Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive
The 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive from Crucial Technology is a incandescently fast Solid State Drive (SSD) with 128GB of storage capacity. Taking advantage of the 6Gbps SATA interface, the SSD provides fast, reliable, and efficient data storage and retrieval. Unlike traditional hard drives, SSDs feature no moving parts, providing quiet, cool, and durable storage. The 2.5" form-factor and standard SATA interface make this SSD perfect for notebook users looking for the reliability Solid State Drives provide with a little added speed on top.
- Blazing Data Transfer Speeds
- The 2.5-inch Crucial m4 SSD drive offers laptop or notebook users fast sequential read speeds of up to 500MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 175 MB/sec (SATA 6Gbps)
- The Advantages of Solid State
- SSDs provide many benefits over traditional hard drives. You'll enjoy reduced power consumption and less heat generation. Because they have no moving parts, SSDs are quiet, more lightweight, and they're rugged and reliable even in the most demanding operating environments or temperature extremes
- Latest and Greatest
- Designed for client computing, the Crucial m4 SSD delivers faster boot and application load times for mobile users alike. Low power, lightweight, and durable, it empowers high-speed synchronous MLC NAND, advanced controller technology, optimized NAND management, and the second-generation SATA 6Gb/s interface. Together, that technology dramatically improves data transfers for bandwidth-demanding applications
- Memory Experts
- Delivering on the highest quality based upon Micron's leading-edge NAND media, the Crucial brand of SSDs has long been synonymous with reliability and highperformance. And because we're part of Micron, the m4 was bred and built entirely in-house. So you can rest assured you'll get one of the highest quality products available-from the company that knows memory.
- Highly Compatible
- The m4 SSD series drives employ a standard hard drive interface and dimensions, so it is an easy storage upgrade for most notebooks
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| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB |
| Interface | SATA 6Gbps |
| Sustained Transfer Rate |
Up to 6Gbps Backwards compatible with SATA 3Gbps |
| Maximum Data Rate |
Sequential Read: Up to 500MB/sec(SATA 6Gbps) Sequential Write: up to 175 MB/sec (SATA 6Gbps) (SATA 6Gbps) Random 4k Read: 40,000 IOPS Random 4k Write: 35,000 IOPS |
| Access Time | On Average: <.1 ms |
| Reliability |
Data Reliability: Built-in EDC/ECC PCMark Vantage Score: 55K HDD test score |
| Monitoring | Self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology (SMART) command set |
| Controller | Integrated 8-channel single chip |
| MTBF | 1.2 Million Hours |
| Certification | FCC, CE, RoHS, UL |
| General | |
|---|---|
| System Requirements | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Hard Disk Space | 5V |
| Power Consumption |
Active Average Power: 150 mW Idle Average Power: <85 mW |
| Environmental Requirements |
Operating Temperature: 32 to 158°F / 0 to 70°C Non-Operating Temperature: -67 to 203°F / -55 to 95°C Shock Resistant: 1500G / 1.0ms Vibration Resistant: 2-500Hz at 3.1G |
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 3.95 x 2.75 x 0.37" / 10.05 x 6.99 x 0.95 cm |
| Weight | 2.64 oz / 75 g |
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviews(based on 130 reviews)
Ratings Distribution
99%
of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Fast (120)
- Quiet (115)
- Easy to install (113)
- Reliable (84)
- Highly compatible (81)
Cons
- Pricey / poor value (7)
Best Uses
- Gaming (64)
- High-end multimedia (61)
- Boot drive (5)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Heavy duty user (84), Frequent user (43)
- Primary use:
- Personal (102), Business (25)
Most Liked Positive Review
AWESOME!!!
really fast SSS!
running it on a x58 motherboard on a SATA II port (3GB/s) and it gives me read: 280MB/s - write: 180MB/s.
so with a...Read complete review
really fast SSS!
running it on a x58 motherboard on a SATA II port (3GB/s) and it gives me read: 280MB/s - write: 180MB/s.
so with a SATA III port i would get proly 500MB/s read.
came with latest firmware update and is working like a champ!! recommended!!!
VS
Most Liked Negative Review
Not To Shabby
Works well, although I was trying to use it for high end video recording and it is much to slow.
Works well, although I was trying to use it for high end video recording and it is much to slow.
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Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- Gaming
- High-End Multimedia
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
From Power On button to surfing the web in less than 20 seconds!! I would recommend this SSD to anyone who would ever require one.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- Battery Saver
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
This is a GREAT little drive that gives my 3 year old laptop the speedy boost it deserves.
Cold starts have gone from nearly 60 seconds to about 15 seconds, and I've tacked on an additional hour of battery capacity.
Me likey.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
I replaced the stock hhd in my 2009 macbook pro with this drive, and it was easy to install and noticeably speeded up the performance of my computer. it's only been in the machine for a few weeks, but so far so good.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Fast
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- Gaming
- High-End Multimedia
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
Start up is extremely fast, apps launch up right away & shuting down is faster than before. I own a 500GB 7200 rpm and love it, until I saw a friend of mine upgrade to a 64GB SSD by Crucial. I saw how smooth and faster is computer is. So that caught my interest in the SSD & it is the best thing I bought for my laptop. Very quiet as oppose to my 7200 rpm which I heard sometimes when my computer was stress.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
- Never enough Gb
Best Uses
- High-End Multimedia
- Photo Video Editing
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
Okay, holy grail is pushing it, but what an improvement. Recnt tests showed the 64Gb version is to be left on the shelves, the 128 is the way to go. More than enough room for all the (OS) software and still plenty of room for a normal amount of files.
