Crucial recently launched the RealSSD C300; their highest performing SSD. Available in capacities up to 256GB, this SSD is highlighted by the latest SATA 6.0Gbps interface yielding advertised read speeds of up to 355MB/s and writes of 215MB/s, which Crucial calls the, "fastest SSD read and write speeds available to end consumers." With so many high performing drives on the market, including the newest SandForce-equipped models and the tried-and-true Intel X25-M, should buyers pay attention to this new model?
If the excitement around the announcement of the C300 at CES in January of this year is any indication, then the answer is a resounding yes. The C300 falls soundly in the high-end performance category of SSDs, and executes with the first SATA III (6Gbps) interface in a consumer-level SSD. But spec sheets often don't tell the real story, only a battery of successful tests in our labs will get us excited.
After a few weeks with the C300, consider us very impressed, with just one caveat - the drive really wants a fast connection. Even though it's backward compatible with the SATA II interface, performance falls off dramatically. But in the right scenario, Crucial's C300 hums along like no other SSD we've had through our labs.
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