Intel X25-M G2: Previews & Reviews

**iboomalot** · 09-10-2009, 04:18 PM

IMO Intel will start flooding the market soon now that the glitches are over.

If people just wait a couple weeks and let ZZF and NG sit on the stock they got prices will drop rather quickly.

Holiday season is still along ways away so if everyone sits tight till Oct 1st prices should be reasonable.

379.99 for a 220.00 retail part is redick
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167023

or

629.99 for a 440.00 retail part
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167017

**posershadow** · 09-10-2009, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by iboomalot

IMO Intel will start flooding the market soon now that the glitches are over.

If people just wait a couple weeks and let ZZF and NG sit on the stock they got prices will drop rather quickly.

Holiday season is still along ways away so if everyone sits tight till Oct 1st prices should be reasonable.

379.99 for a 220.00 retail part is redick
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167023

or

629.99 for a 440.00 retail part
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167017

Yeah, you just gotta sit it out for a little while till the other retailers get them in stock, then it will drive the price down. I was lucky to get one at compsource for $235

Compsource has them in stock again now for $248, superwarehouse is the best deal for now.

**Kersh** · 09-11-2009, 12:15 AM

My 2x80 raid 0 test

**CedricFP** · 09-11-2009, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by Kersh

My 2x80 raid 0 test

Could you post a crystaldiskmark screen?

**Kersh** · 09-11-2009, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by CedricFP

Could you post a crystaldiskmark screen?

**Bojamijams** · 09-11-2009, 09:16 AM

Weird.. one 4k is 45mb other is 66mb

**Telperion** · 09-11-2009, 01:40 PM

They're not testing exactly the same way.

**CedricFP** · 09-11-2009, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Kersh

I thought that those were 4k read speeds for a single disk. 2 in raid and only 23 mb?

**[ITA]SEREUPIN80** · 09-11-2009, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by alfaunits

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

man, maybe you don't understand a little particular: in italy we have very unbelievable prices.. in germany usually is better, but for the moment, every shops ask very much for the shipping cost.. for example € 30,00 (43 $)

I often buy from USA and they ship by airmail very fast and for very cheap price if you compare our prices..if i remember, 15 $ , or when i was unlucky 25 $ ... nothing if compared with our € 30,00 betweeen our nations..

at the end, in europe, for the moment I must to pay your 350 $ (€ 240,00) I think that it is too much

**mstp2009** · 09-11-2009, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by CedricFP

I thought that those were 4k read speeds for a single disk. 2 in raid and only 23 mb?

Go look at what two WD Velociraptors do at 4k chunks in Raid 0 and then you will see how impressive these numbers are.

This should put things into perspective (single disk numbers, but they make my point):

From this review:
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1437&pageID=5993

Also, don't forget that most RAID controllers have a lot of trouble keeping up w/ SSDs. They were simply not designed for the kinds of I/O that these devices bring to bear when multiple SSDs are hooked up to one controllers.

The good controllers that can utilize SSDs in RAID fully cost more than the SSDs.

**Unoid** · 09-11-2009, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by mstp2009

Go look at what two WD Velociraptors do at 4k chunks in Raid 0 and then you will see how impressive these numbers are.

This should put things into perspective (single disk numbers, but they make my point):

From this review:
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1437&pageID=5993

Also, don't forget that most RAID controllers have a lot of trouble keeping up w/ SSDs. They were simply not designed for the kinds of I/O that these devices bring to bear when multiple SSDs are hooked up to one controllers.

The good controllers that can utilize SSDs in RAID fully cost more than the SSDs.

this information is boring compared to AMD HD58xx information

**One_Hertz** · 09-11-2009, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Unoid

this information is boring compared to AMD HD58xx information

What kind of a post is that? To each their own.

**Zorlac** · 09-11-2009, 09:49 PM

I think some of these etailers are shady. I bought the 160GB G2 a few days ago from a place called PCUniverse because they claimed they were in stock.

The next day I received a backorder notice...

**CedricFP** · 09-11-2009, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by mstp2009

Go look at what two WD Velociraptors do at 4k chunks in Raid 0 and then you will see how impressive these numbers are.

This should put things into perspective (single disk numbers, but they make my point):

From this review:
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1437&pageID=5993

Also, don't forget that most RAID controllers have a lot of trouble keeping up w/ SSDs. They were simply not designed for the kinds of I/O that these devices bring to bear when multiple SSDs are hooked up to one controllers.

The good controllers that can utilize SSDs in RAID fully cost more than the SSDs.

I am well aware of how impressive the numbers are when compared with a mechanical HD

I own a single Vertex 60 and I get 29 mb/s on 4k reads. Intel exceeds in the 4k area. He should be getting far higher than 23/24 mb/sec on a dual 80GB Raid0 setup.

I suppose if you looked at your own charts and compared them with the Kersh's results, you would see roughly linear scaling for 4k writes, but a strange non-growth in 4k reads.

**Lu(ky** · 09-12-2009, 06:23 AM

Buy.com has them back in stock at $228.00 with FREE SHIPPING-----------> H E R E

**vengance_01** · 09-12-2009, 09:15 AM

Price is already up to 265$! Fing Buy.com.

**labs23** · 09-12-2009, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by vengance_01

Price is already up to 265$! Fing Buy.com.

Find the same thing too, just now. That $265 is not directly from Buy.com, its from BeachAudios. A $228 was listed there an hour ago.

BTW, $238.88 at SuperWarehouse, http://www.superwarehouse.com/Intel_...G2C1/p/1568657.

**xlink** · 09-12-2009, 11:51 AM

I bought a 1st gen a month ago for around $220 and it included a $20 bay adapter(a fairly nice one)

have fun waiting half a year for a single digit real world performance difference.

**iboomalot** · 09-12-2009, 02:52 PM

Xlink problem is the G1 is overpriced too

and no TRIM

**Andypro1** · 09-13-2009, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Lu(ky

Buy.com has them back in stock at $228.00 with FREE SHIPPING-----------> H E R E

Thanks! Got mine for $218 shipped thanks to a web promo code. That's just a smidgen tastier than newegg's $350!

**Biker** · 09-13-2009, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Andypro1

Thanks! Got mine for $218 shipped thanks to a web promo code. That's just a smidgen tastier than newegg's $350!

$227.99 using Lu(ky's link above right now - no promo code needed + free shipping.... bargain

**mstp2009** · 09-13-2009, 04:41 PM

Don't forget 4% cashback if you go to buy.com from the bing.com portal.

**xlink** · 09-13-2009, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by iboomalot

Xlink problem is the G1 is overpriced too

and no TRIM

trim isn't fully necessary with all their BIOS optimizations, and I got it for effectively $200ish, still wasn't a bad deal at the time.

well, we'll see if I eat my words...

**Biker** · 09-13-2009, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by xlink

trim isn't fully necessary with all their BIOS optimizations, and I got it for effectively $200ish, still wasn't a bad deal at the time.

well, we'll see if I eat my words...

I doubt you will

G1's run great with the new firmware

**Lu(ky** · 09-13-2009, 06:27 PM

Hey guys any special links to getting this new 80gb V2 drive up and running. My pack date on box says JUN 24 2009. Do I need to do a FW update first? The only system I have running at the moment is a Windows 7 64bit, and I have been getting BLUE SCREENS lately so I am afraid to run a FW update if it tanks the drive with a blue screen. I think I need to throw in the drive now to see what FW the drive came with.. Any info help would be appreciated..

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