Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2 256 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

One week so far.

Strengths: Big improvement over my old 7200 rpm HD. Load times are drastically reduced.

Weakness: Needs a bracket for standard desktop hard drive bays. (not included)Needs slightly smallers screws to secure the hard drive than a standard hard drive. (not included)

I've had it for a week now. 2.5" means it doesn't fit properly inside a standard desktop HDD bay (it's geared for laptop users). So you will need a special mounting bracket and screws (use pricegrabber if you don't have a good computer store around you, they are like $5). Usage wise it's awesome so far. Computer boots from power on to desktop and ready to go in ~30s...
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I've had it for a week now. 2.5" means it doesn't fit properly inside a standard desktop HDD bay (it's geared for laptop users). So you will need a special mounting bracket and screws (use pricegrabber if you don't have a good computer store around you, they are like $5). Usage wise it's awesome so far. Computer boots from power on to desktop and ready to go in ~30s and from the end of the windows logo to desktop is about 5s or less. (no grinding out programs after you get to the desktop screen). Shutting the computer down takes about 10s from click to power off. Game load times are drastically reduced. All the little moments of having a bogged down HDD are gone. I pair this with a 2 TB disc drive and my old 500 GB disc drive. Run windows and games off the SSD and all my other crap goes on the disc drives.

By anonymous; - Jul 2, 2012

Dead within 6 months.

Strengths: Fast.

Weakness: Dead.

Great performance, right up until it gave up the ghost.

By jamielow - Sep 21, 2012

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