Intel X25-M G2: Previews & Reviews

[mk_dir]

Performance degradation on Indilix Barefoot controllers usually is heavy than Intel's or Samsung's (without using auto garbage collection on the beta FW of course), wathever, intel claims TIRM support for Postville SSDs...

[Bojamijams]

So the G2 are the postville SSDs then?

[Etihtsarom]

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

TRIM is not built in to any OS except Windows 7. When 7 is released, Intel will issue firmware update to these G2 drives so they can start using TRIM in Win7.

[mk_dir]

So the G2 are the postville SSDs then?

Yep, G2 = Postville. Unfortunately no support annunced for G1 SSDs.

[[ITA]SEREUPIN80]

TRIM is not built in to any OS except Windows 7. When 7 is released, Intel will issue firmware update to these G2 drives so they can start using TRIM in Win7.

hi, just a question... I installed win 7 RTM x64 and if I buy the G2 drive, It will work better than on win xp ? what do you think about G2 or first model anyway? one seller on ebay told me that his driver (not G2!) with new firmware works better than G2 .. how is possible?!


thanks.

[[ITA]SEREUPIN80]

Just got mine for 260$ at buy.com.

Woohoo.

hello .... do you know if this shop sell and ship to Europe (Italy) ? here we have very foxy sellers... the change dollar/euro here is very funny

if the official price in dollar is $ 299 , in euro our sellers, especially in Italy, they make pay € 299

so, I think that when is possible, is better to buy directly from USA... but not always is easy to find where...

if you have some advices, I will be glad

[Olivon]

PCWorld.fr speaks about a mysterious X25-V in the end of the year from an Intel Slide Roadmap.
Somebody has newz concerning this SSD ?

[Etihtsarom]

hi, just a question... I installed win 7 RTM x64 and if I buy the G2 drive, It will work better than on win xp ? what do you think about G2 or first model anyway? one seller on ebay told me that his driver (not G2!) with new firmware works better than G2 .. how is possible?!


thanks.

I just ordered mine and have only used Vertex before. Can not say G2 is better than G1, but all the benchmark and articles out there say that G2 is slightly faster. If you install on Vista or Win 7, the disk should be alligned automatically. If installed on XP, you need to allign the drive first. After that, usage will probably show about the same, although some threads in this forum say Win 7 especially loves SSD's. I know for sure that for best results, I will flash the firmware from Intel that supports TRIM, then install 7 on it.
Don't know about that ebay guy, sounds like he's lying to me.

[shabby]

PCWorld.fr speaks about a mysterious X25-V in the end of the year from an Intel Slide Roadmap.
Somebody has newz concerning this SSD ?

I would assume the V stands for value since we already have the M = mainstream and E = extreme.
When the 34nm drive came out intel has slide that showed in q2 2010 the x25 will get a speed bump.

Btw here's my new 160gig g2, is that 90mb/sec i see in write speeds?

[[ITA]SEREUPIN80]

I just ordered mine and have only used Vertex before. Can not say G2 is better than G1, but all the benchmark and articles out there say that G2 is slightly faster. If you install on Vista or Win 7, the disk should be alligned automatically. If installed on XP, you need to allign the drive first. After that, usage will probably show about the same, although some threads in this forum say Win 7 especially loves SSD's. I know for sure that for best results, I will flash the firmware from Intel that supports TRIM, then install 7 on it.
Don't know about that ebay guy, sounds like he's lying to me.

thanks for your help

[Armitage]

hi, just a question... I installed win 7 RTM x64 and if I buy the G2 drive, It will work better than on win xp ? what do you think about G2 or first model anyway? one seller on ebay told me that his driver (not G2!) with new firmware works better than G2 .. how is possible?!


thanks.

Hey Bud, sorry for the late reply. I'm not sure. I bought it through buy.com - It's a major site like amazon. But the seller they went through is beachaudio.



Heads up - Mine shipped yesterday. Getting here tomorrow

[Spoiler]

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"

Thank YOU So Much!!!!!!!!