You will need an external HD for movies and other large files/folders, but using this on my laptop is more than sufficient. Just have to stay organized.
Came well packed and arrived before estimate time given by e-mail. With copying software, transfer cable and instructional video on Crucial website preparing the SSD is a breeze. Even I can do it. Opening and replacing the HDD for the SSD is faily simple, with some basic knowledge it is an easy upgrade for the computer.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
and faster than HDD, of course. BUT it's still expensive. Bought this on 3-30-2012 for ~153, it's now 119 as of 05-13-2012. I'll wait until they are below [$]/gb or more; then will buy the 512 Gb one the next time.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
I like it! Perfectly quiet, less heat, very fast.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Reliable
Cons
- Slow
Best Uses
- Gaming
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
Works well, although I was trying to use it for high end video recording and it is much to slow.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
Replacement drives for company desktops. Cloning was fast and easy, four year old computers are now better than new.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Highly Compatible
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
6Gbit or Sata 6G SSD that isn't a Sandforce SSD
-very fast
-close to $1/GB
-Marvell chipset
-firmware updates from Crucial
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
- Expensive
Best Uses
- Gaming
- High-End Multimedia
- Improved work efficiency
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
I bought 2, and set them up in a RAID 0 (striping) array, which has worked brilliantly thus far. Would highly recommend these Crucial SSD's to anyone who'd like to turbo-charge their laptop, while extending their charge time (since the SSD's don't use as much power as an HDD).
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Development
- High-End Multimedia
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
I am really happy with this new SSD in my MacBook Pro !
Faster and powerful.
The shipping was really fast too. Only two days ( New-York --> Montreal, Canada)
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
- Expensive
Best Uses
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
Replaced a laptop 500GB Hitachi 5400 rpm drive with this Crucial m4 ssd 128GB. After cloning the old drive using Data Transfer kit (Acronis software and SATA cable), I replaced the old drive in about 7 mins.My 2 year old Acer i5 came with SATA II yet the speed improvements were excellent. In general,it used to take at least 20 secs (after tweaking) or more to shut down, now 7 secs flat. Booting up gain was much more, before approx 100 secs or more to get on the net, now I view the browser home page in 22 secs. There are a few necessary changes to the system such as disabling defrag, disabling prefetch and superfect, disabling files indexing in windows. Please google ssd and defrag to read what recommended changes to the system need to be performed when using ssd drive. Last but not least when cloning the hard drive, be sure to keep the ssd aligned. Acronis software also performs this task (4K alignment)as an option when it clones the drives.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- Gaming
- High-End Multimedia
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
easy to install and very fast
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
For a macbook (2008) 2.0 Ghz, really good product.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
- Expensive
Best Uses
- Gaming
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
I finally decided to try running my OS and heavier games off of a solid state drive and the difference has been tremendous. Windows boots and runs much, much faster, and loading or using the same program from this drive rather than an HDD takes, on average, half the time.
As a brand, I've been using Crucial for nearly 10 years and I'm not surprised at the quality of this particular product. It runs great out of the box and I would guess, like every other product of theirs I have owned, it lasts until I'm ready to move on to something else.
The cost is certainly nothing to scoff at, and I don't recommend using it as your only drive since media can take up so much space, but if you're into games, heavy apps, or just want to be able to restart Windows in under 20 seconds, grab this!
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Good Value
- Quiet
Cons
- No 25 to 35 bracket
Best Uses
- Fast Boot Drive
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
This is my first SSD and I am very pleased with it. Good price/size ratio. I am using this as the boot drive for new desktop PC. Installation was easy but be warned this drive does not come with an adapter bracket for mounting in a 3.5 slot. Not a big deal, most buyers will probably be putting this in a laptop and won't need an adapter. Supports trim in either AHCI or IDE. AHCI in the preferred mode. Be sure to enable this or raid setting in bios before installing your OS. I am installing my lesser used programs on a traditional hard drive to keep this SSD from being crammed too full. All in all very happy with it. There are faster drives out there but they cost more and you probably won't see the difference in everyday use.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- High-End Multimedia
- Video Editing
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
Primary drive video editing computer
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Any use
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
This is a great product for the price. I replaced my original 5400 rpm drive in my 2007 MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo 2.33) with this SSD and the result was as I expected. I use my MacBook Pro for software development and a complex build process is now only 20% slower than my 2010 MacBook Pro Core i7 with 8gb ram. The improvement over my old 5400 rpm drive was more than 25% for the same build process.
Otherwise, the applications that I've used thus far launch instantly and boot time has gone from about 2-3 minutes to about 30 seconds.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
Cons
- Expensive
Best Uses
Comments about Crucial Technology 128GB m4 SSD 2.5" Solid State Internal Drive:
Just like any other drive, installs transparently. I installed it in a netbook as an experiment without any problems. Boot time has decreased and program access as well.
- Primary use:
- Personal
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