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Award-winning quality. Award-winning performance. The award-winning Crucial m4 SSD delivers powerful performance gains for SATA 6Gb/s systems. Designed to empower your system, the Crucial m4 SSD offers faster application load times, faster boot times, and increased durability compared to a traditional hard drive. The results speak for themselves: blazing-fast sequential read speeds of up to 500 MB/s -- for any file type.
Cutting-edge technology. Quality component testing. Built with advanced controller technology, Micron proprietary firmware and high-speed synchronous MLC NAND, the Crucial m4 SSD is engineered to deliver consistent, blazing-fast SSD performance. From the extensive research and development that led to its ultimate design, to the hours of testing and validation spent on each NAND component, to rigorous compatibility testing in the Crucial Performance Labs to ensure component functionality, the Crucial m4 SSD is built to last.
Consistently fast speeds. No exceptions and no fine print. There's a reason the Crucial m4 SSD has garnered numerous international awards since its launch -- it does what it's supposed to do. No matter what kind of files you're working with on a Crucial SSD, you'll experience high speeds with no drop in performance.
Unlike other SSDs on the market, Crucial SSDs treat all files the same, regardless of whether they're compressed or uncompressed. This is important because the files most people use everyday — videos, mp3s, advanced graphics files and zip files — are compressed files and thus unable to be compressed any further. While many SSDs on the market achieve faster speeds by using file compression, many of the most common file types can't be compressed, resulting in SSDs that often deliver drastically slower speeds than originally advertised. With the advanced technology of a Crucial SSD, however, you'll never have this problem!
Crucial—quality you can depend on. Crucial is a trusted name when it comes to SSDs, and that's no coincidence. As a brand of Micron, one of the world's leading manufacturers of SSDs, we work with our engineers to design, refine, and support our drives. With over 15 years of experience in the memory industry, NAND component testing, and the ongoing development of advanced technology, we continue to innovate without sacrificing what has made us great: high-quality upgrades and outstanding customer service.
Specs
Form Factor
2.5"
Memory Components
MLC
Sustained Sequential Read
Up to 500 MB/s (SATA 6Gb/s)
Sustained Sequential Write
Up to 260 MB/s (SATA 6Gb/s)
4KB Random Read
Up to 45K IOPS
4KB Random Write
Up to 50K IOPS
Width
69.85mm
Depth
100.5mm
Height
9.5mm
Weight
75g
MTBF
1,200,000 hours
Features
Integrated 8-channel single chip Controller
Self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology (SMART) command set
RAID Support
Average Access Time < 0.1 ms
Environmental Power Consumption (Idle):< 65 mW Power Consumption (Active):0.15W Operating Temperature:0°C ~ +70°C Storage Temperature:-40°C ~ +85°C Max Shock Resistance:1500G
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Most advanced NAND process technology in the semiconductor industry
Limited three-year warranty
Speed demon.
Hungry for more? The Crucial m4 SSD builds on the success of our award-winning, wildly popular Crucial RealSSD C300 solid-state drive by offering mobile and desktop users scorching-fast read and write speeds, groundbreaking SATA SSD computing, and unparalleled performance for the dollar.
Latest and greatest. Designed for client computing, the Crucial m4 SSD delivers faster boot and application load times for mobile and desktop 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.
The fastest SSD on the planet.
Groundbreaking SATA SSD performance
Read speeds up to 415MB/s
Second-generation SATA 6Gb/s w/ Native Command Queuing (3Gb/s backward compatible)
Clear advantage SSDs provide many benefits over traditional hard drives.
Reduced power consumption
Less heat generation
Quiet
Increased portability, lightweight
No moving parts
Rugged and reliable operation in even the most demanding operating environments
Memory Experts. Delivering on the highest quality based upon Micron's leading-edge NAND media, the Crucial brand of memory has long been synonymous with reliability and high-performance. Our expertise in NAND process technology enables us to optimize the performance and durability of Crucial solid-state drives.
Guaranteed Compatible. Crucial m4 series employ a standard hard drive interface and dimensions, so it is an easy storage upgrade for most notebooks. We guarantee compatibility.
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Though the 256GB Crucial m4 offers good performance in most situations, it's surpassed by competing drives from OCZ and Intel that push SSD technology a bit further.
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I'm using this in a desktop build that will have no other HDD's. Primarily an internet browsing casual computer that may have an occasional game played on it. Boot time is extremely fast. Install of Win 7 was fast and uneventful. I've used a number of different brands of SSD's and this Crucial seems to be as good as any.
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Installed into HP G-56 Laptop, mirrored OEM drive, runs fast, quiet, Battery life went up lots (150%). Only con is that the screw holes didnt line up so couldnt mount in place.
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I bought this drive after reading several reviews about it. There are faster SSDs but this one seems a good combination of speed AND reliability which was important to me. Am enjoying gaming with it as maps and such load much quicker. I used to have a Velociraptor in my previous PC and this thing blows it away for speed as you would expect from an SSD.
This is the 2nd Crucial SSD I've purchased, the first for personal use. I elected for a larger SSD for the advantages it provides in speed, longevity, and useful space.
Of the 3 SSDs I own (from 3 different popular makers) this one I almost forgot to write about because I forgot about it. Which is a good thing, it works without a hitch since day 1 when I plugged it in and it has since supported my boot and main games flawlessly.
Also the manufacturer is releasing updates to their firmware, though I never needed any updates, the continues support is a nice bonus.
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