Testseek.co.uk have collected 99 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch RealSSD C300 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch RealSSD C300 Series SATA600.
October 2010
(84%)
99 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(80%)
214 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Superfast in use
Easy to set up
Excellent performance in most areas
Blistering sequential read speeds
TRIM compatible
Sandforce beating IOPS in some tests
Best 4k performance on test
Beats Sandforce drives in our Index
SATA-III support
Outstanding read performance
Better than decent write speed
Value for money
SATA 6Gb/s support
Excellent performances in sequential access (over 300 MBps in read mode!)
SATA3 interface (good for sequential access)
The editors didn't like
Will require a Sata 3 (6GB/s) port or adapter to achieve full performance
Some caution required on installation
Still very expensive
Lowish sequential write speed may be offputting for some
Marvell controller slightly unknown
Inferior access times penalise performance in certain practical tests
Abstract: SSD prices are dropping so quickly that it makes more and more sense to have one in your PC. 120 or 128 GB versions you can find already for £90, and for less than twice that you can buy an SSD with double the capacity. It will still take a long time be...
Excellent performances in sequential access (over 300 MBps in read mode!), SATA3 interface (good for sequential access)
Inferior access times penalise performance in certain practical tests
Over 300 MBps in sequential read mode is really something! However, to reach speeds like this you'll need a very recent computer with a SATA-3 interface. For the rest, the C300 is definitely at the higher end of the SSDs we've tested, but it doesn't be...
Will require a Sata 3 (6GB/s) port or adapter to achieve full performance
The Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB provides high-end performance at an almost affordable price. When compared to last year’s daddy of SSDs (the Patriot Torqx 128GB), we can see how far SSD technology has come along – the Crucial consistently beats the Patr...
Abstract: Crucial's I/O performance is no match for the SandForce SSDs when it comes to file server, database, and workstation workloads. The only exception is the Web server test, which doesn't require writes, and hence really rocks on the Real..
Excellent performance in most areas, Blistering sequential read speeds, TRIM compatible, Sandforce beating IOPS in some tests
Lowish sequential write speed may be offputting for some
With the testing over, and some real world usage behind us, what have we learnt? The Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB solid state drive is certainly an excellent performer in many areas, most notably the reads department, delivering some of the highest sequ...
Performance enthusiasts with deeper pockets will already be online ordering a few of these for a Raid 0 configuration. Yes, we envy you. If you’re feeling the need for C300 speed, YOYOTech was holding stock here when KitGuru went to press.Discuss this...
