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Old October 19, 2009, 09:23 AM
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Intel to Ship Value-Based X25-X SSD in Q4 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Int...rage,8877.html

I wonder who the partner is (p.s my a-data s592 ssd's say intel in the bios so i wonder? )
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Old October 19, 2009, 09:28 AM
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Good find Gingerbee. :)

but FTA "write speeds of up to 40 MB/sec"....ick.

Expected to be 4 bucks a GB for MLC nand (160 USD for 40gb)?!....double ick
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Old October 19, 2009, 09:55 AM
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If the drive was around $100 it would be a great OS only drive. If 160USD then that is absolutely awful.
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Old October 19, 2009, 10:41 AM
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If the drive was around $100 it would be a great OS only drive. If 160USD then that is absolutely awful.
welllll, since 160USD is like 140 CDN now...its almost as good.
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The write speeds on those SSDs will make you want to commit suicide. For sake of mental stability, it's probably better bang for the buck to just fork over a bit more for a Vertex, or a real product from intel, the x25-m g2.
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The write speeds on those SSDs will make you want to commit suicide. For sake of mental stability, it's probably better bang for the buck to just fork over a bit more for a Vertex, or a real product from intel, the x25-m g2.
I totally agree. Read speeds of 40mb/s, and a price of $150 for (30?) gigs is stupid. Two of these in raid is 300 bucks for 80mb/s...Or a OCZ Vertex 60g for $250 that DESTROYS it? How is that 'value based'?

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Actually, I'd bet these things will feel faster than you'd think. You don't hear people complaining about Intel's regular SSD being "only" 70MB/s, and these things will still be packing SSD access times, and more than likely maintain pretty respectful 4K performance as well. Still, $160 isn't particularly inspiring, considering that the 60GB Vertex's can be had for a little more than $200.
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I think the price will have to come down or the performance will have to go up a little. but it puts intel into the under 200$ class ssd market where most of the purchasing is happing. jmo
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