AnandTech: Silly SSD Temptation

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AnandTech: Silly SSD Temptation

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Intel's 34nm SSD Preview: Cheaper and Faster?
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... spx?i=3605

The announced 34nm TRIM support is especially key. I'm wondering when the best time is to buy, balancing actually having it versus the price (and availability). I'm guessing 2 months after it's on newegg should be about right.

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Intel® X25-M 160GB 2.5” SATA SSD Solid State Drive
Part Number: SSDSA2MH160G2R5
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/adet.to?poid=450026

This seems to be the best (and in stock) deal for the above.

Thoughts:
  • From the datasheet, page 2, 7 mm 2.5" variants exist. 9.5 mm seems to be the laptop standard, so I'm guessing the R5 is fine.
  • I'm a curious what devices require the slimmer 7 mm thickness.
  • A 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket may be required if simply placing it on the bottom of a case gets too annoying.
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VLSmooth wrote:
That doesn't make any sense. Just disable the page file altogether so nothing can be swapped out if you have that much memory.

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Just FYI, I've been watching this for a while now: Cost Central: SSDSA2MH160G2, resellerratings

Tank Guys (SSDSA2MH160G2C1,resellerratings) would be my second option, but they're been out-of-stock for a while.

I'll probably take the plunge this weekend, since my pre-order of Windows 7 should be arriving around October 22nd.

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Guess I'll need to find another source...
Cost Central Processing @ 4:23 PM wrote:Thank you for your recent order, the warehouse has informed that item you have 10921621 TRAY X25M 160GB SSD G2-MLC 2.5IN SATA 7 requires a minimum purchase of 50. Please let us know how you would like your order handled.
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VLSmooth wrote:Ah, if that's the case, I'll have to regrettably cancel :(

ps. as a suggestion, you might want to mention the minimum purchase qty on the product page:
http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/I ... /10921621/

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Hell, the employee store is out of stock until like November. Retailer markup on these is just stupidly large still.

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Provantage has the 160 gb G2 for $461.57, but their processing time distribution scares me:
http://www.provantage.com/intel-ssdsa2m ... TE90LK.htm

7.45 / 10 six-month rating, I have successfully ordered from them before though:
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/PR ... orporation

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TankGuys Sales --- show details Oct 13 (1 day ago) wrote:The Intel X-25M G2 160Gb (OEM) Drive is back in stock at TankGuys Computer Parts.

http://www.tankguys.com/hard-drives/int ... -disk.html

Thanks!
-TankGuys Sales
$530 for the OEM version and in-stock.

Reseller Ratings: Tank Guys
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Ta ... nkguys_biz

Edit: Copied the resellerrating's link from a previous post

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Status Update:
Ended up buying an SSDSA2MH160G2C1 from TankGuys for $543.94 ($13.95 for s&h) and am now running Windows 7 Professional on it. I ordered on the 20th and received it on the 24th (Saturday). Interestingly enough, it's been out-of-stock for the past few days.

Question:

Is TRIM working?

Via fsutil, I know Windows 7 is sending TRIM commands (serverfault). I also made sure to use AHCI in bios. According to Anandtech (link), the firmware was just released? I guess I'll need to update firmware and possibly reinstall? (Just FFXI took ~8 hours to install and update...)

Edit: Just FYI, I made sure to enable and use AHCI in the motherboard bios. I can now eject my boot drive while the system is running!

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I don't see any reason you'd have to reinstall.

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Quick and easy! (Windows 7 even has a built-in iso burner; about time!)

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