So you wanna buy a SSD? Read this first.

[lowfat]

After the X25-M G2 most Intel drives look like that IMO. I took some Mother's polishing compound to an X25-V and got a nice mirror finish out of it.

[BrainEater]

Originally Posted by lowfat

After the X25-M G2 most Intel drives look like that IMO. I took some Mother's polishing compound to an X25-V and got a nice mirror finish out of it.

Yea I'm pretty sure that would void the warantee.

I"m wicked gunshy about the whole IPR/Warrantee thang.....I've been effed over for nothing a couple times.

I'm taking pictures as I unbox everything.

If water or iso won't take that crap off ( it's machining coolant , yawn *) I will take it to memx, and THEY can polish it.

Very poor quality assurance.

I'll be emailing Intel for SURE.

* I might be wrong about this ::edit : I just tried to clean it....they are actually etch marks....over cleaning mebbie ?

[Chilly]

BrainEater - That's normal, all the Intel drives come like that since the G2's. It's just unpolished etch marks, not residue. If your worried I can take pictures of my three Intel drives. Intel SSD's have some of the lowest RMA rates in the market, I wouldn't be worried.

I'll see if I can dig up the publicly posted reasoning Intel used for the lack of polishing, but I'm pretty sure it was a cost savings measure.

[BrainEater]

So that means I owe the MemX guy an apology.

hehe....that's cool.

I still think that's bs.Cut yer costs elsewhere , (marketing mebbie) ......I want shiny drives.



edit : it runs just fine, in fact it's a beast.

[geokilla]

Two questions. First is do you need to install Intel RST and SATA Preinstall drivers if you're not using SSD caching? From what I've read, I don't think I need it...

Also, how valid or good is this guide? Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs

Edit: Lol I can't even attempt to install Windows onto my SSD now... WTF?

[BeaverBender]

Does HWC have a place/thread for SSD benchmarks? I have some CDM scores for some various SSDs that I thought some people may be interested in.

[AkG]

You can stick them in here IF there is not too many of them. or you can make a new thread. Either works fine. More info for peeps the better. :)

[Neutross]

Damn, did u write all this or Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v?
Anyway, this is really helpfull, good work.

[Whitelight77]

Wow this is alot to absorb, I'm making a new build (in fact you were helping me with that AkG) and it'll have a SanDisk 240GB SSD. I have another few days before all the parts start creeping in and I just want to get a sense as of how it'll all fit together. I may be back on these threads asking what will appear to be innane questions. Get your facepalms ready :)