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I thought I would write about my experience with Intel's x25-M. Last week I took the plunge and upgraded to a x25-M 80gb as a system drive. My configuration before was a Q6600 processor, 2GB or Ram, and a 150GB Raptor drive, and I was running x86 version of XP. Mostly I use Visual Studio 2008 and I was getting long delays.
When I originally got the Raptor I wasn't that impressed, and I can't say I noticed a major change. In fact, because the Raptor is so loud it notified you whenever it running. When I upgraded, I got 8 Gigs and since there was no way I was going to Vista 64, I tried Window 7 RC. Before I updated my Bios, Windows 7, x25-M, and my Nvidia board didn't play well together, but since the update everything has been smooth.
Using it for a week I can honestly say this was the best upgrade I made. It feels like I went from a 2.4 Ghz computer to a 10Ghz computer. No upgrade before had made such a qualitative difference. In fact, when I was debugging the Bios issue I loaded XP-32 on the x25 and swapped it into my Netbook which also has a SSD. The boottime on the Netbook usually took 14 seconds from power on->windows desktop. With the SSD it took 7 seconds.
I was originally worried about the write speed and thought about going to the x25-e, but I don't feel that this has been an issue. If you are contemplating it - don't. BUY THIS DRIVE NOW! And also, Windows 7 RC has been a dream -- it's been running for a week and only once have I had to kill a program. My computer experience has changed dramatically.
When I originally got the Raptor I wasn't that impressed, and I can't say I noticed a major change. In fact, because the Raptor is so loud it notified you whenever it running. When I upgraded, I got 8 Gigs and since there was no way I was going to Vista 64, I tried Window 7 RC. Before I updated my Bios, Windows 7, x25-M, and my Nvidia board didn't play well together, but since the update everything has been smooth.
Using it for a week I can honestly say this was the best upgrade I made. It feels like I went from a 2.4 Ghz computer to a 10Ghz computer. No upgrade before had made such a qualitative difference. In fact, when I was debugging the Bios issue I loaded XP-32 on the x25 and swapped it into my Netbook which also has a SSD. The boottime on the Netbook usually took 14 seconds from power on->windows desktop. With the SSD it took 7 seconds.
I was originally worried about the write speed and thought about going to the x25-e, but I don't feel that this has been an issue. If you are contemplating it - don't. BUY THIS DRIVE NOW! And also, Windows 7 RC has been a dream -- it's been running for a week and only once have I had to kill a program. My computer experience has changed dramatically.