Crucial M225

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Expert review by : Benjamin Sun (motherboards.org)

Crucial M225 2.5” 256GB Solid-State Drive Review

As you can see the SSD drive from Crucial has high performance, easily outpacing every regular HDD I've tested including Western Digital's Velociraptor drive which is the fastest HDD on the market today. In comparison to the Samsung 256GB SSD drive...

Dec, 2009

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Expert review by : Mathew Miranda (hardwarelogic.com)

Crucial M225 128GB SSD

Featuring the popular Indilinx Barefoot controller, the M225 SSD we have today boasts 128GB capacity, 64MB cache, 250MB/s read speed, and 190MB/s write speed. And at $330, this drive has a lot to prove. Read on as HardwareLogic puts Crucial's latest...

The M225 proved to be another speed demon in our performance suite. It flexed its muscles in our HD Tune, HD Tach, and PCMark Vantage benchmarks where it established itself as one of the fastest SSDs we've ever tested. Furthermore, the silver casing...

Sep, 2009

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Expert review by : Jake Mete (pureoverclock)

Crucial M225 128GB SSD

Can the performance match the gorgeous aesthetics?

We know that Crucial has arrived a bit late to the Indlilinx SSD party, but we also know from experience that Crucial also has historically made sure they release a product that is top notch, and won't cut corners to rush something to market that's...

Sep, 2009

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Expert review by : garfi3ld (lanoc.org)

Crucial 128GB M225 SSD

In the hard drive market there are just a few big names. With the introduction and growth of the SSD market it has opened up the market for anyone who wants to try their hand. Intel and OCZ have dominated the SSD market but that hasn't stopped others...

Of course numbers are just that, numbers. With a fresh install of Windows 7 running on the M225 I was extremely impressed with the improvements over the other hard drives. Programs that normally require long load times like PhotoShop didn't take any...

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by : Olin Coles (benchmarkreviews.com)

Crucial M225 128GB SATA-II SSD CT128M225

Until 2009, Solid State Drive (SSD) popularity was only growing in the elite enthusiast circles. Then along comes the Indilinx Barefoot chip, which quickly became the backbone SSD controller for over a dozen different products. Crucial, being The...

Impressive 246 MBps read and 217 write bandwidth with EVEREST ; 64MB Cache buffer overcomes 'stuttering' data problem ; Extremely low 0.10 ms random access time ; Lightweight compact storage solution ; Resistant to extreme shock impact ; Up to 256 GB...

Metal case is heavier and less durable than plastic ; Lacks integrated USB 2.0 Mini-B data connection ; Expensive enthusiast-level product ; No public firmware updates available

Benchmark Reviews begins each conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas we rate. The first is product presentation, which takes packaging into consideration to the extent that it provides adequate packing material and delivers important...

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by : Steven Walton (legionhardware.com)

Crucial M225 128GB

Today we are checking out Crucial's newly released M225 Solid-State Drive series and comparing them with the industry's leading MLC based SSDs. To date Crucial has been sleeping on SSD technology, and the M225 will be their first real attempt at making...

Grid game fps falling suddenly..

Aug, 2003

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