Crucial RealSSD C300

434 reviews

May, 2013

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We have collected and analyzed 36 expert reviews and 398 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 83/100 and users rate it 91/100. The average review date is Dec 11, 2010. We have compared these reviews to 28872 reviews from other Solid-State Drives. The alaScore™ for this product is 90/100 = Excellent. Last update: May 25, 2013.

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(Based on 434 reviews)

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Expert review by: Nathan Edwards (maximumpc.com)

Crucial C300 256GB SSD Review

It's about damn time. 6Gb/s SATA is old news now. It's been half a year since we saw the first 6Gb/s SATA–enabled hard drive, and it was a frickin' mechanical drive. Talk about unnecessary. Solid state drives, on the other hand, have been bumping at...

Fastest read speeds ever; decent write speeds

Random writes can't touch SandForce drives; write-speed slowdowns after use

There’s no question that on a 6Gb/s SATA port, the Crucial C300 has by far the fastest read speeds we’ve ever seen. And on a 3Gb/s port, it’s nothing to sneeze at. But for sequential and random write speeds, it can’t touch SandForce drives. And its...

Jul, 2010

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Expert review by: PCMag.com Staff (pcmag.com)

Crucial Real SSD C300

The new 2.5-inch Crucial RealSSD C300 drive offers mobile and desktop users scorching-fast read speeds of up to 355MB/s. And because it has no moving parts, you will also enjoy a quieter, cooler, and more durable storage solution and a better...

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Mar, 2010

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Expert review by: (pcworld.com)

Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Product Information - PCWorld

Includes EZ Gig II cloning software

Expensive

Drive offers top-flight overall performance, and the best write performance we've seen.

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ULTIMATE INNOVATION

Expert review by: Aleksey Meyev (xbitlabs.com)

Solid State Drives Roundup: OCZ RevoDrive, Crucial RealSSD C300, and Others

Our today's roundup will talk about all sorts of drives: individual drives, RAID 0 arrays of drives, drives supporting SATA300, SATA600 and PCI Express interface… They all have one thing in common – they are SSDs.

It's time for us to sum up this test session.

Jan, 2011

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EDITORS CHOICE

Expert review by: Jake Mete (pureoverclock)

Crucial C300 256GB SSD

Fastest drive on the market with SATA 6G connectivity.

The single biggest bottleneck in modern systems is indeed the traditional plattered hard drive, and using an SSD in your system will make such a difference that you'll want to cry if faced with having to use an HDD afterwards. No exaggeration, the...

Aug, 2010

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Expert review by: Ian Jackson (itshootout.com)

Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB Review

The RealSSD C300 is Crucial's current flagship SSD and comes in 256GB, 128GB and 64GB flavours, the latter of which we are reviewing today. The unique selling point of the C300 is its Marvell controller which is the first to offer a native 6Gb/s......

Superlative read speed ; Native 6Gb/s interface ; Well-optimised TRIM ; Extremely good value

Write speeds are mediocre

The 256GB Crucial RealSSD is one of the quickest drives on the market, and most of what makes it great is also included in this low cost variant. For the vast majority of home users this is the affordable SSD to buy.

Aug, 2010

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Expert review by: Will Halstead (techwarelabs.com)

Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB

Slow secondary storage has been the biggest persistent gripe about PC gaming for quite a while now. While CPUs, RAM, graphics cards and system busses have all been improving at a steady rate; hard drives have stayed more or less stagnant for the past...

Promises are one of the few truly binary things in this world; you either keep them or you break them. Today, we'll see which side Crucial has landed on

Jul, 2010

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Expert review by: Aron Schatz (hardwarelogic.com)

Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1

The Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB drive is the fastest drive to cross our test bench, so far. What more do you need to know?

Wow. Maxing out a Gen2 Serial ATA controller? Granted, the drive is very expensive (retail is hitting $600-700, Newegg Link, Amazon Link). If money is no option and speed is everything, this is the drive for you. Crucial has done something very unique....

Jul, 2010

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Expert review by: (cdrinfo.com)

Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB review

Today we have in our labs Crucial's latest mid-range addition to its C300 series of Solid State Drives (SSD). The Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB is offering a capacity of 64GB and it is also comparatively cheap. The new drive could attract many enthusiasts...

Even SSDs have been available at the market for quite some time now, their prices have remained high compared to HDDs. For example, Crucial's 256GB version of the RealSSD series retails for more than $700! But at the same time, you will pay just $2.2...

Jul, 2010

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EDITOR'S CHOICE

Expert review by: Geoff Gasior (techreport.com)

Crucial's RealSSD C300 solid-state drive

In the world of mechanical hard drives, the new 6Gbps Serial ATA specification means very little. This third-generation standard's claim to fame is a faster host interface capable of shifting bits at 600MB/stwice the speed of the old 3Gbps spec. ...

This one's going to be easy because the results really do speak for themselves. Simply put, the RealSSD C300 turned in one of the finest all-around performances we've witnessed from a solid-state drive. We're used to seeing SSDs post impressive...

Jun, 2010