Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB 2.5IN Solid State Disk Flash Drive SATA3 6GBPS

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fast as quickly gets incredibly nice drive, worked grat with win7 set up was a snap, only a little bit of a prob when it sleeps have to reboot some instances, thats ok i just turned off the sleep mode, would appreciate to have another, :)

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Installing a clean install of Windows took about 12 - 15 minutes! Some portions of the set up would just jump to the subsequent step and would be already rebooted if I went to get a cup of coffee.Rapid Boot times into Windows 7. Once in Windows, the applications seem to have a "snappy" feel to them when opening / closing applications that is not replicated with a regular HDYes, the SSD is extremely nice, but it's not THAT much far better than a RAID configuration utilizing WD 10,000k drives. The cost of this drive & the amount of storage space.There are nonetheless bugs to be worked out ahead of SSD drives are going to be common in computers for the typical user.I had a SATA II ( 3GB ) RAID of 3 WD Raptor drives and for the most element they could compete with the single SSD drive. Putting in programs was not AS quick as the SSD, but the boot time of the process was really close to the SSD. If I were developing a new process I would Seriously look at purchasing the WD SATA III ƖGB) Raptor and configure in RAID .... You get ALOT much more storage space and probably wouldn't discover that large of a distinction than if you bought the pricey SSD drive.

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Will update... Will update... I really should have paid closer attention to the size of the drive given that I make desktops only. There are no mounting brackets with it for mounting in a desktop tower case. Perhaps I can still get it to fit just fine, if not I'll have to discover a bracket someplace and order it.

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I've had this drive for a handful of weeks now, and it has performed flawless for me since day 1. The speed of the drive is surely noticible when compared to my previous regular HDD. Boot time is almost certainly the most noticeble element by far. Other than cost I have no complaints. I would like a second one particular, but I'll most likely hold off till the pricing lowers down a lot more. This drive is undoubtedly speedy and is worth what you spend for, but if you have no use for the added enhance it gives, or won't appreciate just what it is you're getting then I would say conserve your money. That statement goes for any SSD. You will spend much more per GB for SSD, but to me it is worth it since you are obtaining a lot more efficiency with the sacrifice of space. Will need for space I say go with HDD. Want for speed then SSD is where it is at buddy.

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Bought this for the chairman of my department. Installed it in a Lenova X201 Core i5 model with 4GB RAM operating Windows 7 Qualified.I was under no circumstances into SSD tough drives until I saw the performance of this. Merely astounding. Regrettably I could only run it at SATA I @ 150MB/s as an alternative of it's rated SATA II @ 300MB/s but right here's what I've experienced therefore far...Boot time is around ten seconds from cold commence.From logon screen the laptop is entirely ready to use in less than three seconds upon login.Shutdown time is around 3 seconds.Opens Adobe Acrobat in much less than 1 second.Opens all Microsoft Workplace 2007 programs in much less than 1 second.Opens Adobe Photoshop CS3 in 1 second.The Adobe product run occasions are what amazed me the most. I would like to see this thing run at it's total 300MB/s. Quite sweet. I've read that you have to do some partition alignment on XP machines. As lengthy as you do a fresh install with Windows 7 or Windows Vista then you will not have to deal with this. Google SSD Partition Alignment.Additionally if you took an image of an OS from a spin-up drive then you will have to do a partition alignment when you write the image to the SSD, even if the OS is Windows Vistaǝ. This is additional the nature of SSD rather than a con of the C300 but it's great to know about. Apparently a misaligned partition on an SSD severly degrades the overall performance of the SSD and when it is correctly aligned the users saw an increase in efficiency amongst 150%-300% original speed. A good thing to know is that you do not have to defrag SSD drives due to the fact the read occasions are equivalent to RAM where the read time of the initial sector is the exact same read time as the final sector. So defragging will just shorten the drives lifetime.I just bought this again for my private laptop or computer following seeing the overall performance gains on that tiny laptop.

