For my other build, I flashed the drive ahead of time, but I don't think it makes a difference either way (just follow the directions!). I've done two installs with M4s and in my case, I installed windows on it in AHCI mode, switched to IDE after the install to do a firmware update, and switched back to AHCI without issues. Pretty good deal on a very fast drive (like OCZ, the earlier ones had a lot of issues w/ the Sandforce controller but they've supposedly been resolved now).įor the person w/ the M4. Rather than just booting your game installs from your solid state drive, having the e. So If I were to buy a or a, I should connect it to my laptop(Vista) first, install the firmware update, then put in it a newly built PC(with no OS installed yet) and install Win7 on it? There won't be some kind of conflict because I put I connected to a laptop first right?FYI Newegg has the same drive for $140 ( ) - $30 rebate ( ) = $110 AR/free shipping. Installing Windows on your new SSD will speed up your entire gaming PC.

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