Storage Solutions Decisions (HDD) - need advice

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dunno why Toms Hardware have a different thing to say then....Conclusion: X25-M Strikes Hard! - Review Tom's Hardware : Intel's X25-M Solid State Drive Reviewed
thats just the conclusion though do read the full review if you get time where these drives beat the SLC drives

or maybe you will trust anandtech more??
AnandTech: Intel X25-M SSD: Intel Delivers One of the World's Fastest Drives

Guess you havent yet heard of the inhouse controller Intel uses....

Or you guyz prefer making your own opinion?? based on 1 review of a SSD that you may or maynot have read years ago. I dont talk out of my as$ unlike a few others, :tongue:
 
I would suggest you should use WD green as secondary drive,

as 2nd drive ( or dump disk) idle speed will save power..

and green will match black in seq speed

random speed shouldn't matter as page file will be in primary drive.
 
Considering the current price rates of SSDs, I think it would be more economic as of now to go for a Velociraptor (or whatever it is called). Because even SSDs are prone to failure.

This is something I learnt from an article at PCMag.com where the writer said that it is also flash technology, already used y pen drives. Since 2 of them have died on me in less than 10 months, I don't know if they have matured enough for mainstream use or not.

I think after a few years, they will be more reliable, and obviously more affordable. Till then, conventional HDDs FTW!
 
Udit said:
Seagate's Barracuda 7200.12 hard drive - The Tech Report - Page 1

look at pages 3 to 11 to know about the best raptor :)
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Thanks Udit for the invaluable link. I forgot all about techreport. Some interesting reads there. The velociraptor seems faster in most of the real world tests and it hovers near the top if not at the number 1 spot across nearly all the benchies. Blackprince you make an interesting point. True as well. Well guys what do you think? Green or black for a secondary drive?
 
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Thanks Udit for the invaluable link. I forgot all about techreport. Some interesting reads there. The velociraptor seems faster in most of the real world tests and it hovers near the top if not at the number 1 spot across nearly all the benchies. Blackprince you make an interesting point. True as well. Well guys what do you think? Green or black for a secondary drive?
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huh conveniently ignored my post? :P Had said the same thing, too engrossed with the SSDs i guess.

BTW i tried it and it works wonders. No harm in giving it a shot.

PS: Drive was fairly silent after that :S, dunno why.
 
Vandal said:
Thanks Udit for the invaluable link. I forgot all about techreport. Some interesting reads there. The velociraptor seems faster in most of the real world tests and it hovers near the top if not at the number 1 spot across nearly all the benchies. Blackprince you make an interesting point. True as well. Well guys what do you think? Green or black for a secondary drive?
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Black anyday better than Green, as far as performance is concerned.
On second thoughts if need arises black can even serve as your OS drive.

I am getting 1TB soon after much research. Can't spend on expensive raptors, so caviar black FTW.

PS:- DO they make Caviar blue 1tb too? couldn't find one though.
 
@Gannu - The X-25E drives from Intel are the SLC based ones, and the X-25M is the MLC based drive.

One reason people aren't picking up the Intel drives is the lack of a utility or firmware-based approach to clean up the drive. If an SSD gets too full, write/read speeds go down. TO counter this there is a command called TRIM, which will be implemented in Windows 7 natively. OCZ and COrsair already have support for this command implemented in their latest FWs, Intel does not.

Essential reading:

AnandTech: The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ

TRIM:

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&p=10

FWIW, Intel just launched their 34nm SSDs, with a major price reduction - the 80GB drive is now 225$ in volume, down from 345$. TRIM command only for the newer 34nm drives.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3605
 
^Yeah read about the 'TRIM' feature recently. But most of them who've put up short reviews on the Egg seems to be fairly satisfied by the drive. Yet to read the reviews of the Corsair & OCZ SSDs. Thanx for the link TH.
 
Isn't that because the Intel drive is a little outdated, ditto the controller?

Anyways I'm nearly confirmed for the velociraptor. What about the rumours about SATA 3? When are we likely to see drives based on the standard? Does the upcoming P55 support SATA 3?
 
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