My Rig:MSI Z68 GD65 B3 (latest firmware)Seasonic X750 watt,8GB of corsair vengeance low profile,Zotac Nvidia 560TIIntel I5 2500k modestly bumped to 3.5 based.I do desktop support but this was MY first ssd install.I did a lot of research by comparing products and decided to settle on Crucial.The price to compatibility and positive review ratio is what had me decided.However the benchmarks I got out of it actually shocked me.I received this M4 128GB at 0309 firmware which is second to latest. I ran bencheswith this and will run again with newer firmware when I feel there is a need to.Must do two things to this SSD:1. Install it to the SATA 1 or 2 ports for SATA III, preferably Intel designed ports if you got it or primary AMD if an AMD board. Read your manualif you must. This is because third party controllers like Marvel simply are not as fast as the Intel.2. Do a google search for "Sean's ssd optimization guide" and click the first link. Then go to page one. Follow all the instructions to the T.Those are the two most important things.Also do NOT clone your previous hard drive. It turns out badly becauseyour cloned version of Windows will not automatically turn Trim onalong with other optimizations. Install Windows fresh. This is the biggest upgrade of yourcomputers life so don't skimp by saving 10 minutes.I am on my third day with this drive and it is outstanding.My computer boots in less 17 seconds from pushing power button to everything loaded on desktop.That is baseline no startups except chrome steam and sandiebox.A person who properly sets this up will get good use out of the drive.To be honest If I get one year of great performance out of drive I consider it good and I will buy somethingidentical to it.On a side note. SSDs while sturdy are like anything else that has transistors in it.They are prone to premature failure due to things like your UPS carrier playing catch with itor a person discharging static to the device because they live in a cool dry air climate.Always install your SSD with an ESD wrist bracelet. You can buy one off amazon for a few bucks to save your computers life.I whole heartedly believe that ssd's that are not functioning right is 80 percent of the time iscaused by an ID-10T error.Right now my benches with crystal mark areSeq. 526 Read 202.6 Write512k 404 read 203 write4k 31.49 read 119.7 write4kqd32 312 write 202I will update this again in 4 months to provide another benchmark.All in all the purchase was pleasant. Amazon ships this in a bubble envelope with just the ssd box inside.Not bad if your UPS person doesnt play catch with it. However I think it should be shipped in a snug cushioned box instead.I have not had to call Crucial support yet and am hoping not to have to. When somebody says they got horrible tech supportfrom crucial either they were expecting too much too fast or do not understand warranty processes. I provide warranty support fora company that rhymes with Sell so I am the most experienced person to inform you on this.One final thought. From what I have read on all kinds of forums and including this review page, macbooks are hit and miss with this, a good portion of the negative reviews are from macbook owners - so take a hint.This is a great drive for a great price and frankly had I to do over again would have gotten the 256 which is an even morerediculous bargain due to the recent price drop. This SSD is produced in conjuction with Micron who owns the fab to creating the chips found on manyother ssd's sold by other companies. This is why they are able to offer strong performance and reliability for this low price.Also if you are considering a intel's pricier ssd due to their 5 year warranty consider that this is a solid state drive with no mechanical parts. So if it gets past theinfancy death that ALL electronic devices incur due to no falt of their own then this will undoubtedly last for years. Infancy deaths will occur within 3 months. Remember youhave warranty for a reason. So once it hits the 3 month mark you should sleep a little better.*Update 6/5/2012 - I still have this running fine with only a 17GB windows foot print and no read/write errors recorded from Windows so far. It is treating me well*That is all I hope this review has been helpful.Giz out.*Update 4/16/2013 - This is still running strong and no complaints at all. No Stop Screens (blue screens of death) slow downs or hiccups. Haven't felt the need to rebenchmark because it is still booting up lightning fast and programs open just as snappy.Great experience with this SSD will probably buy another soon. Also Trim does seem to be doing its job. Almost a year later and just as fast.