eBay search for "1.8 to 2.5"
But beware u might find it incompatible with this SSD.

thinking to get x18-m 160GB...will the convertor cause sideeffect like slowing down the ssd?

I'm using 40gb Calisto in my Notebook & 30GB Kinston in my desktop.

Calisto beat kingston flat..Even thye win7 index in Calisto almost to the peak dy at 7.7 instead of 6.8 on Kingston

i can get intel x25 very cheap...

should i buy?

memkingdom sells them,be wary though as on some systems it won't work [at least that's what the SSD seller told me happened to his other customer]
it shouldn't affect the speed based on my experience.

cheap as in how cheap?

This post has been edited by Racerx: Apr 2 2011, 11:57 PM

Yes im using 1.8 to 2.5" micro sata adapter, hopefully is the adapter problem but sadly though i can get a better adapter at lowyat but cant find

I strongly believe it's the adapter issues like what I encountered just recently.
it will work like 2-3 times then kaput. I got one adapter which is very durable and working until now, slightly different from the problematic ones.
Too bad don't have any extra for sale. But i can source for it thru my supplier.

Hawaiiii... I have buyer complains about the converter too....

I've currently bulk purchased a branded converter just to make sure there's no complains for my future customers...

Should have extra units... if you are interested.. you can let me know..

many years ago when 7200rpm hdd launch, the price quite high. nowadays, 15k rpm hdd still expensive. well, i wait untill all rich persons around the world pays RnD costs of ssd, then their price soon will drop, the same thing happen to several intel socket 1366 processors, 1156 socket which is 870 and so on

This post has been edited by cybersans: Apr 3 2011, 08:35 PM

Hmm, I've ordered this adapter:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Has anyone else tried this one before? I can't use the non-caddy adapter types because Dell's HDD slot will only ngam ngam fit a 2.5 inch drive.

Intel 320 Series SSD 160GB at USD250, izzit a good price?

That's nearly half the price of anything I've seen so far o_O

is it true ssd in raid0 doesnt support trim?

This is true.... there will be no TRIM support for SSD on RAID...

SSD can be easily installed in any laptop?

Yes, just plug and play because it's like any other hard disks Only the internals are different

The initial MRSP for that is USD289. It is a good price.

o.. only 40USD differences then.. Cause when I compaed with current 160GB the differences is really huge..

Does anyone know if the Intel 160GB SSDs have any spare area or over-provisioning? If they're using 16GB chips and there are only ten of them, the SSDs have a maximum of 160GB capacity. Converting that 160GB into GiB gives me 149GiB, which is the stated user capacity. There isn't any inaccessible capacity for over-provisioning.

Compare that with the 300GB SSDs, which have twenty chips and thus 320GB, meaning 20GB is inaccessible.

It seems to me that the 160GB, and the 80GB by the same logic, doesn't have any over-provisioning. But I haven't been able to find literature to confirm it.

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Added on April 4, 2011, 6:56 pmSilly me. The NAND chips were 16GiB and not 16GB. Problem explained.

This post has been edited by everling: Apr 4 2011, 06:56 PM

Can you expalin about NAND chips?