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The new Intel X25-M G2 revision SSD is stupid-fast, and even more so when you connect 2 of them together in RAID 0. Paul and Jeremy got their hands on two of the 80GB G2s this past weekend, and were able to crank out some impressive benchmarking numbers.

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- Paul

Detailed Test Results

Best scores are bolded. Percentages shown are value comparisons to the zero-point WD Velociraptor scores.

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Be excellent to each other.

wyldstallyn:

Seek Time (ms)	7.2		0.2 (+3500%)

By far, the most important measurement on the whole chart.. This is the one measurement that no matter how many hard drives you RAID together, you can't beat it.. It's impossible to get those kinds of seek times on hard drives, no matter how much money you spend on them.. Which makes that the most impressive measurement of them all and the primary reason people pay the premium for SSDs..

All the other numbers, ya, you can get pretty darn close to or even beat with a well thought out SAS/SATA RAID setup with enough regular 7200 RPM drives.

HOGHAULER:

Ok I have been planning on an upgrade for November/December time frame 1 4670 1gig VC, 1 1920 X 1200 monitor and a SSD. Now the only thing my wife's computer needs is 4gigs of ddr2-1066 RAM problem no way does that balance out so I guess I will join you and carry my drool bucket too.

Yep I have to have it attached to my lower lip now,

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Nice job on the benchmarking!

I would like to add to this discussion.  For those thinking of doing this.  I have had 2 gen1 x25-M drives configured in Raid-0 For over 6 months. 

No Problems.  I have used Vista 64 but last week I upgraded that to Windows 7 Pro (x64).  BTW- Win7 upgrade ran quite nicely.   My speeds are outstanding but I only measured them enough to see I was getting my moneys worth.   I recall setting up a single drive and testing that first.  Numbers were as expected with the single drive as well as the raid.  This is a great way to go and I have had NO issues. 

 For anyone who wants to know, I use the raid 1 as my system drive and run it though the Drive Expert chip on my Asus P5Q-E (Intel P45 Chipset).

My other drives are a configured in a Raid 5.  4 Seagate ES2 750GB Drives.  I have replaced 3 of the 4 drives in less than a year thanks to Seagate.  Some had the latest firmware. The data drives are fast too as they run through an Areca ARC-1210.

 I use this computer for just about anything you could imagine.  VM's, Web Development, File Server.   I run with 8Gb but only a dual core 3.2 GHZ CPU.

 So, if you are thinking about the Intel drives, keep in mind it does work.  My computer has never, never blue screened.  It doesn't crash, I have never had the OS hang.  I use this thing at least 8 hrs every day.

 BTW- This is cheap today.  I have over $1500 in my 2 SSD's.

Thanks for the nice CAGG Labs plug at the end w/ my poor CRT's.

:D

Come back anytime, The Lab Is Open.

Did you change something CAGG? It looks different |o.O|

Nice numbers there. SDD definitely going to be the next level of media.

I got Single and Redecorated with Stuff.

Also that heat sink is a Zalman 9900

Nice review wyld.

Bonus points for the use of green screen and for attempting to coin a new term.

SSD revolution here we come!

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