Ok, I got sidetracked for a while there when my body decided it was time to sleep rather then post on the internet!
Thoughts on the Intel 520: Somewhat faster then my Patriot Pyro 60gig, though not enough to change my mind that the 120gig sandforce drives with cheaper async NAND offer the best price/performance. And for those looking for just an easy 60gig drive, the intel price is a bit hard to swallow. I am only paying for the intel by giving up my entertainment budget for a couple of weeks. But the proof of the pudding will show in the coming months.
Anyway, here is some benchmarks for the intel 520 (I made sure it was not running fresh by endurance testing it for about 80gig or so)
Crystaldiskinfo also reveals a lot of juicy details for this drive.
Does anyone know a program that correctly decode the Power on Hours?
I will try and report daily on progress with this drive. I'll report on the erase fail/program fail count, the host and claimed drive writes, reallocation count, and the wearout indicator.
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