I got two of them for $228 ea. with Free shipping. When I checked an hour later, they had already raised the price.

Still better than Newegg though. Very bad Newegg!!

[krille]

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

No, the blue part is incorrect. I'm not sure what you're trying to pull here, but you are wrong. The specification is called "SATA Revision 3.0". This is a hardware enthusiasts forum. It's use is perfectly correct.

See for yourself: http://www.serialata.org/technology/6Gbdetails.asp

SATA Revision 3.0
"The new SATA Revision 3.0 Specification builds upon the current market success of SATA, and will help solidify SATA as the predominant storage device interface technology for the foreseeable future."
- John Rydning, IDC

On May 27, 2009 Serial ATA International Organization released the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 Specification.

Once again, "SATA 6 Gbit/s" is only the product name, not the name of the actual specification/standard. It even says so in your quote. So, don't give me that thumbs down bs.

[hennyo]

PCWorld.fr speaks about a mysterious X25-V in the end of the year from an Intel Slide Roadmap.
Somebody has newz concerning this SSD ?

Any chance that roadmap names a X25-E G2 part with possible dates?

[Lu(ky]

Thank YOU So Much!!!!!!!!

I got two of them for $228 ea. with Free shipping. When I checked an hour later, they had already raised the price.

Still better than Newegg though. Very bad Newegg!!

Sweet just in time I went back to the site and now OUT OF STOCK.. I ordered stuff threw BUY.com before and I guess it is coming from BEACHAUDIO which also ordered threw as well with no problems. It says I should receive the drive today. wow I doubt it came from NY that fast, probably from a CA warehouse.. Looking forward to try this out on my ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE x58 setup..

[zalbard]

PCWorld.fr speaks about a mysterious X25-V in the end of the year from an Intel Slide Roadmap.
Somebody has newz concerning this SSD ?

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15444/1/

[lemonlime]

It looks like the G2 Intel SSD is definitely the drive to buy. Difficult to find one in Canada right now, unfortunately.

Do you guys find that 80GB is enough for an OS/App drive?

[Oberon]

Sweet just in time I went back to the site and now OUT OF STOCK.. I ordered stuff threw BUY.com before and I guess it is coming from BEACHAUDIO which also ordered threw as well with no problems. It says I should receive the drive today. wow I doubt it came from NY that fast, probably from a CA warehouse.. Looking forward to try this out on my ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE x58 setup..

I just got my shipping notice as well. Expected delivery is Friday (I paid the $2.99 for two day shipping, so sue me =P), and it's coming from California.

[[ITA]SEREUPIN80]

I just got my shipping notice as well. Expected delivery is Friday (I paid the $2.99 for two day shipping, so sue me =P), and it's coming from California.

hello, do you know if they sell in europe (italy) ? i am sorry but I cannot find this information on their website ..

[alfaunits]

Find a German/EU seller that ships to Italy (I would guess most do).
I am getting 4x160GB ones from Germany next week.

[FischOderAal]

Here you go:
http://geizhals.at/eu/?cat=hdssd&asuch=postville%20g2

[mk_dir]

I would assume the V stands for value since we already have the M = mainstream and E = extreme.
When the 34nm drive came out intel has slide that showed in q2 2010 the x25 will get a speed bump.

Btw here's my new 160gig g2, is that 90mb/sec i see in write speeds?

I agree, maybe the Intel V series equals Kingston's V series, JMicron controller ( 64KB cache) based. Hope not.

Anyway, can you provide us a download link for that benchmark? Thanks.

[posershadow]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...odlist=froogle
ZZF is pulling a newegg now on us.

http://www.superwarehouse.com/p.cfm?...ecode=SW09W002
In stock with these guys. Better than ZZF or newegg.

[shabby]

Anyway, can you provide us a download link for that benchmark? Thanks.

http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?cat_id=4

[mk_dir]

http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?cat_id=4

Really thanks, let's bench!