When Micron’s RealSSD C300 came out, there have been no competitors in sight — 355MB / sec read speeds and a SATA 6Gbps interface made for an unbelievably spritely (though also finicky ) solid state drive. Today, that’s simply not the case, as Intel’s SSD 510 and OCZ’s Vertex 3 are furiously fighting for the crown inside the high-end consumer SSD space. On or about April 26th, the C300′s successor will hit the market branded because the Crucial M4 , but this time it won’t be the cream of the crop, as although it’s assuredly a speed demon, it’s actually shown up by its predecessor in a couple of tests. Mainly, AnandTech noted that the drive seems to have sacrificed sequential read performance in exchange for faster write speeds — and was worried slightly about Crucial’s delayed garbage collection routine — but overall, reviewers are coming away fairly pleased with the speedy performance they’re seeing. Still, the foremost crucial variable, price, has yet to be revealed — over a year later, the C300 remains a dear drive, however the new C400 uses Micron’s 25nm NAND flash , that may make solid state storage cheaper.
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