New Intel SSD drives are in!!!

[ilkhan]

Originally posted by: taltamir

Originally posted by: ilkhan
TRIM support isnt coming to the G1 drives, it has GC which works almost as well, in addition to the really good controller.
The G2 drives are being reflashed and re-shipped, yes Intel is losing money but they are keeping their corporate rep and impressing a lot of people (aside from the annoyance of NOT having the drive in hand this minute). Ill wait while they get it sorted out. We dont get TRIM until 7 gets to retail. Boo hoo.

Quit your bitchin.

+1

Originally posted by: AbRASiON

Originally posted by: ilkhan
TRIM support isnt coming to the G1 drives, it has GC which works almost as well, in addition to the really good controller.
The G2 drives are being reflashed and re-shipped, yes Intel is losing money but they are keeping their corporate rep and impressing a lot of people (aside from the annoyance of NOT having the drive in hand this minute). Ill wait while they get it sorted out. We dont get TRIM until 7 gets to retail. Boo hoo.

Quit your bitchin.

-1

lol.

 

[AbRASiON]

What kind of ignorant person says 'quit your bitchin' it's a perfectly acceptable complaint and that kind of behaviour I wouldn't expect on anandtech, go back to irc.

 

[magreen]

Originally posted by: AbRASiON
What kind of ignorant person says 'quit your bitchin' it's a perfectly acceptable complaint and that kind of behaviour I wouldn't expect on anandtech, go back to irc.

+3-2/9+2-68/18

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: ilkhan

Originally posted by: taltamir

Originally posted by: ilkhan
TRIM support isnt coming to the G1 drives, it has GC which works almost as well, in addition to the really good controller.
The G2 drives are being reflashed and re-shipped, yes Intel is losing money but they are keeping their corporate rep and impressing a lot of people (aside from the annoyance of NOT having the drive in hand this minute). Ill wait while they get it sorted out. We dont get TRIM until 7 gets to retail. Boo hoo.

Quit your bitchin.

+1

Originally posted by: AbRASiON

Originally posted by: ilkhan
TRIM support isnt coming to the G1 drives, it has GC which works almost as well, in addition to the really good controller.
The G2 drives are being reflashed and re-shipped, yes Intel is losing money but they are keeping their corporate rep and impressing a lot of people (aside from the annoyance of NOT having the drive in hand this minute). Ill wait while they get it sorted out. We dont get TRIM until 7 gets to retail. Boo hoo.

Quit your bitchin.

-1

lol.

=0 , that is pretty funny

 

[Nizology]

I wanna know how many people are droppin $450 for the 160gb. Is that really worth it right now?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Nizology
I wanna know how many people are droppin $450 for the 160gb. Is that really worth it right now?

Well, if you're asking that question, then it's probably not worth it. If you absolutely can't fit your OS + important apps/documents/games in 80GB, then it might be worth it, if you have money laying around and don't mind paying a large early adopter tax. But you can fit a lot in 80GB.

 

[AbRASiON]

Originally posted by: Nizology
I wanna know how many people are droppin $450 for the 160gb. Is that really worth it right now?

Better than the old G1 price - a lot of us hardcore geeks can't bear to wait any longer, I know it'll be 199$ US in 9 months but I've had it with slow drives, I can't bear it anymore.

I just need an optomisation and tips guide, do I keep my swap file on the SSD? (6gb) do I keep my TMP and TEMP directories? What about my user profile? Etc.

 

[Majic 7]

I ordered a 160G2 when they first hit Newegg but it got cancelled. As soon as I get the timing right another will be on the way. As for Seti he had to join Intel's forums to make his feeling known and tell everyone about his 385$ Bahama vacation. Must be real important to him. Hope a jellyfish doesn't get him. Be a pity if after spending all that money he was reduced to running around asking random strangers to pee on him. In case someone doesn't get the reference. http://www.friends-tv.org/zz401.html

 

[AbRASiON]

Well they got some in and ....SOLD! about 4 days back - when's the next round?

 

[latch]

Originally posted by: AbRASiON
I just need an optomisation and tips guide, do I keep my swap file on the SSD? (6gb) do I keep my TMP and TEMP directories? What about my user profile? Etc.

me too

 

[AnalyticalGuy]

Some links of possible interest regarding optimization:

http://internetbestsecrets.com...dual-hdssd-part-i.html

http://internetbestsecrets.com...ual-hdssd-part-ii.html

http://internetbestsecrets.com...al-hdssd-part-iii.html

http://jeffreypalermo.com/blog...-go-for-the-ram-drive/

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

I'm still debating whether or not I should put a swap on it.

