Any Crucial M500 user here?

Wanna ask how do you all find the SSD's performance

read speed is decent, but write is...

120GB version?

ive no idea as well in picking SSDs

ive read their review by Anand and TomsHardware

seeing from benchmark, it isnt really the fastest nor the cheapest

but it does come with extra features that they didnt go deep into

Thanks for the info

Im pretty interested in getting a 256 or 512GB SSD.. Make it somewhat like a gaming/OS/always being used programs. But the price

Crucial M500 perhaps?

the 960GB one best bang for buck

costs a bomb, but if counting price per GB, its the best

Samsung is highly rated for their SSDs afterall

one of the best too

840 Evo only weakness is TLC atm, its not suitable for heavy users

for me, even though im not heavy user, i find it hard to dish out RM300+ for it due to the TLC NAND when other MLC NAND are priced similarly

but that speed from a TLC NAND.. comparable and even surpassing MLCs

its a good SSD nonetheless, but if youre the kind who requires SSD for work related softwares where you need to frequently write data then i say no. under light usage, AnandTech estimated 7 years of lifespan. if under heavy... cant say for sure but its lesser. MLCs can last longer even under heavy loads. bear in mind SSDs are not rated on years of lifespan but more on the amount of read and write cycles, so my previous analogy can be irrelevant

other choices (all MLCs)
Crucial M500 240GB RM569
Plextor M5S 256GB RM574
Kingston HyperX 3K 256GB RM599

well, read this to boost your knowledge on SSDs
http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/opt...dows-8-edition/

not sure about Kingston but i have a friend with Crucial M500, he said so far pretty decently fast and no failures yet. as for Plextor, i have yet to see many LYN Plextor users complaining as well

man.. first day Intel 530 owner.. and already having problems with the AHCI config

went on boot loop when changed from IDE to AHCI

then attempt to install AHCI drivers from ASUS, platform not supported -.-

i tried changing before installing the SSD
same endless boot looop

i suspected the drivers as i didnt install the Intel/ASUS RAID/AHCI drivers. but the driver setup keep saying 'this platform not supported'

oh saw that as well, tried but no msahci, so i use storahci

changed the value to 1 (default was 0) and nothing happened

that guy manually inserted his registry to the PC

come to think about it, i havent even update BIOS.. is it necessary?

EDIT: got it working right, it seems i missed the second registry edit

thanks for the help!

This post has been edited by marfccy: Mar 24 2014, 08:33 PM

yep already fixed it dee, the link given above solved everything

gonna see if im willing to post benchmarks

here goes the benchie, seems decent

wait, this is already using ramdisk? or still SSD?

i dont quite catch what you mean by if i have more ram

i see

impressive speeds indeed, 8GB/s read. but ill stick to SSD atm

dont think 8GB RAM is sufficient

from what i know, these models are extremely reliable

1. Intel
2. Crucial
3. Plextor
4. Samsung

usually write speed isnt that important for normal consumers as most of the time its based on the read speed that impressed us (faster boot up, faster apps loading etc)

higher write speeds is usually required when youre doing write intensive tasks which most of us dont really perform often as well. i mean, do you even perform much write as a casual consumer?

Samsung Evo have a higher write speed to compensate that they have lower endurance as the Evo is a TLC NAND which have a lower PE cycle compared to MLC NANDs like Intel, Plextor, Crucial etc etc

its to balance the SSD. i mean would you buy SSD with lower endurance if it isnt faster than MLC?

This post has been edited by marfccy: Mar 31 2014, 02:22 PM

the only TLC i know in market is Samsung 840 Evo and the old 840 only. the PE cycle ranking are as follows

1. SLC - 100k PE cycle
2. MLC - 5-10k cycles
3. TLC - 1k cycle

its already proven that TLC already have the lowest PE cycle and degrades faster than the other two types of NAND. ofc thats all under load work with SSD, if youre not doing any heavy work, TLC NAND can last as long as MLC
AnandTech wrote a damn good article about it as well, read it Understanding TLC NAND

going TLC is certainly a good way for mainstream consumers, as most of them are turned off by the price of the more pricier MLC NAND SSDs. however, the price of TLC NAND (Samsung 840 Evo) is not exactly on the cheap side. Samsung is still pricing it at RM359 which is equivalent to what most standard MLCs cost anyway. given the pricing is an arse, going TLC when other MLC are available at the same price is a pretty silly move

that being said, Samsung Evo is still one of the best and fastest SSDs out there. just that i wouldnt recommend Samsung Evo for heavy users due to TLC and the price range. youll gonna need to swap SSD soon if you keep performing heavy write loads on it. itll reach the PE cycle limit way faster than MLCs

V300 is a decent SSD, but do avoid new batches. AnandTech mentioned that the new batches currently have issues in reliability and consistency (Kingston changed manufacturer from Taiwan to China). So if you notice the V300 batch youre interested in is made in China instead of Taiwan, i suggest getting a different choice as per below

Crucial M500 - reliable in terms of speed and quality, may not be the fastest SSD but still fast enough, have good built in encryption method, power loss protection (for those who have twitchy home power)
Plextor M5S - slightly faster than the M500, cheapest of all at RM289 as per this date, consistent performer as well
Kingston HyperX 3K - fast and reliable, Sandforce controller, top of the line for Kingston SSDs
Intel 530 - fast and reliable, best among all the ones mentioned above, 5 year warranty compared to the 3 above, comes with Intel's superb SSD softwares
Samsung 840 Pro - fastest among all SSDs above, comes with great software support as well, but extremely pricey, 5yr warranty

as per above reasons, i wouldnt recommend Samsung 840 Evo.