbage collection of the drive? I should expand on that last bit as it's something I wasn't clear on until recently (Anand's SSD DC S3700 chat with Intel is VERY informative). The TRIM command informs the drive that LBAs are no longer in use, the drive isn't obligated to do anything in particular with that information. In general the controller marks the blocks as free in its blockmap in memory and queues the blocks for recycling by the garbage collector, but some controllers (JMicron) simply do nothing, essentially "faking" TRIM support. Nobody actually erases the blocks as soon as they are TRIMed. Alereon fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Nov 27, 2012 |
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I turned off my machine to install a new 3TB drive and now my motherboard says it doesn't detect my Crucial M4 512GB drive. It's been working fine since I installed it and I believe it's on the 000F or whatever firmware (I remember upgrading it to avoid the 10000 hour bug or whatever). I'm currently waiting for it to power cycle but does anyone have any insight into what might be possibly going on? The weird thing is that the SATA AHCI thing in post says it counts the drive as a device when it counts up my total ports and drives, but it doesn't show up in the list of drives.
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Please post a Crystal Disk Info screenshot, if it shows the drive. You might try sitting in the BIOS for 30 minutes or so before you try rebooting, as that may make it detect.
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Sereri posted:I'm thinking of adding a Crucial CT064M4SSD3 to the HTPC parts I'm ordering. Does anyone have experience with Crucial M4 mSata drives? Is this a terrible idea?
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Alereon posted:Please post a Crystal Disk Info screenshot, if it shows the drive. You might try sitting in the BIOS for 30 minutes or so before you try rebooting, as that may make it detect. Can't get in the computer right now because the M4 drive is my system drive. I'm currently trying the power cycle thing. Is this common with M4 drives?
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fookolt posted:Can't get in the computer right now because the M4 drive is my system drive. I'm currently trying the power cycle thing.
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Alereon posted:It's a known issue with the latest firmware, though it's sounding like you may not be on that version. The top of the OP has info. Thanks; power cycle worked and the motherboard can now see the drive but now I'm stuck at Verifying DMI Pool Data. I installed a 3TB drive so could that be why it's stuck here? Should I wait it out?
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Tapedump posted:... Look four, and then five, posts above yours.  I even 'read' those post, just missed the word mSata and took it as another 010G post in my head.My alternatives seem to be a 64GB ADATA SX-300-S3 for  more or a 32GB Samsung PM830 for  less.Also maybe edit the crucial out of the OP mSATA
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Fixed, I didn't know you couldn't downgrade the firmware on the mSATA version. You wouldn't want the ADATA because it has RAISE disabled, meaning it's unreliable. Look at the Mushkin Enhanced Atlas.
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Hm, so I was on 000F the whole time. Anyway, I fixed the DMI pool waiting forever crap by going to Windows 7 recovery and typing "bootrec.exe /fixboot" into the command prompt 
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