about to buy an SSD, have a question

[charged3800z24]

didn't see a hard drive section and since this is going in an AMD build...

What do you peeps think of this drive?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820157021

Update:

This was run on the Gigabyte SATA



This was run on the AMD SATA

[i found nemo]

idk man but it looks appetizing post results when u get it?

[charged3800z24]

Sports the Intel X18-M SATA drive. An dhas a $30 off promo code. I am waiting to complete my cart, hoping the 890gx boards pops back up. I was upset when it was pulled from my cart cause it was sold out LOL. I didn't move quick enough. I might just buy it any ways, it is a good price I think.

[crazydiamond]

that looks like a good deal..

i got my eyes set on the new ocz solid 2 120gb but itll be awhile before i go to ssd, unless i get an old rig or 2 sold

[charged3800z24]

I saw the price on this and thought I'd give SSD a try, i was going to get a OCZ 64GB but I wanted more storage. Anything will be faster then my old WD4000 drive I have Win 7 on.

[charged3800z24]

Well, I ordered and will see what it does and post it on here. Hope it does well.

[Biker]

Just for future reference the Storage section is here and it does not matter if you are team green or team blue

Yes, it is the X18-M which preforms almost identically to it's 2.5" brother

[Glow9]

Why people want a ssd is beyound me but you realize you can have 2TB worth of space for the same amount your going to pay for 64GB right? I'm just puttin it out there.

[Biker]

Why people want a ssd is beyound me but you realize you can have 2TB worth of space for the same amount your going to pay for 64GB right? I'm just puttin it out there.

Only one reason : SPEED

[Glow9]

Only one reason : SPEED

For what? loading a game 1 second faster? I'm not asking sarcastically I really want to know here.

[YukonTrooper]

Why people want a ssd is beyound me but you realize you can have 2TB worth of space for the same amount your going to pay for 64GB right? I'm just puttin it out there.

I just went with an SSD for my OS/games/apps and kept my 640GB WD for storage and 750GB F1 for backup of my SSD and storage. I'm never going back to mechanical. Impossible. Never. Not happening. No way. Get outta here.

[Baam]

Sports the Intel X18-M SATA drive. An dhas a $30 off promo code.

Where can i find the 30 off promo code?

[charged3800z24]

Promo code for drive SNCDANE80G

for above post... I have plenty of storage. I just wanted a faster windows drive. Seeing the reviews, it made me want to see what I was missing.

[Glow9]

I want to see a side by sidevideo with 2 comps with same specs with a highend mechanical HD vs. a SSD for comparison. Anyone have a link?

[Baam]

Thanks for the code. 150 bucks for an 80GB SSD is a nice deal.

[demonkevy666]

I want to see a side by sidevideo with 2 comps with same specs with a highend mechanical HD vs. a SSD for comparison. Anyone have a link?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79ZMy6c_Zc

pretty sure you kinda find a bunch on youtube.

[YukonTrooper]

I want to see a side by sidevideo with 2 comps with same specs with a highend mechanical HD vs. a SSD for comparison. Anyone have a link?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&highlight=SSD The keyboards, mice, and monitors are even the same.

Trust me, man, once you've experienced SSD glory, mechanical drives just feel so... inadequate.

[Glow9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79ZMy6c_Zc

pretty sure you kinda find a bunch on youtube.

They dont have same specs though. 2 diff gen of ram and processors. I don't doubt they are a bit faster but 5seconds faster for 3 times the price and 3 times less the storage..
I guess thanks in advance guys for buying these now so I can buy them cheaper later.

[Alexandr0s]

Those Dane-Elec are a batch of old gen X18-M's, using the older 50nm procedure, whereas the newer ones use the newer 34nm. The 2 different versions can be easily recognized, because the 50nm are the black SSD's, whereas the 34nm are the silver SSD's.

Both of those are great and I don't know if there's any performance difference, however from what I understand from the Intel site is that there is some sort of difference between support or firmware or something (not sure, sorry ).

When I RMA'd my 50nm X18-M Intel returned a 34nm X18-M. As you understand I was quite happy, since the 34nm is also a bit more expensive.

[Smartidiot89]

For what? loading a game 1 second faster? I'm not asking sarcastically I really want to know here.

Everything is so much faster it's ridicolous.

Go buy a high-end system with the latest most expensive hardware out there and a mechanical drive, and I swear that an older system with a SSD will perform and feel much smoother in a desktop environment. Just putting it out there When SSDs are down to about $1.5/GB with TRIM I will jump on it.

[Biker]

The difference is that the 34nm's are slightly faster while the 50 nm's are more durable

[keithlm]

Booo... The price went up to $240.00 this morning.

[charged3800z24]

I saw the price hike, I was going to get another for raid 0. I changed my mind lol.

[BeepBeep2]

I want to see a side by sidevideo with 2 comps with same specs with a highend mechanical HD vs. a SSD for comparison. Anyone have a link?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lR0XoHFU6Y

This is the best video on the net.

PM Linus@NCIX (hes here on the forums) if you dont believe him XD

[salad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lR0XoHFU6Y

This is the best video on the net.

PM Linus@NCIX (hes here on the forums) if you dont believe him XD

Does anybody know what the case in the video is?