check firmware SSD first....

you're lucky enough then. mine got its BSOD for the 1st time and died instantly. totally no idea how did it happened :S
btw, why do you need to put it to sleep when you can boot up in less than 15 seconds?

The biggest problem with Intel's SSD 330 really stems from the limitations of its SandForce controller. Performance with incompressible (or software encrypted) data is hardly competitive. As an unencrypted OS/application drive the 330 is great, but if you're planning on using software encryption or will be primarily storing photos, videos and music you'll want to opt for a drive based on a different controller technology.

can i know what is mean by this? is it mean if want to use for storing photos, videos and music or media editing, i should go for others ssd then? sorry for poor english

Which brand is the fastest 1? Intel 320, corsair gt, adata sx series?

What SSD are you using? Have you udpated your firmware?


What it means is as what is written.
Sandforce controllers were never made with incompressible data to begin with, because back at the time NAND chips are still very expensive. Paying for a 128GB drive is already a luxury, 256GB or 512GB drives were just a dream for many. Storing videos on a 128GB drive is stupid, saving thousands of RAW pictures in .tiff format is ridiculous.

Because of that, Sandforce was designed to maximise speed on compressible data (which is why they are still the fastest in this sector), basically data such as Windows and most programs.

Back to your question, if you are going to be processing (and I mean processing like batch edits or resizing) a lot of images on the SSD then yes a drive based off other controllers (like the famous Marvell) is a better choice. But we're talking about thousands of pictures a day, unless you are a professional photo editor this isn't such a big point. HDDs are still fast enough.

The other instance is where you edit, encode and capture videos in real-time. Storing the videos on your SSD saves A LOT of time in comparison to a HDD. So much time that you can earn twice the amount of money you make if you're a video editor, I kidd of course but that's what I feel.


This question has been answered a million times in this thread alone... use the search function.

I think roughly i get what you mean. Actually the editing for the photo was mostly few time in a month but during that period will be a lot but in normal time the ssd would use for running rendering program like sketch up, revit and etc. So what you mean above is if i plan to get a faster speed for these program, (only store program and os on this ssd), intel 330 120GB will be a better choice. am i right? thx

should I get the vertex 4 128gb or 256gb?

Will update tomorrow... laptop in office


Erm.. default setting when closing lid as I move it around...


Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe... will check...

guys how come my intel SSD 520 120gb writing speed oni 150mb ? while reading speed is 460mb.. can anyone help?

im dilemma on chosing which ssd im going for. anyone help ? 120GB. m4/fujitsu/sandisk/330 perhaps?

my new intel 330 - 120gb

isit normal tht the write speed is 150++mb? for intel 520?

After some tweaking my Crucial M4 256GB results (bought 2 weeks ago)


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Umm the 4K read is much slower than most of the benchies here, what's your system specs?
But the write is quite high... eik...

suspect controller died after the 1st and only BSOD i got?
was browsing lyn and suddenly BSOD. no background process running and not doing any heavy stuff
3~4 weeks for RMA they said. i wonder why so long? my friend got his vertex 3 back within 2 weeks from lingloong

Ask your wallet. No seriously, ask your wallet.


One of the most common mistakes, is your SSD connected to the SATA 3 port from the Intel chipset and not from the Marvell controller?

Thinking of upgrading my old eMachines M350 with SSD.. good idea?? or bad?

lenovo x220, i7 (2620), win7 U 64 bit, 8G RAM, SATA 3 port

This post has been edited by kwokwah: Aug 7 2012, 11:14 AM

im using asus p8z68 v pro... so i plugged to the grey port.... i confirm i didnt plugged into marvell.... reading speed 460 and writing speed oni 150... weird...

For Sandforce-based SSDs, use ATTO Disk Benchmark to do the benchmarking. Tools like CrystalDiskMark use random data for their tests, which Sandforce-based SSDs do not handle well.