Crucial 2.5 inch v4 Series SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

4

Pros:

Performance beats specifications, Affordable, Great OS drive abilities, 3 Year warranty

Cons:

No SATA III 6G upgrade path

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Last revision on April 1, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Performance beats specifications, Affordable, Great OS drive abilities, 3 Year warranty

Expert reviews and ratings

It's been a great year for prospective SSD shoppers as prices are finally becoming more practical for system builders and consumers alike. Scrolling through our reviews from last year, most of the higher capacity models were prohibitively expensive...

By TechSpot on August 28, 2012

While every man and his dog is throwing SATA 6Gbps interfaced SSDs at us as if there's no tomorrow, where does that leave everyone that is still packing SATA 3Gbps systems? Surely they deserve some modern SSD love too? This is the premise behind...

By TechRadar on September 26, 2012

Provides a decent performance boost for SATA2 PCs and is cheap enough to justify the extra...

By Expert Reviews on September 21, 2012

 Unfortunately for Crucial, the v4 has been launched into seriously competitive and fast moving market where prices are seemingly dropping on a weekly basis, even in the larger capacities. Even though it's unashamedly promoted as a 3Gb/s SSD, its...

By theregister.co.uk on September 05, 2012

Affordable and solid upgrade for those with SATA II 3G system limitations. Discuss in the...

By Pureoverclock on August 30, 2012

Unless you're sporting really old hardware, an SSD is the best sure-fire way to boost the performance of your desktop or laptop computer. There is so much choice now it's difficult to know whether there is a significant difference between various SSDs...

By uk.hardware.info on January 09, 2014

In June, 2012 we published a large group test of SSDs with capacities of 120/128 GB and 240/256 GB . Those are still the most popular sizes, judging from what people search for on Hardware.Info. The world of SSDs didn't stand still, and since then a...

By uk.hardware.info on February 08, 2013

The biggest reason why SSDs have not become truly mainstream (yet) is price. While prices have come down significantly over the last year, you are are still paying roughly $0.75 per GB, whereas hard drives can usually bought for less than $0.10 per...

By AnandTech on November 22, 2012

Many reading this review will likely scoff at the performance of Crucial’s V4 256GB. In many ways, its performance hearkens back to yesteryear rather than meeting our expectations of a product that’s being released in the latter half of 2012. Much of...

By Hardware Canucks on September 04, 2012

If you are looking to migrate from a hard drive to an SSD and your system is one of 90% of the SATA 2 systems out there, the Crucial V4 SSD will provide a very visible upgrade to your computer. Crucial was one of the first out of the gate with SSDs and...

By thessdreview.com on September 03, 2012

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