Intel x25-M SSD 160GB 2.5" experiences?

[Pagga]

I am very close to buying this, but there are some disencouraging clips on YouTube with boot times up to 35 seconds.

Have anyone here any first hand experience of boot time, prog start and other?

Thank you,
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[walshlink]

I have one...couldn't not recommend it more. Booting, working, etc. is blazing fast.

 

[Gabriel GR]

If you transfer an existing troubled OS+apps installation on a very fast drive you don't gain much. People who did clean installs seem to be very happy.

 

[alphaod]

It was a great choice; it does get slowed down a bit after a lot of use when all the cells are written; today I performed a secure wipe (via HDD Erase 3.3—took only 1 minute and 17 seconds to do a full zero wipe on the drive) and now the drive is back to factory speeds.

I love this drive.

 

[bajee]

It was a great choice; it does get slowed down a bit after a lot of use when all the cells are written; today I performed a secure wipe (via HDD Erase 3.3—took only 1 minute and 17 seconds to do a full zero wipe on the drive) and now the drive is back to factory speeds.

I love this drive.

Hi alphaod, are you using the new firmware? I reckon the new firmware doesn't slow Intel X25-M's on aging. The one you describe is an old problem that was fixed by a firmware ages ago. So no need to do full zero wipe.

 

[sn0warmy]

I have one...couldn't not recommend it more. Booting, working, etc. is blazing fast.

😕

 

[geoffreak]

😕

Two negatives make a positive.😉

 

[walshlink]

😕

I'm confused too 🙂

I COULD NOT recommend it more...the X-25M is awesome, mind-blowing, amazing, etc.

I don't think a single piece of equipment has ever impacted my computer operations or impressed me more than this SSD.

 

[alphaod]

Hi alphaod, are you using the new firmware? I reckon the new firmware doesn't slow Intel X25-M's on aging. The one you describe is an old problem that was fixed by a firmware ages ago. So no need to do full zero wipe.

Well the new firmware slows down the "aging" issue but does not stop it from happening altogether; by doing the zero wipe and reset, it resets it to factory condition.

Besides the whole process only took about 50 minutes with 1 minute for a wipe, 45 minutes to restore from backup, and 4 minutes to do some cleaning up.

 

[tdream]

I have one...couldn't not recommend it more. Booting, working, etc. is blazing fast.

= I could recommend it more...

 

[pooryou]

I would hold off on buying; the price is supposed to drop on these any day now when the 34nm versions ship.

 

[alphaod]

I would hold off on buying; the price is supposed to drop on these any day now when the 34nm versions ship.

The price already dropped it's about ≈$550.

 

[pooryou]

The price already dropped it's about ≈$550.

Are the new models shipping or did the price drop on the old ones?
Amazon still says $660, unless you want to buy from a third party.