Intel X25-M 80GB SSD

N43SP33D · 18 Jul 2011 at 12:49

Hey, I currently own the above, i am very happy with it but i need a bigger disk, i have seen another one for sale for around 80 pounds, i purchased mine from ocuk about a year ago for 160. Is it worth putting this on a raid for extra capacity and speed or shall i spend 100 more and get a newer drive?

thanks

vectisitch · 18 Jul 2011 at 17:36

i had 2 x25 160gb drives in raid 0 and i tried one on it's own and did'nt really notice any difference.plus you lose trim

Zarf · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:07

Go for it, it's what I did. You won't see much of a speedup in general use but that's more a factor of Storage no longer being a bottleneck than any lack of speed. A newer generation drive certainly won't feel any quicker that two x25-m's in RAID0 despite the lack of TRIM, and won't be worth the extra expense.

N43SP33D · 19 Jul 2011 at 08:26

Thanks, i will let you know how it goes. I have seen videos on youtube and loading programs and games seems very fast.

cbr · 23 Jul 2011 at 18:26

I have been thinking about this as I have the same drive and could do with a bit more space, but i cant get another Intel X25-M 80GB.
Trim would'nt bother me, as I would just wipe them from time to time.

Let us know if you do itN43SP33D

Atom · 23 Jul 2011 at 20:40

I just bought a brand new X-25m 80gb from another etailor, they got 5 left in stock.

cbr · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:30

Hi Atom

Not sure im allowed to ask or even if your allowed to post it, but how much was it ?
And any clue as to where

Atom · 24 Jul 2011 at 00:24

It was £130 delivered. Google will find it easy enough..

cbr · 24 Jul 2011 at 00:32

Good man ta