Why the $300 dollar difference ?

[tweakboy]

Crucial M4 512GB is 399.99 , about 400 dollars couple places I checked.

Sammy 830 512GB is 700 dollars if not a bit more.


That is a 300 dollar difference in SSD.


Which one would you get ? I heard the Sammy is awesome drive but I also here people saying M4 is awesome drive.

 

[philipma1957]

I have them both the sammy is better but i continue to buy the crucial.

My opinion is the 399 price for the crucial trumps the better performance of the sammy.

after gift card discounts I listed in hot deals i can buy the 512gb crucial for $280 at amazon.

the 512gb sammy is $507 after the gift card discounts.


the price difference is too much to ignore.

 

[Herr Kutz]

I would get the Samsung 830. It costs much more, therefore it is better by default.

A simple life lesson:

More > Less

 

[Rvenger]

I would get the Samsung 830. It costs much more, therefore it is better by default.

A simple life lesson:

More > Less

Therefore you would be broke all the time. OP get the M4, its a great drive as well. For the $300 difference you can get an IVB CPU and Mobo.

 

[Smoblikat]

I would get the Samsung 830. It costs much more, therefore it is better by default.

A simple life lesson:

More > Less

Thats why an E8400 is better than a 2500K, because it costs more................

 

[Ben90]

Exactly. An e8400 has much more l2$ than a 2500k. Better.

 

[bryanW1995]

Didn't you post this exact same question a month ago?

 

[tweakboy]

Didn't you post this exact same question a month ago?

I was trying to find the thread in which I made a post.. you are correct.

So after not finding it decided to make a thread on this.... sorry for any troubles...

:thumbsup:

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

No SSD is worth $300 more for the same capacity. Even a SATA 2 SSD would be good if it was $300 less then a SATA 3 SSD.

 

[Ben90]

I'm not so sure about that. The original JMicron drives were pretty bad. Love me some 2000ms access times.

 

[corkyg]

If you have the money for the Sammy - why not buy TWO M4's?

 

[tweakboy]

If you have the money for the Sammy - why not buy TWO M4's?

Yes, I think 700 dollars for a SSD os way too much. Thats a CPU mobo and ram and a video card you can buy with that much.

Im going to get the M4 512GB in a bout two weeks.

 

[Coup27]

Didn't you post this exact same question a month ago?

He's been asking this exact question in about 4 different threads now.

I would guess that the m4's successor is not too far away so they're selling out before announcing as sales will drop if people know a new model is on the horizon. Although there are no such price crashes in the UK so that may not be the case. I can get 830's for less than m4's in the UK from our closest equivalent to Newegg.

The Samsung is a better drive and worth a small premium, but at that difference the m4 is a steal.

 

[tweakboy]

Sorry Coup27 .... Yes Ill go with M4 I hope it plays nice with my marvel controller


I searched for the threads but couldn't find it. Soo I posted this. Sorry ..

Sammy is way over priced along with Vertex 4 and Intel...... Crucial makes good RAM soo I trust them. gl

 

[exdeath]

Same reason a Max IOPS or Wildfire still costs twice as much as a Chronos Deluxe?

Just because?

 

[MacGyverSG1]

The M4 doesn't get great firmware support. They only update it for serious problems. The firmware could be tweaked for better performance (look at Plextor). Still a great deal for the 512GB.

 

[BFG10K]

I was trying to find the thread in which I made a post.. you are correct.

So after not finding it decided to make a thread on this.... sorry for any troubles...

Bookmark thse links:

http://forums.anandtech.com/search.php?searchid=347950

http://forums.anandtech.com/search.php?searchid=347959

 

[Zap]

What BFG10K meant to say was:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2249925

There are also a number of other threads started by you (tweakboy) which mentions the same SSDs. The linked thread was just an obvious clone of this one (or vice versa).

 

[greenhawk]

without looking deeply into the specs, it is not a issue of 32nm vs 25nm with the two drives?

I know locally with the 256GB drives there can be about $150-200 difference with the different flash being noticable on the difference checklist.