Yep, i am indeed aware of Intel holding back the firmware.

Regarding the TRIM Tools...i was under the impression the software tools they developed for the Intel SSD's we're able to clean up te hard drive by synchronising the filesystem/memory addresses in such a way an actual TRIM command wasn't necessary.

If this is not the case, do you by any chance have a link to a review that thoroughly focusses on performance degradation?
(I know its not THAT much of a big issue, i just wanna feel a little more confident before spending 665 euro's. ).

I'm coming from 2, RaptorX drives (150GB) in RAID0 which isnt exactly slow at all but the performance gain with SSD RAID would be severely noticeable even coming from my current array.
Next to that this also means better power usage, zero noise from the drives itself and i can start using my fan controller again cause i dont have to cool 2, 10K RPM drives located directly underneath my HD4870.
Even though i am getting a Sapphire HD5870 in one or two days (the temperature problem is evident, if i wouldnt have my current ZM-F3 fans blowing at a continuous high rate.