Intel X25-M SSD (SSDSA2MH160G201 vs SSDSA2MH160G2C1 )

genan · 4 Nov 2009 at 01:23

Anyone know the difference between these two? The ...2C1 variant is thicker but is there any difference in performance? The 201 is also a bit cheaper

SSDSA2MH160G201 - 160GB SATA 2.5" 7mm Drive, MLC, Production Unit - 1 unit
SSDSA2MH160G2C1 - 160GB SATA 2.5" 9.5mm Drive, MLC, Production Unit - 1 unit

Rambo2683 · 4 Nov 2009 at 08:49

Someone else correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the last 2 digits of the part number are the retail state of the product. As in OEM, boxed or whatever.

lsg1r · 4 Nov 2009 at 09:36

well I'd have said the last two digits refer to the height of the drive, 7 versus 9.5mm.

Noto · 4 Nov 2009 at 10:19

i think it is retail & non retail...

retail u get this rubber cage thingie? its black and basically is required for some laptops for the drive to sit snugly

Nate Silvers · 4 Nov 2009 at 19:41

Noto said:
i think it is retail & non retail...

retail u get this rubber cage thingie? its black and basically is required for some laptops for the drive to sit snugly

I have the rubber band around mine and my Model is SSDSA2M160G2GC.

genan · 4 Nov 2009 at 20:25

AFAIK they are both OEM

lsg1r · 4 Nov 2009 at 21:39

then its probably to do with the height as I said then, they're same internatls but different heights so would get a different but similar batch code

OCP · 5 Nov 2009 at 05:04

mine is a G2C1 and it has the black rim thingie on it.

paulgj · 1 Jan 2010 at 03:21

The official list of part numbers is here: http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/apac/eng/products/nand/feature/index.htm

tankskun · 5 Jan 2010 at 07:25

Thanks for sharing the part numbers.

Yamahahahahaha · 5 Jan 2010 at 09:40

Pardon my ignorance but could someone tell me why the Intel write speeds are slower than similar models?

DeadMan · 5 Jan 2010 at 11:29

Could it be TRIM?

daz · 5 Jan 2010 at 15:24

Yamahahahahaha said:
Pardon my ignorance but could someone tell me why the Intel write speeds are slower than similar models?

I would imagine because they are more accurate compared to real world usage, and not simply "best case" write speeds.

Yamahahahahaha · 5 Jan 2010 at 19:51

I'll make a new thread, rather than hijacking this one :] Ta anyway

Noto · 5 Jan 2010 at 21:12

its because you wont be doing mega writes. If ur looking for massive write speeds your wanting to build a server moving masses of data. with general pc usage its random read and random writes which u want to be high as thats the real world situation.

in reality you wont be writing 400-5000mb files left and right on your SSD 20 times a day. But you will make tonnes of random read and random writes. So intel SSDs are in general considered as the best performance in the real world. Assuming price is not a sticking point. They do come with a price tag. but you do really pay for what you get.

Yamahahahahaha · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:13

Fair point, well made. I already have servers for hefting around large files anyway.

I've seen the figures for the I/O on those Intel SSDs and they're very very very crazy numbers. 70MB/s is plenty fast enough for installing / moving stuff anyway, I was just curious

Ta.