X25-M versus Samsung Evo? Samsung 840 Pro? Any new SSD?

[ArchAngel777]

I have been attempting to find some comparisons of how the old Intel X25-M G1 fairs against these newer drives. I am looking to replace my 4x80GB RAID 0 array, which has never let me down... Wear level is still at 90% on my most used drive. I primarily used this RAID 0 partition to install games onto. No complaints other than a secure erase every year to bring performance back into line. But that is mere 1 hour of work to copy the data off, secure erase, rebuilt raid and copy the data back (Windows is on a different SSD-Samsung 830, so this is a quick process) I am just getting an itch to upgrade for no other reason than I want to upgrade. So, some evidence to push me in that direction is what I am seeking...

That said, I am having a difficult time finding reviews of the current drives that pit it against the old trusty Intel X25-M...

 

[Minerva]

The X25 was king in random i/o, weaker on writes but you already know that.

Current drives like the 840 and last year's 830 will crush it on sequential reads and writes. If the space isn't a concern you could replace all four with a single 512 and still have better writes than your array. Or stripe a pair of 256GB 840 Pros. As long as you have a 6Gbps SAS/SATA host you will see numbers fly. AS-SSD with a pair should be around 2000 whereas your four X25s probably around 800. Again depends on controller type. An areca 1882 with 4GB is going to make 'em sing whereas an older X58 board with a Marvell SATA3 host is going to drop you to the back of the pack...

 

[postmortemIA]

I upgraded X-25 80G single drive to 840 250G, mainly for space reasons ... can't tell much difference outside of benchmarks

 

[Zap]

I see these systems in your sig.

Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.6Ghz|ASRock Extreme 4 P67|16GB DDR3 1600|nVidia 480 GTX 1GB @ 822/1644/2000|Samsung 830 64GB SSD|4 Intel X25-M 80GB - RAID 0

Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.0Ghz|Asus P6T Deluxe V2|12GB DDR3|nVidia 480 GTX 1GB @ 822/1644/2000|Samsung 830 256GB SSD

Here is one possible solution.

Put your four Intel drives in your i7-920 rig in RAID0.

Put the Samsung 830 256GB SSD in your i5-2500K rig on the second SATA 6Gb/s port.

... Profit?

 

[Makaveli]

I see these systems in your sig.



Here is one possible solution.

Put your four Intel drives in your i7-920 rig in RAID0.

Put the Samsung 830 256GB SSD in your i5-2500K rig on the second SATA 6Gb/s port.

... Profit?

Looks like a win!

I have almost the same config as him.

he has 80x4 and i'm 160x2 should be the same capacity when formatted.

Other than benchmarks you won't see much of a difference besides high write speeds.