Intel X25-M G2: Previews & Reviews

[Xoulz]

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

Dude, they aren't doing anything...!

Ever hear of Supply & Demand...? NewEgg usually gets hundreds or thousands of drives, they are getting them 25, 50 at-a-time and SELLING THEM OUT at whatever price they throw up...

If you want a X25-M at a lower cost, just wait till they are available in large quantities. Which should be in a few weeks.

[PrometheusCon]

Dude, they aren't doing anything...!

Ever hear of Supply & Demand...? NewEgg usually gets hundreds or thousands of drives, they are getting them 25, 50 at-a-time and SELLING THEM OUT at whatever price they throw up...

If you want a X25-M at a lower cost, just wait till they are available in large quantities. Which should be in a few weeks.

Yes I've heard of supply and demand. But I demand they supply me a drive at a reasonable cost.

[mrcape]

Supply and demand allows them to do that, but it's still quite a yank considering they had them in and were selling them at $230, $440 just a few weeks ago. I got a 160gb G2 model last week from them for $440 because they got a few in and I was notified. I'm typing on that system right now hehe. Just wait it out a bit and they will come back down.

[Armitage]

Just got mine for 260$ at buy.com.

Woohoo.

[shabby]

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

Yes is it, consider when one program is writing to the hd and you try to load another program... the hd basically says "FU, one at a time". This annoys me like no other, the whole computer basically stalls.

[deathman20]

Yes is it, consider when one program is writing to the hd and you try to load another program... the hd basically says "FU, one at a time". This annoys me like no other, the whole computer basically stalls.

Thats why im looking forward to 2 of these. Doing it for the space, but as well the nice read speeds will always be nice bonus.

I got a fast PC, and the only thing slowing really slowing it down... the harddrives.

[Manicdan]

just bought an OCZ agility, when comparing price to benefit ratio, 150$ after rebate for 60GB sounds better than this for 300$ and 80GB

[iTravis]

just bought an OCZ agility, when comparing price to benefit ratio, 150$ after rebate for 60GB sounds better than this for 300$ and 80GB

I got one myself too, the 120GB one and very happy with it.

[posershadow]

http://www.macmall.com/ttsvr/p/Intel...07~pdp.fhdjfgg
http://www.ecost.com/Detail/Internal...avid=155442295
Macmall and ecost are now in stock. Finally we don't have to deal with neweggs ridiculous price.

[Peakr]

Macmall and ecost are now in stock. Finally we don't have to deal with neweggs ridiculous price.

Excellent find. Waiting on the Sata 3.0 models however.

[Etihtsarom]

Excellent find. Waiting on the Sata 3.0 models however.

Is there Any indication of a SATA 3 model or are you just ... hanging on...?
N/e ways, I ordered 1 from Ecost. $272 total. Don't know much about ecost lol, are they gonna steal my money?

[Armitage]

Excellent find. Waiting on the Sata 3.0 models however.

I don't think they make a SATAI model.

[Peakr]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10010797

[XKaan]

"Notify Me"

Damn...

[sdsdv10]

http://www.macmall.com/ttsvr/p/Intel...07~pdp.fhdjfgg
http://www.ecost.com/Detail/Internal...avid=155442295
Macmall and ecost are now in stock. Finally we don't have to deal with neweggs ridiculous price.

Already gone from eCOST and MacMall just says "Generally in stock", yeah right...

I need to check the forums more often!

[sdsdv10]

Is there Any indication of a SATA 3 model or are you just ... hanging on...?
N/e ways, I ordered 1 from Ecost. $272 total. Don't know much about ecost lol, are they gonna steal my money?

I don't know if they are going to steal your money, but things don't look good over a resellerratings. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/eCost

[krille]

I don't think they make a SATAI model.

The third SATA generation standard is called "SATA Revision 3.0" or SATA 3.0 for short and uses the product name "SATA 6 Gbit/s" to avoid any customer confusion.

[FischOderAal]

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.

Try for yourself I don't want to use a HDD ever again (except for stoarge). Although for PCs, the benefit is not nearly as big as for notebooks. The 2,5 inch HDDs are very slow generally speaking (especially when you use a 5400 rpm-drive for energy- and loudness-reasons).

Best thing is: you don't have to need a RAID-0-array anymore.

[Lu(ky]

Buy.com still shows them in stock and I just purchased a 80GB version for $228.00 with FREE SHIPPING. If you go the buy.com site you must put this in search to find it "SSDSA2MH080G2C1" If you try just Intel SSD you get the first gen version. It says still in stock with "Very few left In Stock! Order soon -- product may sell out"

[Oberon]

Buy.com still shows them in stock and I just purchased a 80GB version for $228.00 with FREE SHIPPING. If you go the buy.com site you must put this in search to find it "SSDSA2MH080G2C1" If you try just Intel SSD you get the first gen version. It says still in stock with "Very few left In Stock! Order soon -- product may sell out"

Just got my order in, thanks!

I'll update everyone later if I get a shipping confirmation.

[jmke]

The third SATA generation standard is called "SATA Revision 3.0" or SATA 3.0 for short and uses the product name "SATA 6 Gbit/s" to avoid any customer confusion.

Important: Do not use the incorrect terms 'SATA II' or 'SATA III'
The references embedded within the SATA specifications to 'Gen 3', 'Gen 2', or 'Gen 1' are technical spec naming conventions only and should not be used for marketing and product naming purposes.

Terms to Avoid
SATA III
SATA 3.0

http://www.serialata.org/developers/...guidelines.asp


CORRECT AND ONLY NAME: SATA 6Gb/s

[Armitage]

Well alas, I simply meant I don't think there is a 1.5Gb/s version specifically.

[Bojamijams]

So is this drive going to support TRIM in the future, or does it not NEED support? Cause that agility series almost looks better then this .... overall

[Lu(ky]

So is this drive going to support TRIM in the future, or does it not NEED support? Cause that agility series almost looks better then this .... overall

OCZ seemed to adj there prices better, but this review on all SSD seems good.

AnandTech ----> The SSD Relapse: Understanding and Choosing the Best SSD

[Bojamijams]

Yeah I read that but it still left me confused.. it seems to indicate that intel based controllers do not need TRIM .. or that TRIM cannot save them.. or something else which I'm misunderstanding