Intel X25-M G2: Previews & Reviews

[Oberon]

For the record, the drives are no longer listed a Newegg.

[Praz]

I'm not sure why so many are shocked at what NewEgg is doing . Admittedly, it has never been done so blatantly but this has been standard operating policy for them for a long time.

[iboomalot]

The G2 are gone I wonder if Intel got pissed at them ???

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...namitedata.com

deactived item OOOPS

[XKaan]

The corsair drives really don't perform well because of their memory controller (that i may be wrong on), but I know they aren't anywhere near as good as the intel drives. I would wait.

I had a look and they use the Indilinx Barefoot controller and Samsung MLC. I read a few reviews, and although the Intel is indeed faster, it isn't by a huge margin. The Xtreme Corsair are basically right on par with a Vertex Turbo.

They are out of stock at NewEgg, but for $179 on a 64gig I clicked "Auto Notify"

I would rather have the Intel for $220 though.

[Armitage]

I had a look and they use the Indilinx Barefoot controller and Samsung MLC. I read a few reviews, and although the Intel is indeed faster, it isn't by a huge margin. The Xtreme Corsair are basically right on par with a Vertex Turbo.

They are out of stock at NewEgg, but for $179 on a 64gig I clicked "Auto Notify"

I would rather have the Intel for $220 though.

Well when I mentioned their performance. It was in comparison to most other popular drives out there. Not that it's a terrible drive. Sorry for the confusion

[XKaan]

No worries mate, I knew what you meant! I just wanted to post my findings in case anyone else was curious.

[Armitage]

For the record, the drives are no longer listed a Newegg.

Sorry for the double post.

Anyways - The old G1 is now 360$ also. Wonder whats going on.

[Kersh]

Buyed today 3 hd's on uk for 175 pounds, the shop have around 40 items in stock

[Armitage]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167016

It's back. 350$....

[PrometheusCon]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167016

It's back. 350$....

I hate the egg when they do this. That's why I try to buy from somewhere else whenever possible.

[Manicdan]

MSRP stands for suggested RETAIL price, wtf is with anything over 250$ when reviewers compare it as if it costs 225$

[Sh1tyMcGee]

Got myself the 160GB G2, besides things loading a bit faster, not that impressed coming from 2 velociraptors in raid 0.

[iboomalot]

Got myself the 160GB G2, besides things loading a bit faster, not that impressed coming from 2 velociraptors in raid 0.

after reading some real world results not just HD tach benches the RAID O velociraptors are going to keep my home rig going for atleast another year or two.

But if the price comes back down to 220-230.00 I will be getting a G2 for my notebook computer.

[jmke]

SSD is not about max sequential single threaded performance alone;
SSD come into their own when you start throwing multiple things at it at the same time;
encode a movie, run a virusscan, copy data, and then load up a game/app. a RAID 0 HDD config will never decrease in access times, and that's where SSD come into their own; your system with the Intel SSD will remain responsive, while that Raptor 8xRAID0 setup will noticeably become sluggish

[4Qman]

Got one of these 80gb intel SSD's

I must say it is 100x better than my 2x Samsung SSD's i had in raid 0. They would pause now and then and just p*** me off, this intel drive is much better and is how my Samsung should
have performed.

[iboomalot]

seems the two things I will be waiting on to upgrade my home setup is

1. prices to stablize since replacing my two paid for velociraptors 600GB using the intel setup would cost nearly $2,000 for 4 160g units
2. in Raid TRIM is not at this time supported thus could lead to slower response when the units are "used" alot.

maybe at the rate prices are dropping Intel will have a 320g unit under 400.00 by next summer & have TRIM support for RaID by then.

I just didn't realize how fast the raptors were in RAID until I saw the charts I posted. Access times are important but I as a user, seldom multi task too many things at the same time but your point is well taken.

I will be upgrading my notebook at work since the SSD makes more since compared to my slower internal drive thats not in RAID.

