Intel Prices One of Its New SSDs

Dashken · 9th Sep 2008, 11:48 AM

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Intel has finally put a price on its solid-state discs (SSDs) – one of them, anyway.

Intel first announced plans for a 160-Gbyte SSD last month, at the company's Intel Developer Forum. On Monday, Intel announced the price of an 80-Gbyte version of the X25-M 2.5-inch SSD, which will be priced at $595 in the 1,000-unit-lot sizes quoted to distributors.

A similar X18-M drive is also shipping in 80- and 160-Gbyte capacities, but is designed for a 1.8-inch form factor. The 80-Gbyte drive achieves up to 250 Mbytes/s per second read speeds, up to 70 MB/s per second write speeds and 85-microsecond read latency. A 32- and 64-Gbyte version of the related X25-E drive for enterprise servers will ship in the next few weeks, Intel said.

Intel executives have said previously that the drive would be priced at around $8 per gigabyte. The X25-M is priced at about $7.44 per gigabyte, using Intel's 1,000-unit lot pricing.

Source: Intel Prices One of Its New SSDs - News and Analysis by PC Magazine

Chai · 9th Sep 2008, 01:59 PM

I wanted to post this, so thank you.

Damn, the read speed is incredible, at 250MB/sec! And I'm thinking whether Velociraptor should still be considered, since it's not exactly cheap, and 300GB is too big for my usage.

Trinity · 9th Sep 2008, 06:58 PM

How fast can it load windows?

Chai · 9th Sep 2008, 09:58 PM

Well, Windows loading is not really affected by HDD.

Adrian Wong · 10th Sep 2008, 01:35 PM

I can't wait to keep my data in one of these drives!!!

Dashken · 10th Sep 2008, 10:03 PM

I hope it'll be more reliable than a USB flash drive.

Chai · 11th Sep 2008, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

I hope it'll be more reliable than a USB flash drive.

That is something I've never really thought of!

So Velociraptor or SSD?

ZuePhok · 11th Sep 2008, 02:27 AM

i'll still stick with HDD. SDD really lacks a standard.

the issue with SSD is that no one dares to say if the current offerings is the final form of SSD. we have MLC and SLC, well for now, but there are a couple of other solutions on the horizon as well. even big memory vendors can't say for sure, though this issue doesnt really affect early adopters apart from maybe paying premium for less than the supposedly "standard" performance (provided other flash technologies can deliver higher performance).

but one thing i like about SSD tech, regardless of how well it will turn out to be, is that it enables even the small fellas to churne out impressive high-performance drives. e.g. memoright's GT series, which beats the crap of out velociraptor. The question is, who the heck is memoright!!????

Chai · 11th Sep 2008, 02:47 AM

The good thing about Velociraptor is the access time. But the GREAT thing about SSD is lack of access time. That's why they are far superior in multitask situations, and to a certain extent, loading time.

Intel SSD might have extremely incredible sustained read transfer speed. But it doesn't really matter in real world, unless all you do is just transfer file. Even then, the write speed is average at best.

Maybe I should just get a WD 640GB and be happy.

ZuePhok · 11th Sep 2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Chai

The good thing about Velociraptor is the access time. But the GREAT thing about SSD is lack of access time. That's why they are far superior in multitask situations, and to a certain extent, loading time.

Intel SSD might have extremely incredible sustained read transfer speed. But it doesn't really matter in real world, unless all you do is just transfer file. Even then, the write speed is average at best.

Maybe I should just get a WD 640GB and be happy.

get the WD black series HDDs! very impressive stuff!

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,757 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	I wanted to post this, so thank you. Damn, the read speed is incredible, at 250MB/sec! And I'm thinking whether Velociraptor should still be considered, since it's not exactly cheap, and 300GB is too big for my usage. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

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ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,615 Reputation: 2913 Rep Power: 43	i'll still stick with HDD. SDD really lacks a standard. the issue with SSD is that no one dares to say if the current offerings is the final form of SSD. we have MLC and SLC, well for now, but there are a couple of other solutions on the horizon as well. even big memory vendors can't say for sure, though this issue doesnt really affect early adopters apart from maybe paying premium for less than the supposedly "standard" performance (provided other flash technologies can deliver higher performance). but one thing i like about SSD tech, regardless of how well it will turn out to be, is that it enables even the small fellas to churne out impressive high-performance drives. e.g. memoright's GT series, which beats the crap of out velociraptor. The question is, who the heck is memoright!!???? __________________ my motto: poison first, think later.

11th Sep 2008, 02:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,757 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	The good thing about Velociraptor is the access time. But the GREAT thing about SSD is lack of access time. That's why they are far superior in multitask situations, and to a certain extent, loading time. Intel SSD might have extremely incredible sustained read transfer speed. But it doesn't really matter in real world, unless all you do is just transfer file. Even then, the write speed is average at best. Maybe I should just get a WD 640GB and be happy. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

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