When Micron’s RealSSD C300 was launched, there was no competition in the market. Its 355MB/s read speed; coupled with its SATA 6Gbps interface makes it the fastest SSD in the market during its prime time. But now with Intel’s SSD 510 and OCZ’s Vertex 3 having a cat fight, Micron decided to step up the game and bring forward a successor. Though, this new C400 SSD isn’t the top dog from Micron this time, as its performance faired blandly. Reviewers seemed to be happy with its results in benchmarks, but it doesn’t seem to be able to put up a decent fight with the rest of the sprinters in the SSD world. In particular, AnandTech noted that the drive seems to have sacrificed sequential read performance in exchange for faster write speeds — and was worried slightly about Crucial’s delayed garbage collection routine. Of course, this new C400 is using Micron’s 25nm NAND flash memory chips, so the pricing of this new C400 might be able to edge slightly away from its competitors. Will Micron manage to pull out successfully this round?

Read the full review over at Anandtech