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Really incredibly quickly and roomy for an SSD. All stars mainly because the only show in town at the time I got it. Might flip out for no purpose on occasions.Don't let windows 7 try to repair when it flips. You will be reloading the firmware, contact the manufacture for the procedure. Then had to re-image the drive to a previous version. Had to do this once. It does flip on occasions, that is the laptop Qosmio just drops dead. But it comes back to life right after a minute or so. This drive is for you if you want the fastest drive know to man, if you can or have staff to fix your stuff with no difficulty. Afford backup drives prepared to go if the drive croaks and not be bother by this when it takes place, then this drive is for you.

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Quick,Fats and super rapidly. expensive Nicely due to the fact it's 1 of the very first SATA III SSD it's quite impressive and I got it for beneath 600. It even runs good on my ASUS P6X58D MB even with the Marvell controller drivers installed. Trim support is available in Win7 ( not certain why other review stated otherwise ) I am quite content over all but the value is not justified per efficiency. It's much more bragging ideal than something else. I believe I would have preferred waiting the extra min per load instances to save the 600 bucks now. Oh nicely I guess I have my Porsche now.

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Fastest SSD HD through an SATA 3 contection on the market as of Oct 2010. You can read the evaluation proving it at TomsHardware.com. The 軙 value is rediculous! Despite the value I used this product as a motivator to get by means of a research system promising myself I'd obtain it if I passed... I PASSED! Back to thoughts on the product, there is no other SATA 3 HD more rapidly at this time; even so you can acquire goods that plug into your PCIE slots that are quicker. I favor to stick with SATA at this time though since my expertise with 3rd party controller cards by PCI slots hasn't been wonderful. A lot of computer software solutions appear to have some level of challenges with them. On top of that I am at the moment working with this drive on SATA two which reduces its efficiency by ㆒ mbs because I am waiting for the new CPU core structures to come out in the next 6 months, but I am really pleased with the performance. Tends to make load occasions in World of Warcraft virtually non-existent even on my two year old AMD 9950 Phenom processor. Very happy!

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I get 300 read,190 write,it's quiet and loads games quick. no clatter from typical drives. faster than my other ssd's none seriously except it's not larger, I truly wanted a four-500 gb 1 that was sata6 I am pleased with this upgrade as it,s just great to have. Not a true obtain for what I do but good alter from from my other hd/I'm basically love rapidlyeven with good documentation with your hd's ssd's can be a discomfort to get recognised and have helped quite a few perform it out. 1st off make positive you are plugged into a regular port 1st (not the 6gb 1) and let the computer recognise it and flash if needed. all ssd producers ought to have a "help guide" for men and women not use to messing with computer'c and mb's a lot. This would conserve them on negative reviews, rma's result in peeps can't get them to perform and low showing overall performance because the mb doesn't truely recognise it correctly.Mb suppliers should have the exact same. Ive been operating ssd's for years now and have aided so many I actually inform peeps unless they just need to have it don't get so that I don't have to commit so substantially time .But if you have to have, this is a fantastic drive and only true solution if you want and have sata3, or even if you plan on upgrading to it

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Reading and writing speeds are identical now from first set up immediately after 6month and 50% complete. Firmware updating. I have a Asus P6X58D P board and I had to move the drive back to sata II port and unplug all other drives and then move my dvd to the sata III port. Then adjust the bios setting to ide in order for the firmware to take properly. Wonderful drive over all. Six months later and still performing at the same speeds. I had some problems with the board not recognizing the SSD after a long shut down. Flashed the newest bios from asus on the board and never ever had a challenge considering that.

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loads o/s good and quickly does the job for what i required to do..preparing on obtaining one more ssd..wit a smaller memory initial installed with w7 fix bios to trim setting gave me a blue screen den ive rest bios..and reinstalled w7 den everthing was fine found out that my mobo have a auto setup for trim when insalled....beside the cost for 256gigs my wd 600velociraptor is more cheaper got it for 180 ive rushed to set up my rigged wit ssd didn't seriously look into the setting that my mobo have to present when installing it.vital realssd c300wd600 velociraptormsi 870a fuzion energy editiongtx570gskill rams

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No difficulties right here! It was quick and effortless to setup. Windows boot instances are ultra-rapidly by comparison. Overall system and application performance is certainly outstanding with the SSD in spot. I typically run VMware Workstation on my customized sager laptop to test enterprise products and the general overall performance rivals that of the precise exact same virtual systems operating on devoted enterprise servers which run ten,000 rpm HDDS. IOPS is through the roof so I can multitask effortlessly. My virus scan kicked in for the duration of FPS Game-play and I didn’t even discover it. There is no going back to regular tricky drives right after this! I now personal three...... :P

