Crucial m4 64GB vs OCZ Agility 120GB

Smeg45

March 9, 2012 3:49:37 AM

I can either purchase an OCZ Agility 3 120GB for $169 or a Crucial m4 60GB for $130, question is which one? I don't really mind about the capacity, but this is an everyday work PC that spends its time shifting 1 - 10 GB .avi's/mkv's around. I also have a 500GB scratch drive (7200RPM Barracuda) and a 2TB WD20EARX as bulk storage. The board is a SATA 6GB/s Asus F1A75 V-PRO. For this type of work, which one?

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Dereck47

Storage Expert

March 9, 2012 5:08:39 AM

Double the capacity for only $39 more, definitely go for the Agility 3.
The 120GB Agility has a 16-piece NAND configuration compared to the 8-piece NAND for the 60GB M4, which equates to better performance.

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anort3

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March 9, 2012 5:30:43 AM

^ +1

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Ic3man36O

March 10, 2012 5:54:20 AM

Smeg45 said:

I can either purchase an OCZ Agility 3 120GB for $169 or a Crucial m4 60GB for $130, question is which one? I don't really mind about the capacity, but this is an everyday work PC that spends its time shifting 1 - 10 GB .avi's/mkv's around. I also have a 500GB scratch drive (7200RPM Barracuda) and a 2TB WD20EARX as bulk storage. The board is a SATA 6GB/s Asus F1A75 V-PRO. For this type of work, which one?

They are suggesting the Agility 3 due to the price difference per SSD size, but you can get the Crucial M4 128GB for $169 as well...
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT12...

Personally, I like the Crucial series better, but most SSD's perform similarly. And according to Tomshardware SSD hierarchy, the M4 is two tiers above the Agility 3...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-solid-state-nan...

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