By John B. Emmerson III

Lately, Crucial presents a fair sum of information regarding its CT256M225 256GB SSD, including the facts that it utilizes MLC Flash, has a read speed of 250MB/s, a write speed of 200MB/s and comes with a 64MB cache.

There's a sum of 32 memory chips including 8GB of storage space on each microchip with 64MB cache but the intriguing factor is that the organizer microchip is anonymous and carried no markings, later, it was established that Crucial CT256M225 does really use an Indilinx Barefoot controller. The drive's technique of formation indicates that the SSD is necessarily quite chunky and will suit inside your notebook.

The mysterious matter is the Crucial drive is a lot faster than the Patriot while the two drives share the equal controller and firmware. So, Crucial absolutely has a benefit. Or more exactly, the 256GB Crucial has an an advantage over the 128GB Patriot. Crucial is launching the M225 SSD with capacities of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB, and the three modes have differing read and write speeds. The 256GB M225 Crucial has a 250MB/s read speed and a 200MB/s. The 128GB mode has the uniform 250MB/s read speed and a slower, 190MB/s write speed, whereas the 64GB limps along at 200MB/s read and 150MB/s write.

You are able to presently purchase the 128GB Patriot Torqx for 287 which works out at 2.25 for each Gigabyte, whereas a budget Kingston SSD Now V charges 1.45 for every GB. But amazingly Crucial lists the CT256M225 for 421 at its own web store - 1.70 per GB - afterward it was found on trade elsewhere on 380 which is 1.48 for every GB. To set that in viewpoint, the second-generation Intel X25-M, which is greatly cheaper than its predecessor, costs 334 for 160GB which exercises at 2.09 per GB.

There is no denying that the solid end of 400 is a hefty price to pay for storage space, however Crucial is serving outstanding value for money and a height of performance that is quite astounding.

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