A black intel M25 SSD?

DarrenM343 · 23 Oct 2009 at 22:10

Anyone know anything about the Black Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH160G2C1902384? I notice it is the same part no as the silver G2C1 but has the extra 1902384 code. Is it just a black colour version or is there anything else different about it?

also, are the Samsung PB22 drives any good? I know the Intel M25`s are the most highly rated but is the Samsung in 256GB size any good?(I notice the larger samsungs are faster than the smaller Samsung SSD drives. The Samsungs have trim built into the controller I think. I think the Samsungs have been around longer than both the Crucial M225 and Intel G2`s

I`m still finding SSD info is a bit sketchy, not completely trustworthy either. Is Intel the only way to go, or are the others nearly as good?

daz.wallace · 23 Oct 2009 at 22:44

I think the black ones are the first revision and the silver G2C1's are revision 2

Dinkas · 23 Oct 2009 at 23:59

Pretty sure I read somewhere that the silver G2's are OEM and the black/silver G2's are retail. As for Samsung's, I wouldn't touch them until Samsung pull their finger out and support the drives with firmware (TRIM, etc).

DarrenM343 · 24 Oct 2009 at 00:16

Just found out the differenc - it`s a 9.5mm drive instead of 7mm. No idea why there are two sizes though

Thanks

Dinkas · 24 Oct 2009 at 00:31

Actually, if you investigate further, you might find it's 9.5mm and black because of a removable shroud. Being a retail drive, it comes with extra doodads, but it's still a bog standard 7mm G2 all the same.