Intel's 34nm NAND SSDs launch in two weeks

[kimandsally]

Hey guys are Scan really that bad? I've had no problems with RMA's, in fact I’d say they have been the best company I’ve dealt with. They sent me an email to apologies after I cancelled my order for the G2 (the day before they arrived in stock) and offered me free shipping for my next order. It was not their fault that Intel recalled the drives and can’t subsequently get enough out on the shelves.

My problem is they lied to me over a motherboard, they sent me a used broken motherboard, it had been opened and had heavy soiling marks on it and the stickers over the RAM slots were ripped and the CPU plate cover was broken, when I reported it they said it was definately not a secondhand motherboard but infact they open EVERY motherboard to check that it's OK, they collected it and sent me another upon opening it I found the backplate missing, I rang and told them and asked why this was not found when they checked it before sending it and was told they don't check it before sending!!!

Then I bought a Silverstone TJ07 when I eventually got round to building it found the perspex side window had a crack through one of the screw holes I contacted them asking what they can do and they quoted a new replacement price saying I had left it over 30 days before telling them.

We had a long argument over it and in the end I bought one from another shop and closed my account with Scan, this all esculated because some one decided to send me a secondhand broken motherboard, which then goes on record then the missing part again on record and finally the side panel, they must have thought I did it myself I think and tried to blame them.
But what I didn't say is I had been a customer for 2 years and had spent over £8,000 on 34 different orders and 31 of them without a single problem.

But when the first thing went wrong they immediately lied to me.

[Biker]

Exactly.

Sometimes they give very poor service.

Long way to go before they give consistently poor service like overclockers though

[Kanzy]

So the 160G is out again and when will the 80G's come back in, anyone have an idea? Waiting forever on that.

[MoMo_RT]

I have a feeling you will see them return to stock for open orders in the next week.

[Ao1]

Lambda Tek have got 15 in stock today. (Was 16 £161 including vat

[cx-ray]

320GB G2 listed now in the EU:
http://geizhals.at/eu/a444071.html

[labs23]

320GB G2 listed now in the EU:
http://geizhals.at/eu/a444071.html

I thought we won't be seeing 300+Gb till Postville refresh, which is due on H1 2010?

[Biker]

Lambda Tek have got 15 in stock today. (Was 16 £161 including vat

Make that 2

[Kanzy]

Well, its back in UK I can see, and when will the 80G come back in the U.S then, the 80G one, only thing left for my new rig.

[EniGmA1987]

I finally just bought some Summit drives cause they were on sale in the US and there are still no Intel G2 or Crucial drives in stock :'(

[MoMo_RT]

Well, its back in UK I can see, and when will the 80G come back in the U.S then, the 80G one, only thing left for my new rig.

Again some time this week probably

[JohnZS]

I am at my wits end with ASUS and their lack of customer support
anyway back on topic, keep your eyes pealed for TRIMing within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
Rumour has it Microsoft and Intel are "demoing" it along with other snazzy Windows 7 + Intel products related things on the 1st of September......
John

[fritzman]

I am at my wits end with ASUS and their lack of customer support
anyway back on topic, keep your eyes pealed for TRIMing within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
Rumour has it Microsoft and Intel are "demoing" it along with other snazzy Windows 7 + Intel products related things on the 1st of September......
John

Now that does sound promising.

Hope it is 'worldwide'!

[Ao1]

Single G2, Win 7 on a fresh instal, no tweaks

AS SSD Benchmark 1.2.3506.28865
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Name: INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC ATA Device
Firmware: 2CV102G9
Interface: IDE
Size: 74.53 GB
Date: 25/08/2009 13:01:08
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Sequential:
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Read: 255.83 MB/s
Write: 80.39 MB/s
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4K:
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Read: 24.81 MB/s
Write: 45.00 MB/s
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4K-64Threads:
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Read: 151.56 MB/s
Write: 53.66 MB/s
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Access Times:
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Read: 0.066 ms
Write: 0.084 ms
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Score:
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Read: 202
Write: 107
Total: 413
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AS SSD Copy-Benchmark 1.2.3506.28865
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Name: INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC ATA Device
Firmware: 2CV102G9
Interface: IDE
Size: 74.53 GB
Date: 25/08/2009 13:07:09
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ISO
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Speed:94.92 MB/s
Duration:11.32 s
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Prog
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Speed:68.67 MB/s
Duration:20.49 s
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Game
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Speed:79.82 MB/s
Duration:17.30 s

[cobra_kai]

Looks good audienceofone. I can't wait to get my hands on one of these. Now if only newegg or someone would get them in stock...

[neonblingbling]

Newegg says they should be in stock 8/28/09.

[Kanzy]

Newegg get some today I think for like an hour then they are sold out, now it's like 9/02/09, I didn't get mine either.

[soulesschild]

They were in stock for a grand total of 10 minutes. 10 ing minutes. :angry:

[Sliced Cheese]

I ordered one from NCIX a few hours ago, still said pre-order at the time but i finally decided to go for it. Any thoughts on when i should expect them to ship it out? (aka when they will get enough to fill the most recent pre-orders)

[neonblingbling]

They were in stock for a grand total of 10 minutes. 10 ing minutes. :angry:

Was that before or after the one unit cap?

[iTravis]

So this is what happened: About 2:30 PM Pacific time, I got an auto-notify email from newegg said that the X-25M G2 is available, I went there immediately to grab it but then it seems my Safari browser on my Macbook doesn't work with Bing cashback. I did spend sometimes try to make it work but still no luck, I then switched to my desktop and finally got it working, put in my cart but then the price already went up to $239.99 and the status switch back to Auto-notify. Patient enough, I still sit there and keep refreshing the page and eventually put it in my cart again but on the way check out, my cart became empty and the price is now $249.99 with the ETA of 09/02. So basically they're sold out within 2-3 mins or so every time the price is going up. Lesson learn: you just gotto sit in front of your computer for 24/7 till the ETA since you never know when they're back in stock again and once they're in, they fly off the shelves even faster than the amount of time you spend to check out.

[Anemic]

Just got my hands on four of these babies! Two to costumers and two for me...Yummy!

[neonblingbling]

I think you need to test them before you deliver. It's the professional way.

I heard best stress test is RAID 0.

[iboomalot]

Longest Two weeks I have known....

Longest delay I've seen form a company the size of INTEL.

Newegg pushed to 9/2/2009 Been waiting over a month to upgrade

[labs23]

Longest delay I've seen form a company the size of INTEL.

Newegg pushed to 9/2/2009 Been waiting over a month to upgrade

Indeed, it really makes you wonder. All that delay because of a bad bios code?

How about that new packaging eh?