Intel 510 Series Launching on 1st March

280 USD for 120GB

http://www.techpowerup.com/142571/Intel-32...rch-Priced.html

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU
That's the same price as now...
Tell me that ain't true.....

i was hoping for a RM400 80GB G3......
Now my i'm left with either the F60 or the 80GB G2

bro,i wanna ask something,the X-18M G2 uses a SATA or microSATA connector actually?

well,i guess i'll go for a G2 instead,found awesome deals for the 160gb x18m g2 in the garage sales section.

based on performance,Crucial>Intel>Kingston
based on price,Crucial<Intel<Kingston

imo you might as well wait if you have around RM750 to spend as a 120GB Vertex 3 should be around that price and it totally wipes the floor with the other SSDs.
On the other hadn,if you don't mind getting an OEM SSD,you can get the Intel X25M/X18M G2 160GB rather cheaply at RM430-600

Intel 320 80GB SSD (G3) Review
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n...om%2F14414.html

dissappointing....still slower than first gen Sandforce...
From some more digging i found that the controller is still the G2's controller,so it's just a G2 with 25nm chips....
and i waited like 5 months for this......

This post has been edited by Racerx: Mar 24 2011, 04:08 PM

IMO at RM750 i'll take a new Corsair F120 instead,but if it's at around RM400 then go for it since Intel SSDs are known for their reliability and robustness.
Anyway here's my OEM X-18M G2 160GB's speed,bought it for RM4XX only in the garage sales section



This post has been edited by Racerx: Mar 26 2011, 09:06 AM

X25M G2 = 2.5" form factor,similar in size to laptop HDDs
X18M G2 = 1.8" Form factor thus you'll need a converter to convert from microsata to sata,the converter is around RM45+-
In terms of speed they are the same

the RM150 one is better looking,but i just use a RM45 one memkingdom sells,it does convert 5v to 3.3v

a Vertex 3 120GB SSD is relatively cheap at 249USD,but it's not sold yet.Even the Intel 510 isn't sold here yet.

Can't say for sure since SSDs aren't like CPUs,their market is small here thus it might take a while.

you're not losing anything imo,your F60 is cheaper and faster while should last longer than an Intel 320 SSD....

it's not detected by BIOS?Have you tried on other PCs/laptops?

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

I use that adapter too,works fine.Did you try changing the SSD instead?

If you're fine with the fact that the warranty is short then yes,it's worth it.The write speeds may be slow but the read speeds are not to shabby even when compared to 2011 SSDs.The capacity is also large

Reliability is a strong suit of Intel SSDs,I wouldn't worry too much about it.About the write speeds,these SSDs can only do around 100MB/s of sequential and random writes,definitely not blistering fast.

I've been using one for almost a month already,no problems so far.Definitely worth the price.

Yeah,the X-18M G2 160GB.The difference is like night and day.The PC only takes less than 40s from when I press the power button to a usable desktop.FF4 only takes 2s compared to around 6s for a standard desktop 7200RPM HDD.MS Word 2010 takes 2s from the usual 8s.I can go on and on but you ge the idea,right?It's fast.My usage model favour reads over writes so I'm not affected by the slowness of the G2's write speeds.