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Incredibly impressive. I have not noticed something additional outstanding than SSD in the previous ten years. Positive factors got quicker, but this genuinely tends to make your system scream! Each application I launch immediately makes going to an additional computer system with a Hard Drive intolerable! None, price tag point is respectable offered the speed and size. I'm sure in two-five years this will be 贄 and the norm. If it lasts five years I'll be content, but only time will inform!

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Appears to predict the future it is so fast. Puts my Raptor to shame, which will now be retired. None so far. Did I mention that it is amazingly rapid! Core i7 930, dual 5870s, ASUS Rampage III.

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Worked Awesome when it did perform, ahead of it failed, would have given it 5 stars had it not failed. Every thing just opens up rather rapidly, it is the fastest drive I have ever utilised, can open many programs at once, and windows 7 X64 rates it a 7.5-7.9 depends on other elements Although. Extremely Smaller in size but runs good. Mine failed following only a couple of weeks of use, and for the cash it was a big shock, in particular when these businesses place out new technologies and want us customers to risk and try it it. Now it will be RMA'ed and I will hope the firmware two will support the drive, but now I have to reinstall every little thing, and this method was a brand new make, no one likes that! I have in no way had any tricky drive ever fail and I have owned at lest 20-25 difficult drives from 1992-2010. AMD Phenom II X6 1090TBE [Six Core CPU] Α.95GHz][All Six Cores][Prime 95 For ten/Hours @ 80F].Asus Crosshair IV AM3 890FX Sata VI [Motherboard][Rock Stable & Incredibly Overclockable]. Corsair DDR3 1600 8GB Dominator Edition W/ Fan Retail Kit [Excellent Memory][Prime 95 For 10/Hours @ 80F 鴈-256 FSB)].two XFX ATI 5750's in Crossfire Mode [Core 810Mhz/Mem 1175] [Dual Videocards][Furmarked For 10Hrs].Corsair 850HX CMPSU-850 Watt Energy Supply [Single Rail Silver Rated Energy Supply].Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC256GB Sata VI SSD [O/S Hard Drive][Extremely Rapid].Coolermaster Haf 932 Red Editon Full Atx Tower [Computer Case][Awesome].Pioneer BR DVD RW(BDR-205BKS) & Pioneer DVD RW(DVR-218LBK) [Optical Drives].Ώ] A single TB WD Black Caviar Dual Processor 󟻐RPM]Sata VI Extra Storage/ Backup Tricky Drive [Hard Drive].ΐ] Two TB WD Green Difficult Drives 󟻐RPM] Sata III For Storage [Hard Drive].MS Windows Ultimate 7 X64 OEM [Operating Technique].Samsung 27 Inch Syncmaster LCD (P2770) 1920

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Assisted inexperienced friend with new, high-end, i7/Windows 7 Ult construct. Simply amazing challenging drive. No issues, with develop or installation. Once completed (OS, updates, drivers, hardware-particular configuration & tweaking, etc), Read: 320+, create: 200+. Due to the fact a con is anything derogatory about a item, that may well result in one difficulty or stop one particular from paying for a product. Based on this, sorry Jason but expense is a con. This is, even so, not special to this hard disk; it applies to all high-performance SSD's so it is in reality more of a con of this sort of drive and not this certain drive. SSD's are the future of tricky drives. Sadly, this is in one of the most exploitive industries where we all forget that the video card that you can acquire nowadays for ๳, and the manufacturer is still making income on it at that price, was promoting for 蹡 a year ago, if not 6-months ago, simply due to the fact they know that their well trained customer group will spend it, even if only for bragging rights.Fantastic performing SSD's are far too pricey, and will continue to be for the exact same factors.

