Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

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Almost as fast as the models with Sandforce controller but more stable. Stability is improved but there is still some work to do. An overclocked CPU increases the risk of BSOD. Tested with Gigabyte MB P67A-UD5-B3 Intel i7 CPU and 2600K (Intel and Microsoft AHCI driver). This review was modfied by poster @ 09-21-11 02:53 PM

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Pm'd for $175, making it quite a decent deal. I wanted to purchase the Sandforce SSDs, but unfortunately their reliability is in question - something I couldn't afford considering i'm gonna be using this as my boot drive.Running on the SATA2 Interface and the difference between this and a caviar black are still HUGE!.

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Had this drive for 3 days then had a weird error where windows stopped loading. Tried to reinstall and the drive wouldn't let me. Returned with the hope of getting aother but they were sold out.

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See my benchmark screenshots in the "Crucial M4 SSD New Firmware = 20% faster" thread. Bought from local ncix store. Flashed the ssd to firmware 0009 using SATA mode instead of AHCI on the laptop bios settings. Then formatted the drive. Drive has been on for only a few hours and so far so good.

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I'm running this drive as a OS and from day 1 it's been nothing but great. No issues of any kind. I currently just bought an M4 256 gig to use as my games drive because this 128 has been so solid.Rig is :X58 evgai7 a 3.88ghz12 gig corsair xms3 ramax1200 PSevga gtx580 x 2Auzentech forte

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Been looking for a while at various SSDs in order to upgrade from a RAID0 of Caviar Blues. While SandForce 2 based SSDs are faster in most benchmarks, their reliability was enough to keep me away from them. Crucial on the other hand seemed to have a good product on its hands, plus it was right behind the SF based SSDs in benchmarks. I took the jump and have no regrets at all.After the initial firmware upgrade that you have to do "DOS style", this SSD has been nothing but joy. Performance is great and I still haven't seen any mention of problems with this drive. Haven't benchmarked it so far, but just to give you an idea, Windows boots in about 10 seconds, Starcraft II installs in 1m30s and waiting is a thing of the past.Even over a decent RAID0 of mecanical drives, you still see some differences, obviously.Definitely worth buying, especially considering the competition at this time. Plus, I was able to price match it to 209$.

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I started off with a Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD, and had a terrible time with it because of the Sandforce issues.So, while at first it felt like a compromise to settle for the "slower" Crucial M4, I eventually came to realize that any difference in speed was imperceptible (during every day use) and having a drive that ran smoothly without any BSOD's was worth a heck of a lot more than a few extra benchmark points.This drive is fast (Win7 boots in under 20 seconds, programs load in a flash, file transfers are nearly instantaneous), runs smoothly, is pin-drop  quiet (of course), and hasn't caused me any stability issues whatsoever.I may buy a second one (perhaps in the 60GB size) for caching my HDD files, but right now I'm very happy with my M4 128GB.