Intel SSD X25-M 80GB

humax · 5 Apr 2012 at 06:30

Hi Guys

Been running an Intel SSD X25-M 80GB for a few years now,I'm considering buying something newer,are the newer SSD much faster than what I am running at the moment or will it be about the same in the day to day running

Thanks All

shine · 5 Apr 2012 at 06:46

If you have a SATA 3 motherboard there will be a noticeable difference. On SATA 2 you won't get the benefits of the faster speeds so there will be no improvement.

humax · 5 Apr 2012 at 07:18

Thanks for the quick reply,am i right in thinking that the Intel SSD X25-M is only SATA 2

ChileanLlama · 5 Apr 2012 at 07:50

You won't notice a difference if it's just for the OS.

If you're doing a lot of large sequentials then you may notice a difference, but even then it won't be major.

The only real place you'll see the benefit is in benchmarks, real world use you'll be hard pushed to understand why you spent the cash

FreeStream · 5 Apr 2012 at 10:52

ChileanLlama said:
You won't notice a difference if it's just for the OS.

If you're doing a lot of large sequentials then you may notice a difference, but even then it won't be major.

The only real place you'll see the benefit is in benchmarks, real world use you'll be hard pushed to understand why you spent the cash

This.

humax · 5 Apr 2012 at 19:06

Thanks Guys,may as well stick with what i have

pooley · 5 Apr 2012 at 20:17

I have had this drive for a couple of years now and I don't see any reason to upgrade.

humax · 6 Apr 2012 at 14:14

pooley said:
I have had this drive for a couple of years now and I don't see any reason to upgrade.

But the New ones look so much faster on paper

olivier renault · 6 Apr 2012 at 23:22

humax said:
But the New ones look so much faster on paper

The difference between a SSD and a HDD is massive. The difference between a SSD SATA2 and a SSD SATA3 is much less so. Especially in general performance. The X25M is a great drive, I'd just stick with it.

Atom · 7 Apr 2012 at 13:33

I went from a 80GB X25 to a M4.. Big difference on paper but no real difference for OS use. Used the M4 for a few months and then sold it. Went back to my X25...

Edit, I should add I did notice the difference running games. Did load quicker on the M4..