Intel 320 Series 300GB SSD

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THe B seems weird, i haven't seen any other website with it, only amazon, or a special order for amazon, seems the only difference is a usb cable, and $5 less.

Btw it amazon just increase their price of the Ks, since other retailers were jacking the price, Intel 320 Series 300 GB SATA 3.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive SSDSA2CW300G3K5 $608, now for sure the B is better option, Intel 320 Series 300 GB SATA 3.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive - Retail Box SSDSA2CW300G3B5 $539, but seems all the Ks are arriving before, 1-3 weeks, while the Bs say 1 to 2 months.
 
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Looks like the B5's from amazon jumped up to over 623 either yesterday or today, K5 price dropped a little tho to just under 600, still I think I'll keep my 539 pre-order.
 
-Dragon- said:
Looks like the B5's from amazon jumped up to over 623 either yesterday or today, K5 price dropped a little tho to just under 600, still I think I'll keep my 539 pre-order.
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I also have my K preordered, but still having second thoughts about it. Atm its fine whatever ssd since its on X58 board, and i dont want to use the marvel Sata III, but im planning on doing a X68 / Socket2011 setup before the year ends, and intel also has the 700 series that were suppose to come Q1 2011, but with the delay on 320s, i would expect the 700 series is going to be delayed 5-6 months so maybe around late Q3 or early Q4... this time should match pretty good the new sandy bridge line.... so im just toying the idea of just going with 120gb x25m and upgrade later on an intel 700 series.
 
Abula said:
THe B seems weird, i haven't seen any other website with it, only amazon, or a special order for amazon, seems the only difference is a usb cable, and $5 less.

Btw it amazon just increase their price of the Ks, since other retailers were jacking the price,
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Did you notice the picture of the box, the most expensive one having what looks like a "3 Yr" on the side, the cheaper one having a "5 Yr"?

Could that be the warranty? Could those photos of the boxes be obsolete?

BTW, What is the warranty? Intel does not say or is hiding it deep in their website..?
 
Tony Rotten said:
Did you notice the picture of the box, the most expensive one having what looks like a "3 Yr" on the side, the cheaper one having a "5 Yr"?

Could that be the warranty? Could those photos of the boxes be obsolete?

BTW, What is the warranty? Intel does not say or is hiding it deep in their website..?
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Man you must be really young to see those tinny letters, i cant see anything, either way, hope the following helps,

Some factual findngs about Intel's warranty in regards to OEM, Reseller, Retail models
 
Pretty quick discounting, considering that just yesterday Amazon still had 1 to 2 months listed as their product availability.
 
Forceman said:
Pretty quick discounting, considering that just yesterday Amazon still had 1 to 2 months listed as their product availability.
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I think you might be seeing the B versions kits, not the K, to what i remember K had 1 to 4 weeks, regardless its nice to have it at once, this ends up to $300 which imo is a good price for 160gb ssd, right now the G2 still at $400.
 
Abula said:
I think you might be seeing the B versions kits, not the K, to what i remember K had 1 to 4 weeks, regardless its nice to have it at once, this ends up to $300 which imo is a good price for 160gb ssd, right now the G2 still at $400.
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You're right, that was the B, but even now the K is showing 2 to 4 weeks.
 
JohnleMVP said:
In terms of failure rate as in the drive dies prematurely, I don't think you have anything to worry about. In terms of lifespan, yes 25nm Nand can't handle as many writes as the older 34nm Nand. Knowing this companies put a lot more effort into optimizing the firmware to reduce wear on the SSD. This applies to pretty much everyone though since the majority of next gen drives are on 25nm. The Intel 510 being the exception.