 

[spufaru]

Newegg put an 8/31 date on the 160gb's, 80's are still showing Friday, fingers crossed.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Well, my SSDSA2MH160G2C1 from buy.com ebay store is here, although I won't be able to install anything until weekend, and even then I might delay it until next one.

In the meantime couple of pics:
OEM box
Box innards
Another shot
On top of the 3.5 drive
Ewwww, who touched my drive...

 

[imported_Hok]

is this a stupid suggestion... instead of getting the 160GB getting two 80GB and put into RAID 0...? would that be faster and more bang for buck?

 

[Brigdh]

Originally posted by: jkresh
the password issue was never that big a deal (especially for desktops) because who currently uses bios passwords anyway? windows/osx/linux passwords with a similar thing would have been a disaster but bios passwords are hardly ever used on desktops (and rare even on laptops).

Many large companies (off the top of my head, IBM) mandate bios passwords on their drives as part of common security practice, so while the home consumer would not likely be affected, the big companies (the ones that spend billions and are the real customers) will be furious


Anyone seen a decoder ring for the letter and digit designation after the G2? ie, whats the diff between a G2C1 and a G2R5, etc

 

[bbarry]

decoder ring:
http://www.intel.com/cd/channe...nand/feature/index.htm

01 = base drive (7.0mm thick)
C1 = drive + spacer to fit standard 9.5mm height
R5 = C1 + retail box

 

[Brigdh]

Originally posted by: bbarry
decoder ring:
http://www.intel.com/cd/channe...nand/feature/index.htm

01 = base drive (7.0mm thick)
C1 = drive + spacer to fit standard 9.5mm height
R5 = C1 + retail box

I knew i saw it somewhere, and couldn't find it again. Thanks

 

[bbarry]

Originally posted by: Hok
is this a stupid suggestion... instead of getting the 160GB getting two 80GB and put into RAID 0...? would that be faster and more bang for buck?

I was wondering about this too. My only concern is about potential TRIM issues. Will TRIM be supported in RAID 0 on the ICH10R controller?

 

[masteryoda34]

Originally posted by: bbarry
Will TRIM be supported in RAID 0 on the ICH10R controller?

I am wondering the same thing...

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: AbRASiON

Originally posted by: Nizology
I wanna know how many people are droppin $450 for the 160gb. Is that really worth it right now?

Better than the old G1 price - a lot of us hardcore geeks can't bear to wait any longer, I know it'll be 199$ US in 9 months but I've had it with slow drives, I can't bear it anymore.

I just need an optomisation and tips guide, do I keep my swap file on the SSD? (6gb) do I keep my TMP and TEMP directories? What about my user profile? Etc.

this drive is faster than any ssd... ignore optimizations guides, they are for jmicron drives only.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Just got my 160GB G2 in yesterday (that I ordered from Newegg at about 3am Saturday morning...). Will be installing it tonight.

 

[Old Hippie]

Will TRIM be supported in RAID 0 on the ICH10R controller?

Intel isn't going to support TRIM on the G1 drives, so I vote they won't 'till G3.

 

[AbRASiON]

Originally posted by: taltamir

Originally posted by: AbRASiON

Originally posted by: Nizology
I wanna know how many people are droppin $450 for the 160gb. Is that really worth it right now?

Better than the old G1 price - a lot of us hardcore geeks can't bear to wait any longer, I know it'll be 199$ US in 9 months but I've had it with slow drives, I can't bear it anymore.

I just need an optomisation and tips guide, do I keep my swap file on the SSD? (6gb) do I keep my TMP and TEMP directories? What about my user profile? Etc.

this drive is faster than any ssd... ignore optimizations guides, they are for jmicron drives only.

Don't be silly.
Optimization for drive life is important to me, if this thing was simply going to hold a single 160gb file which is sequentially written and read sure, but Windows 7 as an OS has thousands of files, some updated all the time, some tiny files, some large files.
Also I've been moving /temp/ and /my documents/ and /swap/ to another drive for 10 years - I'm very used to that, do I still do it and what are the benefits- I intend to find out if no one else has

 

[AbRASiON]

Newegg gets them back in stock for an hour and they are gone :/