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New Intel SSD X25M Gen2 almost here

snowboarder said:
not even a refresh, the same speed, the same size, the same everything...
320GB not to be seen. Bummer :(
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Yes but most importantly ....cheaper.

The Intel was already a fast performer but now it's within the realm of mere mortals by coming down to roughly $230. This will have a great effect on all competitors. OCZ will have to sell a 120GB Vertex drive for much less and ditto for all the other vendors.

It's pretty amazing actually. These drives went from over $500 to half the price in under a year. They are going to change personal computing forever.
 
<<sigh>> I remember when I paid 36something on newegg, then it dropped down to 320 or whatever it was before the price drop.

Now its 230 and comes silver?

Lame. I wonder if I can get this drive and raid it with my current setup.

I'd buy it. That'd probably be cheaper than a single 160gb disk.
 
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Wow

Cheaper and they do perform better (IOPS) though you won't see it in sustained random read/write.

The latency has improved as well. Very impressive update. The 160GB is faster than the 80GB. Kind of leads me to think the 320GB may be faster than the 160GB.
 
Pressrelease from Intel:

"Drop-in compatible with SATA-based HDDs and all operating systems, the X25-M will also support Microsoft Windows 7 when it becomes available. At that time, Intel plans to deliver a firmware update to allow support of the Windows 7 Trim command, along with an end user tool, to allow users to optimize the performance of their SSD on Windows XP and Vista operating systems"

No word on trimsupport for Snow Leopard...:mad:

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20090721comp.htm?iid=pr1_releasepri_20090721m
 
this is great news. in my experience i have about 100GB on my HD. if I clean out old junk it's probably 80GB. so i could easily go with a 160GB for the forseeable future. i'm really tempted. let's see whet the real street prices will be.
 
According to Anandtech, the X-25 could finally make it way into Applestore as a stock SSD:
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3605

Halogen Free, Apple Friendly

A little known fact about the original X25-M was that its controller wasn’t Halogen-free. Because Intel used Halogens in the first controller, companies that had strict environmental restrictions (e.g. Apple) wouldn’t touch the drives.


Apple couldn't claim BFR-free on its new MacBook Pro if it used Intel's 1st gen X25-M. Bromine is a Halogen.

The new drive has a new controller and it is Halogen free. For Apple to glance over the X25-M in its mobile lineup now would be a serious mistake.
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I'm toying with the idea of:


Buying the 80GB and with Snow Leopard moving my user folder to an external drive.

This way I have speed and room for growth and externally, a mega-Ass-ton of storage for video and audio and more.
 
anyone know if the x-25m speed will be crippled if it's paired with a high capacity HDD in a RAID 0 setup? (in a uMBP)
 
sukanas said:
anyone know if the x-25m speed will be crippled if it's paired with a high capacity HDD in a RAID 0 setup? (in a uMBP)
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I've never seen anybody with SSD+HDD Raid 0, but It'll likely ruin all performance advantages of SSD in anything but sequential operations due to mechanical delays.
 
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