Crucial M225 256GB review

Trim?

Does it support Trim?

By jmiii on 13 Apr 2010

Good point. Yes, it supports TRIM. Thanks for the comment - I'll update the review to make that clear!

By DarienGS on 13 Apr 2010

Physical form factor?

Thanks for the review of something of a watershed product. Still too pricey for me though!

I assume from the picture it's 2.5". My laptop takes 1.8" drives but just thought I'd check.

By Cantabrian on 13 Apr 2010

SATA

Possibly silly question - is this a SATA 2 or 3 drive? Would this make any difference to performance anyway?

By piphil on 14 Apr 2010

SSDs would make a good topic for a full Article

This particular drive whilst relatively economical by SSC standards is very far from leading-edge.
It uses the Indillix Barefoot controller which was the best of the older generation drives, but is now a little out of date (read "slow").

As per my title a thorough review of the current "state of the art" with SSDs would make a great PcPro article!

By wittgenfrog on 14 Apr 2010

I agree entirely... check out issue 188 of PC Pro, on sale tomorrow, in which I put 18 models to the test!

(And for the record, to answer an earlier comment, this is a SATA/300 drive.)

By DarienGS on 14 Apr 2010

@DarienGS - BAH!!! HUMBUG, and where's my subscription copy got to!

By wittgenfrog on 14 Apr 2010

Intel X25 80GB

Regarding performance, how does it compare to the Intel X25 80GB? Recently I put such a disk in a SMB server, result is interesting but not marvelous.

By fleboutte on 15 Apr 2010

Crucial RealSSD

How about reviewing the new Crucial RealSSD C300 SATA 6 drive?

By boriscr on 15 Apr 2010

Anyone interested in an SSD should read the articles at Anandtech.com. There is some very good in-depth information regarding the various controllers, and how they affect performance.

By Ex_Sailor on 18 Apr 2010