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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
Bring an extra level of performance and reliability to your PC with Intel's X-25M Solid State Drive. Unlike regular hard disks, the Intel solid-state drives have no moving parts, giving you a cool, rugged storage alternative. The lower power needs of this 32GB SSD translate to lighter notebooks with a longer battery life.
These innovative drives deliver outstanding performance with the latest-generation SATA interface and architecture with 10 parallel NAND flash channels and Native Command Queuing for up to 32 concurrent operations. Far faster than traditional drives with impressive reliability, these Intel drive perform better and are likely to last longer!
Pros: Fastest, lowest latency device I have used for primary storage besides maybe a ramdisk. When I got the SSD, it showed 54 hours of usage and 66 power cycles, I assume this is testing at the factory, in any case, this is what the smart stats look like and some basic dd speed tests, as shown in the techreport review, write speed is quite fast, 227MiB/s. The machine used to take about 60-70 seconds to boot, it now takes about 5-6 seconds. When opening browsers etc, I no longer hear my (previously) 750 gig disk grinding away loading all the libraries, everything is instantaneous. I am happy I waited for the X25-E SSD as it has much better write performance (~227MiB/s vs. 70MiB/s with the X25-M) and its also SLC; it should last longer than a traditional MLC SSD. Overall, a great product.
Cons: Price, but worth every penny.
# hddtemp /dev/sda WARNING: Drive /dev/sda doesn't seem to have a temperature sensor. WARNING: This doesn't mean it hasn't got one. WARNING: If you are sure it has one, please contact me (hddtemp@guzu.net). WARNING: See --help, --debug and --drivebase options. /dev/sda: SSDSA2SH032G1GN INTEL: no sensor
Disk is 32 gigabytes, or around ~30GB formatted.
Other Thoughts: # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 32.0 GB, 32000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3890 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Incase you are wondering, both disks are using no barriers.
time to decompress kernel tree (linux, xfs):
$ /usr/bin/time tar xf linux-2.6.27.7.tar Total bytes read: 293857280 (281MiB, 75MiB/s) 0.15user 1.12system 0:03.74elapsed 34%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+645minor)pagefaults 0swaps
The same thing on a 750 gigabyte hdd:
$ /usr/bin/time tar xf linux-2.6.27.7.tar Total bytes read: 293857280 (281MiB, 6.5MiB/s) 0.15user 1.22system 0:43.29elapsed 3%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+643minor)pagefaults 0swaps
I used a 1MB blocksize but newegg bans that phrase in the command so I removed it (blocksize=1M):
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Reviewed By: on 2/18/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day
Pros: As you're already read here, just stupid fast!
Cons: Price, but that's dropping fast!
Other Thoughts: Ok this is for Vick and his 1 start review. Maybe you should check you BIOS settings. How can you rate one of the fastest products to EVER hit Newegg a 1 just because you don't know how to properly configure your BIOS? I know the fix, but I'm not going to tell you because you need to learn how to use Google or even FREE Dell or Intel tech support to fix issues that are YOUR fault before dishing out bad reviews for excellent products! Sorry bro, but you know that's not right.
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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: fast, but slow considerably after 6 months
Cons: cost
Write speed is only <100 MB Read speed is only < 200 MB
Disk is 90% full and primarily used for compiling c++ code. The disk benchmark is done using ATTO disk benchmark program.
