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    Does anyone know of a ultility for the Crucial M4

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Cape Consultant, Oct 22, 2011.

  1. Cape Consultant

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    that mimics the Intel SSD utility? Sure would be nice to have! Thanks.
     
    Cape Consultant, Oct 22, 2011
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    No such thing - that is why you save an avg of $100 when you bought the M4 vs. the 510 Series. :)
     
    tilleroftheearth, Oct 22, 2011
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    Seems to me it should be mandatory :) Either way, I am happy with the M4. Rock solid so far. Backups are my friend.

    I have the 240GB and keep it mostly half full or 60% tops.
     
    Cape Consultant, Oct 24, 2011
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    Mandatory SSD Toolbox - I agree! :)

    How would you compare the M4 to an Intel SSD (if you can)?

    Any noticeable differences to a user (not a benchmarker)?
     
    tilleroftheearth, Oct 24, 2011
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    Tiller, I can give you a comparison between a 256GB M4 and a 120GB 310. Not a great comparison, but I do notice the M4 being more responsive. And the M4 is in a laptop whereas the 310 is in a desktop with a 6-core extreme CPU (980x).

    +1 mandatory toolbox. Intel's is nice for at least telling you if all is well.,
     
    madmattd, Oct 25, 2011
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    madmattd,

    thanks for the compare - could you give more details of the notebook system and how much RAM and O/S are in both?

    I agree that the M4 should be/feel superior - the 310 (did you mean 320?) is still just a SATA2 drive vs. a SATA3 M4.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Oct 25, 2011
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    Yea, I meant 320. Too many numbers.... :D And yea, they are after all different SATA version drives. I also see a difference in favor of the M4 over the Vertex 2 in my desktop at home (sig). Minimal noticeable difference between the 320 and V2.

    Notebook system is in my sig. The system with the 320 is my workstation at work, it has i7-980x, 2x2GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM (triple-channel), Quadro 4800 GPU. Both systems running Win 7 Pro x64.

    EDIT: Neither has the crazy setup you do to yours. Both are partitioned to full capacity, but full to only around 50%. Defrag turned off, indexing off on C drive, no other tweaks.
     
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