[Jamesrt2004]

seems the two things I will be waiting on to upgrade my home setup is

1. prices to stablize since replacing my two paid for velociraptors 600GB using the intel setup would cost nearly $2,000 for 4 160g units
2. in Raid TRIM is not at this time supported thus could lead to slower response when the units are "used" alot.

maybe at the rate prices are dropping Intel will have a 320g unit under 400.00 by next summer & have TRIM support for RaID by then.

I just didn't realize how fast the raptors were in RAID until I saw the charts I posted. Access times are important but I as a user, seldom multi task too many things at the same time but your point is well taken.

I will be upgrading my notebook at work since the SSD makes more since compared to my slower internal drive thats not in RAID.

you missed out that the file transfew stuff is jsut sequential and its all the random small bits of data which is actually SO slow on mechanical HD's that Flies in comparison on an ssd (and thats where you actually notice the diff also) just general stuff will seem a lot faster

[Armitage]

seems the two things I will be waiting on to upgrade my home setup is

1. prices to stablize since replacing my two paid for velociraptors 600GB using the intel setup would cost nearly $2,000 for 4 160g units
2. in Raid TRIM is not at this time supported thus could lead to slower response when the units are "used" alot.

maybe at the rate prices are dropping Intel will have a 320g unit under 400.00 by next summer & have TRIM support for RaID by then.

I just didn't realize how fast the raptors were in RAID until I saw the charts I posted. Access times are important but I as a user, seldom multi task too many things at the same time but your point is well taken.

I will be upgrading my notebook at work since the SSD makes more since compared to my slower internal drive thats not in RAID.

You are missing the point of SSD's. You can look at benchmarks all day long, what it comes down to is how much you notice it when using a computer. Things like program start time, or the time it takes to boot windows. Or even daily tasks, an SSD will obliterate the raptors. Windows mainly writes (randomly, you don't even notice it) in 4-64kb sizes. Which in tests are considered random writes/reads. Which is another reason an SSD is much smoother in the use of an OS.



That picture alone is my deciding factor of purchasing an SSD.

File creation and copy speeds are oblivious to start time and game speed. I'll have all my data and large files on a nice 1tb platter of discs.

[genec57]

Anyone who says that any part of a conventional hdd is as fast or faster than an SSD quite simply has never used much less owned an SSD. The load time for Windows alone with a conventional drive is enough to drive me around the bend now. I doubt that I will ever use a rotational drive for other than external backup.

[Sh1tyMcGee]

Anyone who says that any part of a conventional hdd is as fast or faster than an SSD quite simply has never used much less owned an SSD. The load time for Windows alone with a conventional drive is enough to drive me around the bend now. I doubt that I will ever use a rotational drive for other than external backup.

No one said SSD is slower, A 10K Velociraptor in Raid 0 is very close to a SSD, maybe not in terms of loading, but everything else is close if not better.

[Sh1tyMcGee]

http://www.platinummicro.com/

In stock here, at good prices, respectable reseller, i can vouch for them.

[Telperion]

No one said SSD is slower, A 10K Velociraptor in Raid 0 is very close to a SSD, maybe not in terms of loading, but everything else is close if not better.

No, it's not even close.

Perhaps you failed to see the image from Anandtech's SSD article 2 posts above yours?

[Peakr]

http://www.platinummicro.com/

In stock here, at good prices, respectable reseller, i can vouch for them.

300$ and 580$? Not even. I'll wait.

[Sh1tyMcGee]

No, it's not even close.

Perhaps you failed to see the image from Anandtech's SSD article 2 posts above yours?

Why would i care about an article a website posted when i have both setups and compared myself. Perhaps you failed to read where i wrote i had both setups. Perhaps you failed to read where i stated that SSD loads faster.

[iboomalot]

Iam comparing 600 gigs of RAID 0 not just a single drive and shown in my screen shot that cuts time down alot.

Many cases SSD is faster but is loading a few extra seconds faster worth the cost at this time not IMO.

I was thinking of dumping my raptors for a 160g G2 but not sure at this point thus Iam holding off.

Kinda funny everytime I reload a map on Crysis Iam the first in the room and only takes about 2 secs I play under Crush-Libs if anyone wants to say hi