Other Thoughts: you can get 3 intel SSD 40 GB
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E for Extreme
Reviewed By: Gor on 11/24/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: + High bandwidth & Low latency (very fast access times) + SLC > MLC (Reliability ~2X more write cycles) + No noise & moving parts (almost no heat produced) + 2.5" x 7mm form factor (can fit into laptops) + Low power consumption + Works in broad range of altitudes & temperatures + Can endure shock & vibration very well
Cons: - Price overkill - Storage capacity is very low but manageable if used as primary drive - No TRIM support/optimizer as of now, very little chance of firmware update with TRIM - No 2.5 to 3.5 brackets included - Data recovery of the NAND Flash Memory is tricky at the moment compared to platter drives
Other Thoughts: * Dial-up -> Broadband internet déjà vu * Simply the best upgrade to your computer as long as your SATA storage controller supports interface rate of 3.0 Gb/s (the speed bottleneck is reduced significantly when paired with fast RAM and CPU @ high frequency) * For laptops with 1 slot, get the MLC (cheaper, bigger capacity, faster in some operations) * For laptops with 2+ slots get SLC if you care about speed and reliability (dedicate the SLC to OS and most used programs, get MLC to store other programs/data) * Since there is no TRIM on this drive, it is recommended to disable or move cache/temp/logs/hibernation/pagefile etc. to another drive. Set drives role mostly for READ ONLY (to improve durability) * Win 7 is the only OS optimized for SSDs with TRIM * When formatting the drive; research which file system & cluster size is going to benefit speed performance vs storage capacity
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Love it!
Reviewed By: Adam M on 11/5/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: This has become my new standard in computer hardware. I couldn't see myself ever going back to a non-SSD. Windows 7 boots in about 15 seconds and almost all of my applications load instantly. The perfect productivity upgrade for any computer! Worth the money.
Cons: Windows 7 did not install as fast as I had hoped. Storage space has to be conserved. I disabled system restore and lowered my pagefile size significantly.
I've just got it sitting inside my desktop right now without any screws. Would have been nice if a 2.5" to 3.5" converter was included.
Other Thoughts: I would recommend buying an MLC SSD unless you absolutely need enterprise-grade hardware. 32GB is used up very quickly today. I only use the SSD for my OS, installed applications, and program settings. All of my music, pictures, and other files are kept on a non-SSD.
Also, this drive fits perfectly inside of my HP laptop. I bought it for my desktop, but I'm happy to know that it would have fit if it were for my laptop.
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General
Brand
Intel
Series
X25-E Extreme
Model
SSDSA2SH032G1
Device Type
Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Architecture
SLC
Expansion / Connectivity
Form Factor
2.5"
Capacity
32GB
Interface Type
SATA II
Features
SLC flash technology
Performance
Max Shock Resistance
1000G / 0.5ms
Power Consumption (Active)
2.4W Typical
Power Consumption (Idle)
0.06 W Typical
Sequential Access - Read
up to 250 MB/s
Sequential Access - Write
up to 170 MB/s
MTBF
2,000,000 hours
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
3 years limited
Labor
3 years limited
Introduction
Bring an extra level of performance and reliability to your PC with Intel's X-25M Solid State Drive. Unlike regular hard disks, the Intel solid-state drives have no moving parts, giving you a cool, rugged storage alternative. The lower power needs of this 32GB SSD translate to lighter notebooks with a longer battery life.
These innovative drives deliver outstanding performance with the latest-generation SATA interface and architecture with 10 parallel NAND flash channels and Native Command Queuing for up to 32 concurrent operations. Far faster than traditional drives with impressive reliability, these Intel drive perform better and are likely to last longer!
Keep ahead of your storage needs with Intel!
Highlights
SSD Storage Technology Acting without any moving parts, the Intel X25-E SDSA2SH032G1 solid state disk (SSD) boasts multiple advanced features including zero mechanical noise, faster data rates compared to conventional HDDs, over 2-million-hour life span, ultra-low power consumption and impressive shock, vibration and extreme temperature resistance. With these breakthrough capabilities, the SSD meets all the demanding requirements for high-performance data storage.
2.5" Form Factor The Intel X25-E SDSA2SH032G1 solid state disk is specifically designed for notebook computers equipped with a 2.5" SATA drive bay.
SATA 3.0 Gb/s Interface The Intel X25-E SDSA2SH032G1 solid state disk features the next-generation SATA II interface supporting up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rates, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and hot-pluggable point-to-point connections for optimum performance, efficiency, convenience and flexibility.
Reviewed By: jpiszcz on 11/27/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day
