Looking at the intel SSDSA2M080G2 that would be that max im going to spend ( $280ish ), I need at least a 64gb. Which drives currently have trim support?
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Buying a SSD Trim? Brand? price range $0-$280
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http://www.globalcomputer.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5250507&CatId=4216
this the drive you talking about? Whats considered a "great! but reasonable" price for it?
her209
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Wow prices have gone way down. Anyone have personal experience with the X25-M? I'm assuming you see pretty noticeable differences in general windows performance?
I was initially contemplating a 1tb Barracuda 7200.12 drive (or a caviar black) as my boot device, but I'm tempted to go the SSD route.
I was initially contemplating a 1tb Barracuda 7200.12 drive (or a caviar black) as my boot device, but I'm tempted to go the SSD route.
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1GB!?!
You might have a hard time fitting Pac-Man on there!
JK, I know it was likely a typo.
hmm global doesn't seem to have the 80gb, but lets just stick with the 160gb for now, what has been the best price on the net for one lately?
Anything below $450 is good. Getting close to $400-420 is a awesome.
I paid $450 for mine... 6 months ago? I'm still happy I grabbed it when I did.
ViviTheMage
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I am too in the market, but I think i'll wait a bit..i'd to have to reload already.
I really want the 80gb gen2 intel though. blegh!
What's been the prices for those lately? Anything 'new' comming out in SSD world, that will change the pricing?
I really want the 80gb gen2 intel though. blegh!
What's been the prices for those lately? Anything 'new' comming out in SSD world, that will change the pricing?
I got a first gen Gskill Falcon 64GB first gen...trust everyone here...SSD is amazing...I just hate myself for not getting on earlier.
Now I want bigger but the budget is not there for me yet.
Now I want bigger but the budget is not there for me yet.
I went with a 40GB Intel-X25V...it has TRIM, I use it as my boot drive and the rest will be on a 1TB Caviar. That puts you at ~$230 total (from the 'egg), and the performance is screaming.
agree. i tried the x25-v and it is stupid fast- i think intel underrates the read speed on these or something because in real life its 7-8 seconds xp boot with X25-m 80 G2 or X25-V - same. no difference.
benchmark queens may disagree but most folks boot up their pc and don't do a ton of writing won't know the difference.
it is a bit slower at writing and doing a service pack or adobe update you may notice it is hard drive speed like
benchmark queens may disagree but most folks boot up their pc and don't do a ton of writing won't know the difference.
it is a bit slower at writing and doing a service pack or adobe update you may notice it is hard drive speed like
ViviTheMage
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I'd be very curious to see benchmarks of the x25-m and the x25-v ... on the same system.
When you say the X25-V is mechanical drive like, how slow is that? drives can typically do 100MB/s+ now on larger files in ATTO benchmarks...are X25-V REALLY only 25MB/s?
When you say the X25-V is mechanical drive like, how slow is that? drives can typically do 100MB/s+ now on larger files in ATTO benchmarks...are X25-V REALLY only 25MB/s?
blazewit
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I recommend you do what i did and get 2 33 gb indilux based drives and raid 0 them. you will have double the write and read speed of any single drive and the firmware now has controller level garbage collection so you dont need to worry about them slowing down. and intel will be making a driver update soon so that you can use trim on raid arrays so you'll be set for good.
james1701
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I have been running a Corsair Xtreme 64 gig drive for about two months now. I love the screaming speeds this thing has. They are working on Trim for those, but there is a glitch in the firmware installer for P45 and P55 boards. They are working on this issue, and are starting to ship drives with firmware 2.0 with Trim working. But this early, it might be a crap shoot to get one.
Engineer
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The way that SSD's work, they slow down if you write to a sector that has already been written to but not cleared. TRIM works behind the scene with the OS to keep the freed up sections in top shape by re-writing 1's to them in the background.
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