Intel X25 or something else for OS drive

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Fenix793

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One of my storage drives just died so I need to replace it with something. I'm thinking I will use my 640AAKS as a storage drive and get an SSD for the OS. The Intel X25 80GB seems like it would make a great OS drive thanks to high I/Os. Sustained write seems kind of slow but from what I'm reading it doesn't really matter and it's probably faster than what I got now.

Right now after cashback it would come to about $230 shipped from TigerDirect. Does going for the X25 at that price seem like the right move? Are there any other SSDs that I should be considering? OCZ Vertex looked OK but seems like nothing can keep up with Intel when it comes to random reads and writes...
 
Just out of curiosity are you able to fit games on the X25 or do they get put on the 640? I'm guessing I'll have to pick and choose what goes on the SSD but I guess it doesn't really matter stuff feels fast already on the 640.
 
When I get home I can tell you what I have installed & how much free space I have, etc.

But I only installed 1 game (Battlefield 2). I haven't had time for games lately. (have a toddler now)

I'm using WinXP sp3 (+ Intel toolbox scheduled for TRIM) + a BUNCH of apps like Office, Nero, etc., etc., etc., 1 game: Battlefield 2, and I want to say I have at least 1/2 the drive empty.

I have My Documents, My music, and outlook express folders on the 640Gb for data redundancy / security and to save some space since my music folder is like 10Gb's.
 
Definitely gets my vote...
I keep my docs / data on the slower drives. I have an x25-e in a laptop that just screams now as well. I only keep a game or two installed and have yet to feel any real pain with smaller boot drives, you just get in the habit of storing less often used data on slower drives.. Teaches you to manage your footprint better ;)
 
Thanks for the opinions guys I think I'm going to have to take the plunge lol. Does $230 shipped seem good for an X25 G2? Should I be looking at any of the other SSDs?
 
$230 is a good price. I think the Intel is the best choice out there now for this price/capacity.
 
Getting an 80GB Intel SSD was the best thing I've done in years.

Gonna get a 160GB one when I get new parts for the now dead PC and move the 80GB to my laptop for a boost.
 
10% cashback from circuit city vs the 8% from tigerdirect. same inventory/price etc, free shipping as well
 
izzypizzy said:
10% cashback from circuit city vs the 8% from tigerdirect. same inventory/price etc, free shipping as well
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Sweet just tried it out and that brings the price down to $225 shipped. I had set a limit of $300 for this month's tech spending. Looks like the real question now is what ELSE should I get with the SSD :)
 
Glad I could help ;)

You helped me out btw, I've been checking stock at tigerdirect/circuitcity every day hoping for an x25-m 80gig to show up!

So I bit on that circuitcity deal as well.
 
izzypizzy said:
Glad I could help ;)

You helped me out btw, I've been checking stock at tigerdirect/circuitcity every day hoping for an x25-m 80gig to show up!

So I bit on that circuitcity deal as well.
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Haha nice man I actually just ordered mine as well! $225 shipped after Bing Cashback not bad at all. Should be here on Thursday... :D
 
WOW, just checked on my usage. I only have used 12.3Gb, with 62.1Gb available on my 80Gb drive!!!!

Apps installed:
Firefox, Quicktime, Slingbox, Skype, 7-zip, Adobe Photoshop CS, Nero 7, Sony Picture Uitlity, Winamp, MS LifeCam, Battlefield 2, DivX, Intel Toolbox, AVG Free 9.0, Spywareblaster, Office 2000, CrystaklDiskMark,HD Tach, Nvidia drivers, Creative SB drivers, and a few other misc. apps.
 
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Thanks all for your responses. I bit on the Intel X25 and got it last night. Did a quick Win7 install which went by faster and smoother than ever before. Performance is noticeably better in Windows. Didn't have time to install anything but my guess is thing will be fast. It is not the "Firefox opens instantly" experience that some have mentioned but it is certainly one big step closer compared to 7200/10k rpm drives.
 
do you plan to install games on the 640gb drive?? I have a 500gd WD black that I am going to throw in to load up my games on, now will there be any noticeable slowness since the games run off a 7200rpm HD while my OS is on my SSD??
 
I have my 80G 25X-m as my os drive. I really like that every thing loads instantly. Only problem is 80G is no way enough to even get one VM on it so I am stuck with these on a much slower (than the SSD) 2TB sata drive.
 
I still love my Velociraptors but SSD is a great upgrade... I wish had the money right now. )-:
 
I have a Velociraptor at work and it was a tremendous upgrade over a 750 GB 7200 rpm hard drive for my work (programmer for medical imaging research). Anyways it would have been a hard sale to get them to buy me a 256 or 512 GB SSD so a 300GB Velociraptor had to do.
 
Got my g2 80gb! Hopefully I'll be installing it tomorrow along with all my other new components, here's hoping my ram gets delivered tomorrow, the missing piece to the puzzle.
 
I have the X25 as my OS and MW2 drive...other stuff and games I have on my storage drive.

Very happy with it.
 
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