I don't think the 320 will have a significantly lower failure rate than the G2. I think the 320 will be more reliable in terms of data. The G2 found its way into the Enterprise market because it was much cheaper than the X25E. This time around Intel add some feature for the Enterprise market like capacitors for power failure and full disk encryption. The power failure capacitors are a good feature for data reliability.
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that's my concern. It's a Pick Your Poison game. From that other article by some woman who won't even tell us her last name, she said it's a 40% loss on write cycle.

http://en.expreview.com/2011/03/23/world-exclusive-review-intel-g3-ssd-80gb/15569.html

this is the unknown ?? writer who write, don't know if her fact is true or not. But she said it's a 5K write cycle dropped to 3K write cycle per cell, a 40% drop

But you gain XOR, so it's a matter of choice, 1 isn't better than the other

However, I do want to know this:

1) if 1 cell dies, as in the 3K write cycle is full, does that mean the drive is toasted?

2) if 1 cell dies, and say the SSD is still functioning, can I still claim warranty?
 
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Abula said:
and intel also has the 700 series that were suppose to come Q1 2011, but with the delay on 320s, i would expect the 700 series is going to be delayed 5-6 months so maybe around late Q3 or early Q4... this time should match pretty good the new sandy bridge line.... so im just toying the idea of just going with 120gb x25m and upgrade later on an intel 700 series.
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do you have a link to the annoucement of intel 700 series?
 
Happy Hopping said:
do you have a link to the annoucement of intel 700 series?
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Everything is pure speculation, as there are no official sources from intel,

Last year there was a leaked intel ssd roadmap,
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Is Intel’s 522 Series ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD Next To Be Released?

If you see the current intel ssd series, they doped their X25 tag to a simiilar number from their cpus, i3 (low end), i5 (mid segment), i7 (high end), the ssd line changed to 320 series (low end), 510 series (mid), they should also have a 700 series (high end) to replace the X25E series.

Again all pure speculation, nothing is confirmed but thats what i believe. Im hopping they release a 200gb version below $600, but who knows, the 510 250gb is already $600 atm.... so i might be dreaming.
 
illdklli said:
That promo code does not work for me. Says it's valid, but not meeting criteria.
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It worked for me on Wednesday, but now it seems to be gone. Weird, since it said it was good until April 12. Now, when I click on the link, it does not mention the promo code or the good until date.
 
Happy Hopping said:
1) if 1 cell dies, as in the 3K write cycle is full, does that mean the drive is toasted?

2) if 1 cell dies, and say the SSD is still functioning, can I still claim warranty?
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When the write cycle ends, you just can't write to the cell any longer. You can still read it just fine, so it fails gracefully. I' d guess you can claim warranty, but you'll likely not be able to tell if cell(s) fail because it will just map around them, until there a lot of failures which...

Happy Hopping said:
but how can it be 5 yr.? It has less write cycle than G2.
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...won't be for a very long time. Intel quotes some ridiculous longevity numbers - something likke 20GB written a day, every day, for 10 years for the G2 - so even if it is less than a G2, it is still much longer than you need to worry about. The whole cell write longevity thing is really not an issue at all - which is why Intel is willing to put up a 5 year warranty.
 
Wow, $285 in all. And I spent $320 + $6 shipping on Tuesday in an Amazon affiliate... For not waiting a few days! :(
 
Tony Rotten said:
Wow, $285 in all. And I spent $320 + $6 shipping on Tuesday in an Amazon affiliate... For not waiting a few days! :(
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I know...I want to buy one, but at this rate they'll be paying us to take them off their hands in a week or so.
 
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I would not trust a rendered image on amazon as proof. Support document on Intel's site located here: http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/CS-029645.htm

Intel warrants to the purchaser of the Product (defined herein as the Intel® X25-E, X25-M, and X18-M SATA Solid-State Drives)
in its original sealed packaging (“Original Purchaser”) and to the purchaser of a computer system built by an Original Purchaser
containing the Product (“Original System Customer”) as follows: if the Product is properly used and installed, it will be free from
defects in material and workmanship, and will substantially conform to Intel’s publicly available specifi cations for a period of
three (3) years beginning on the date the Product was purchased in its original sealed packaging in the case of an Original
Purchaser, and for a period of three (3) years beginning on the date of purchase of a computer system containing the Product
for an Original System Customer. If the Product, which is the subject of this Limited Warranty, fails to conform to the above
warranty during the warranty period, Intel, at its option, will:
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