Just bought another Intel 330 60GB today at lowyat, the price is cheaper than last week when I bought one...SSDs pricing is going lower.... Ok time to make RAID0 now....

you should go 120gb...my 60gb use one year canot tahan now 120gb feel better. 60gb install game sekejab habis haha

Anyone know if the 240gb version of intel 330 will ever be available here?

I'm on OSX Mountain Lion and I don't play games that much, I do Photoshop a lot. My 60GB SSD is only dedicated for OS and applications and space taken only 27GB after I installed OSX and all my necessary apps, that is why I bought the 60GB in the first place. I bought another 60GB just to get into RAID0. I have 6TB of HDD for my storage like photos, movies, mp3 and other.

This post has been edited by tot31: Aug 23 2012, 04:58 PM

I'm not sure how they dictate the prices but if you look up the anandtech lab tests and reviews they are pretty much the same and the 330 will be even detected as a 520. The reviewer summarized that ultimately there wont be much of a difference in terms of endurance. The extra money you pay might be worth due to the 5 year warranty on the 520s compared to the 3 year for the 330s.

I got question about this SSD, HERE , not sure whether is worth buy or not.

No experience on SSD before.
Capacity large enough, just not sure about the quality build / speed / etc etc related about SSD.

Wanna seek sifu sifu here advise.

SSD for speed and shock resistant only. Not design to last long. Life spam i think few times shorter than HDD.

My oldest SSD is currently 2 years old, and I am sure that there are other forumers with older SSDs.

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Added on August 23, 2012, 6:20 pmI have no idea if that SSD is good or not.

This post has been edited by everling: Aug 23 2012, 06:20 PM

After check with the price and do compare. It seems worth for the capacity. I got check review around google, it seems that speed is slower compare other. Not really understand the review and also not sure is it the same model too.

I wouldn't buy that SSD due to fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD).

And considering your rig, surely you can afford to pay the regular price for a reputable 256GB SSD with full warranty. The most expensive component in my rig is my SSD.

This post has been edited by everling: Aug 23 2012, 06:55 PM

Yea, some more it was only 1 month warranty. This make is the main point, warranty.
I think take your advise to get a full warranty SSD better.

My oldest SSD is currently 3 years old

nope, not according to this. It definitely can last more than what you'll use.

how much?

Last week I bought it for RM215 and today it was RM209. The seller told me it might go down to RM200.

Nice , might buy another ssd in mid Spet Where did u bought intell 330?

I have enabled TRIM in Mountain Lion. Noticed that my Intel 520 180g speed has been slowed down as compared to before TRIM.

Before TRIM
Read: 445 MB/s
Write: 215 MB/s

After TRIM is enabled
Read: 400 MB/s
Write: 190 MB/s

Is this normal? For the sake of good speed & longer life span, should we enable or disable TRIM?

hi slickz , thanks for you reply . so you're saying 330 is the same as 520? do you think i should go for 330 or 520? not much difference in terms of endurance , how much difference in term of speed? ah 520 for 5 years , 330 for 3 years.

For information, these are the prices I surveyed just a few hours ago;

Intel 330 60GB
Startec - RM 205
Jayacom - RM 209
Cycom - NA
Viewnet - RM 209
Czone - RM 229

Intel 330 120GB
Startec - RM 310
Jayacom - RM 335
Cycom - RM 325
Viewnet - RM 319
Czone - RM 349

Fret not. I bought my 120 GB for close to RM 350 a few weeks ago. The prices above are from the respective shop's price list. Most are listed as cash prices. Did not ask if there is a surcharge on credit card.

Oh BTW for those who are interested to get the Crucial M4 in Low Yat Plaza, Jayacom now carries them;

64 GB - RM 235
128 GB - RM 349
256 GB - RM 699
512 GB - RM 1299

How long were you running the SSD before you found out that you did not have TRIM enabled? Could it be that the SSD drive degraded before you enabled TRIM?

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