Intel SSD now brings TRIM support


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DO NOT UPGRADE LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DRIVE FAILING - RUMERS SAY THAT ITS A 50:50 CHANCE OF FAILER

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/intel-p...nder-windows-7/

Enjoying the speed of one of Intel's recently-launched 34nm SSDs? We've good news, as your already-potent drive is now likely to get a whole lot quicker courtesy of a couple of new Intel-provided tools.

With Microsoft's Windows 7 now out in the open, Intel has served up support for the operating system's TRIM command with the introduction of new firmware and an SSD Optimiser app.

Intel reckons the firmware update will deliver up to a 40 per cent increase in sequential write speeds on its 34nm X25-M 160GB drive, and what's useful is that Intel's SSD Optimiser will provide TRIM-like functionality on Windows XP and Windows Vista, too.

Itching to give it a go? The firmware upgrade can be found at www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware and the Intel SSD Optimiser is over at www.intel.com/go/ssdtoolbox.

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but intel has the best paformace and even more with this new firmware update

but also the min size is 80GB what is yours?

i was geting OCZ Agility too where does it say it supports TRIM

64GB. The new 1.4 firmware came out 2 weeks ago with TRIM support.

Well, I know the Intel drive is faster, but for the price I paid, it made sense. All I wanted was overall snappiness in Windows, and I got it with the OCZ (7.3 score on Windows 7 Rating). I doubt I'd see a huge difference with the Intel drive. But like I said, Intel drives are awesome and that's what I'll go for when prices go down.

DO NOT UPGRADE LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DRIVE FAILING - RUMERS SAY THAT ITS A 50:50 CHANCE OF FAILER
If you're going to make a statement like that, you'd better provide some evidence. There's no ****ing way a company like Intel would mass-distribute a product that they knew to have a 50% failure rate, though it looks like they pulled the download.

And if it's true, it's yet another reminder that SSD's are still infant technology. The reliability of flash-based storage is still questionable and I won't be upgrading to SSD's for another couple of years.

If you're going to make a statement like that, you'd better provide some evidence. There's no ****ing way a company like Intel would mass-distribute a product that they knew to have a 50% failure rate, though it looks like they pulled the download.

You'd think so, but considering how many bricked drives there are from the thread in the above link, it looks like they didn't test very thoroughly. I find it hard to believe a problem like this would completely slip through testing.

If you're going to make a statement like that, you'd better provide some evidence. There's no ****ing way a company like Intel would mass-distribute a product that they knew to have a 50% failure rate, though it looks like they pulled the download.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/intel-p...nder-windows-7/

It happens. I remember my Seagate being bricked because of firmware issues a couple months back

duh i know SSD is a new tec

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1463671

and the intel website too

Thank goodness I didn't have any problems with my SSD. I did have to reboot after logging into Windows 7 the first time but after that it worked fine.

but restart you pc then it might go

If you're going to make a statement like that, you'd better provide some evidence. There's no ****ing way a company like Intel would mass-distribute a product that they knew to have a 50% failure rate, though it looks like they pulled the download.

And if it's true, it's yet another reminder that SSD's are still infant technology. The reliability of flash-based storage is still questionable and I won't be upgrading to SSD's for another couple of years.

fail !

I was at the intel channel conference today and they "announced" this little tidbit.. looks like the interweb broke it yesterday..

Just wanted to give everyone the heads up!

Intel's new (in disguise) products will have an MSRP starting at $85 for a 40gb ssd

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1111/14/

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/...-2485-msrp.aspx

http://www.kingston.com/press/2009/flash/10c.asp

Reading the reviews, it has a 7.5 out of 7.9 Windows 7 experience index. This could mean KILLER load times and performance for the OS at a REALLY reasonable price. We're talking a rated 170mb/s read speed that actually goes up to over 230mb/s. The write speed can be scoffed at, but it's not much worse than a standard drive, and the sequential write speed is where it's at, anyways.

I was at the intel channel conference today and they "announced" this little tidbit.. looks like the interweb broke it yesterday..

Just wanted to give everyone the heads up!

Intel's new (in disguise) products will have an MSRP starting at $85 for a 40gb ssd

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1111/14/

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/...-2485-msrp.aspx

http://www.kingston.com/press/2009/flash/10c.asp

Reading the reviews, it has a 7.5 out of 7.9 Windows 7 experience index. This could mean KILLER load times and performance for the OS at a REALLY reasonable price. We're talking a rated 170mb/s read speed that actually goes up to over 230mb/s. The write speed can be scoffed at, but it's not much worse than a standard drive, and the sequential write speed is where it's at, anyways.

resonable price , very good

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