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Good RMA turnaround time from Essential. Horrible pauses caused by newest firmware. New units ship with firmware 0006, which is the cause apparently. Originally bought this drive (C300 256MB, FW 0002) in April 2010. Controller failed causing bluescreens and ultimately stopped booting fully in machine or in an external caddy around September.Replaced by essential with small effort, even though they _replace their drives with refurbished units_. Be warned. Refurb drive was 0002. I flashed it to 0006, which has horrible pauses when disk access happens. New drives are buying with this firmware. Critical's personal forums are filled with men and women praying for a repair at this point.See: http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/RealSSD-C300-Series-Firmware-Version-006-Release/td-p�/highlight/false

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superior drive,firmware rev: 0002 is ready!!!!!!!!, only two days, good. i am waiting for new radeon 6870, 3d capable. and order for new egg. thank soo significantly nothing.

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Rapid! Especialy when paired with 6GB sata controller. Just remarkable genuinely. Value :( A lot of mobos do not help 6GB sata on the main intel controllers, and present such support through 2ndary controller. Windows saw the drives in the course of install but would refuse to boot from them. Make positive you set up 2ndary controller drivers in the course of install through F6 (load drivers) mode, even if setup appears to see the drives.

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NA NA Has anyone attempted setting up as a raid five format with numerous other drives and how did that work out?

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This factor screams!!! I place this in this years Mac Mini, 2.four ghz, replacing a Western Digital 5400 rpm laptop tricky drive. There is no way to compare this strong state to that drive. What I Would say is this Mac Mini now drives like a Mac Pro tower. I'm just acquiring started with it but I need to say "I'm in really like" Stevie B I can only think of two cons, both are associated. This machine ought to have a larger tough drive, it can run Windows on a side partition. (It does so, beautifully) It should have a 500 gig drive, split the drive equally among Win and Mac. The value truly needs to come down on the bigger drives. Plain and straightforward, there is only space for one 2.five" drive. Hey Guys, HOW ABOUT A 贄 PER GIG!!!!!!! Just the value point.............

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Fast. Puts all those spindle and platter dinosaurs to shame.2.5" form aspect implies compatibility and portability is a snap.Rugged. Can take a drop and preserve on going! $$$$$$ - 1ǚ the capacity of a 1TB HDD at 6 times the cost, but you gotta pay to play!No 3.five" adapter bracket integrated. Come on Essential, you can't throw a ŭ bracket and some screws in the box??? Great efficiency can be yours if you are willing to spend for it.

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Can\'t believe how rapid it is. more than 360mb/s read and more than 200mb/s write. Just keep in mind to use SATA 6gb/s if you want to reach this best speed. I'm utilizing this for my Desktop. none Why would you acquire other 256gb SSD when this one is substantially quicker and cheaper too. I kind of regret getting my Corsair P256 SSD 3 months ago since it is slower. (about 200 mb/s read and 150 mb/s write). On the other hand just keep in thoughts that this SSD uses more watts when active compare to Corsair, which matters for me on laptop (longer battery life).

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256 GB capacity is exceptional, and bulk read/write speeds are outstanding. Working with the SATA II interface I had no dilemma hitting rated speeds of the drive. The drive I received has horrible studdering difficulties. Firmware 006, which my drive came with, apparently introduced them. There's a 47+ page thread on the Important forums complaining about this. Most writes occur speedily, but flushes (as measured by the xperf tool contained in the Windows Developer SDK) can take more than a second to full. This results in random hangs in numerous applications as they try to write to the disk. Vital has made a single post saying they are seeking into the issues, but haven't publicly admitted there is a difficulty or any timeline for a fix. I've now stopped utilizing it and have gone back to a normal, spinning HDD due to the fact it's a superior knowledge.The other con is Vital doesn't include a bracket to mount in a three.five" slot. Seems silly. This item falls under Newegg's "Limited Replacement Only Return Policy", which means it can't be returned. I'm hoping Newegg will be awesome and make an exception because this is a flawed product.

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Quickly, Light, low power, ez to install SSD. Have to have upgrade for laptops. Came from a Hitachi 7200 (a quick HD!), nicely this factor is just light years away from it. My 2Ghz MacBook now races like a rocket.. VMWare is soooo quickly it's impressive.I've read numerous post about people today complaining about no TRIM assistance in OSX, so far so excellent I am happy with the speed. FYI runs on SATA2.Factory Firmware was 002 Cost is still a stretch - would see 跌 as the value point for mass adoption