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Intel to drop prices of X-25 SSD on April 26

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http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-ssd-price-cut-on-april-26th/6930.html?doc=6930 <----I am not sure why this link isn't working directly (copy and pasting this on my browser seems to work though)

I was hoping the price change would be greater but this is a step in the right direction.

I'm sure when Windows 7 debuts with the "trim" feature and "automatic alignment" demand for these will increase even more.

Hopefully the day comes very soon when a 160 GB X-25 is $199. Maybe sometime in 2010?
 
Originally posted by: taltamir
mmm... is a 335$ 80GB intel X25-M a better buy than the 60GB vertex?
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30GB Vertex for $129.00 w/shipping

If you are talking desktop and you've got the raid hardware already then I'd personally go for 3x30GB vertex ($387 shipped) over a 1x80GB X25-M at $335.

Originally posted by: sgrinavi
Originally posted by: taltamir
mmm... is a 335$ 80GB intel X25-M a better buy than the 60GB vertex?
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I got my last 120 GB vertex for $300
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Already nearly $100 cheaper now...60GB Vertex for $209.00 w/shipping...I love this technology.

edit: nevermind, brain fart, thought you wrote 60GB not 120GB. The 120GB's are out of stock at the egg but list for $345 w/shipping. Where/how did you get yours for $300?
 
30GB is enough to hold the OS ONLY for my filesever (16.1GB used on OS drive on a 160GB IDE ancient for OS drive... I have various versions on it, and 5x750GB drives for raid6 array)

My windows Vista64 gaming machine however, would not even fit my OS partition on a 30GB drive. (640GB WD partitioned into a 58GB with 39GB used by OS and some programs and a second partition with the rest of the space used by games, programs and downloads)

I refuse to put my OS on mobo based raid, not even raid1, one little CMOS reset and I have to start recovering the lost array (can be done without dataloss IF you know what you are doing), pain in the butt. there are myrid other reasons not to do that either.

HOWEVER, for a dedicated GAMING drive 3x30GB vertex will OWN a single intel drive... so that is an excellent point.
 
Originally posted by: Just learning

Hopefully the day comes very soon when a 160 GB X-25 is $199. Maybe sometime in 2010?
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hopefully the day will come when a 750gb SSD is 100$ :roll: :roll: :roll: ... maybe 2016 :roll: these things are a massive rip off :roll:
 
i dont see how a huge massive increase in speed is a "rip-off"... it is quite inexpensive compared to other upgrades... i would upgrade to an ssd before i get an i7
 
Originally posted by: Hacp
If you're getting it for gaming, you don't even need to install the OS. Just use it as a slave.
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But we want our cake and eat it too 🙁 faster boot times + gaming.
 
Get two SSDs 🙂

One for OS, one for games.

It's what many gaming enthusiasts do anyway, except SSDs are more expensive, of course.
 
Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Originally posted by: Hacp
If you're getting it for gaming, you don't even need to install the OS. Just use it as a slave.
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But we want our cake and eat it too 🙁 faster boot times + gaming.
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thats not having your cake and eating it (what would you do with a cake besides eating it anyways?)... this is wanting to buy a BIGGER cake and than eating it. or two smaller cakes and each them. (dedicated OS drive and dedicated gaming drive)...

There is no reason not to put the OS on the drive and however many games fit in the leftover space.
 
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