128GB Crucial M4 Vs 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K Series SSD

[cbasher]

Hi everyone,

I just joined and decided to start this thread.
I am looking for an SSD. Wondering between

128GB Crucial M4

or

120GB Kingston HyperX 3K Series SSD.
?

[rustedzeke]

Might be better if you post in the correct thread (PC Hardware > SSD's), but yeah Crucial M4 has better reviews generally.

[dipzy]

I'd go with the M4, as mentioned above they have positive reviews and are highly recommended by many. I'm looking to pick a 256gb one soon.

[Phage]

Yes but M4 is £80 or the Hyper X is £65.
If you've got the money, then go for the M4. Otherwise the HyperX is a good buy. Certainly The Register rate them highly.
http://www.reghardware.com/2012/06/0...sds/page2.html

[Gallarian]

As the others have stated, the M4 is probabaly the better choice in terms of performace, but the price WAS better for the Kingston - however, I dont think you'll be able to find one for £65 anymore, I think Scan's offer has now ended.

So if you can get an M4 for £80, go for it

[raspute]

no, the kingston's performance is current gen, and faster than the m4. the big draw of the m4 to this day is 100% reliability, and very respectable performance. it's not the fastest drive of today by far

[Hicks12]

no, the kingston's performance is current gen, and faster than the m4. the big draw of the m4 to this day is 100% reliability, and very respectable performance. it's not the fastest drive of today by far

I dont think thats right, reliability you're spot on but with its performance not being current gen isnt right. The performance of the M4 is one of the bests, it is a solid performer in every field that matters, the sandforce is also good but its real strength is with compressible data... if you can get them cheaper then yeah its a good buy but the M4 and samsung 830 are the excellent drives to aim for.

(there is no replacement for the m4 yet so it really is current gen ).

[george1979]

Don't think he will notice the difference in performace unless he benchmarks the drives which is a fairly pointless exercise. I just recently installed an M4 (my first SSD) on a Sata 2 mobo and its great.
Don't pay too much attention to benchmarks. The main thing you will notice is the near instant seek times which would be the same on both drives. I went with the M4 purely due to the reputation for reliability.

[Newblet]

Have you bought one yet OP? If not, I've done quite a lot of research on the subject myself and would definitely point you at the Samsung 830 Series 128 GB SSD, two very reputable technology news and review sites labelled it as their favourite and I'd have to agree. Performance is through the roof and it has the reliability of Crucial's M4 and Intel's non-Sandforce SSDs. I haven't read a single bad report of it.

[cbasher]

Decided to go for Crucial M4 128 GB SSD.
Has good review on reliability which matters the most for me.
My first SSD; Been using it for two days now; good boot speeds and overall performance (I know; I am new to SSD; hence the the noticeable difference).

Many thanks to everyone for discussion on this thread; to help make the choice. Much appreciated.

[Agent]

no, the kingston's performance is current gen, and faster than the m4. the big draw of the m4 to this day is 100% reliability, and very respectable performance. it's not the fastest drive of today by far

There is a thread on this with figures about. The short version is that the Sandforce based drives are only 'faster' in very specific situations with the correct data. Day to day use and there is barely any difference.

[FatalSaviour]

I haven't used the Kingston, so cannot really judge these accurately. However, I've had such good experiences with the M4 range that I've just bought another couple of 256GB models (one for me and a few for work). They've been reliable, and are now priced a lot more competitively than some of their cheaper brethren.

[HalloweenJack]

speeds are very dependant on the motherboard you will be using - use a marvell 9128 sata3 and it`ll be on par with sata 2 - i know as i have it!