The Official SSD Club

**DiscipleDOC** · 04-08-10, 09:01 AM

I created this thread for those who already purchased an SSD to post your results and your findings on how to get the drive working efficiently. Also, post your questions for others to be able to help you in your decision on getting an SSD or help troubleshoot the one you have.

EDIT: Quote from slaWter:

Quote:

Originally Posted by slaWter

The Intel X25 thread is full of important info and benchmarks:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=119130

DD, can you add it to your first post please? Could be helpful...

Jon · 04-08-10, 09:27 AM

Got my X25-M yesterday. Going to fit a second one the weekend... slowest 2 days ever.

**Maverick123w** · 04-08-10, 09:31 AM

I've been a member of the ssd club for about 2 weeks so far. I purchased the cheapest of the intel drives (X25v 40GB) and it is easily the best $125 I have ever spent on my computer.

It has really spoiled me. Everything I work on here at work now feels SLLLOOOW. It doesn't matter if it's a fresh core i7 build or w/e. If it has a mechanical drive it feels ancient.

The 1 and only issue I'm currently having, is that when I have the AMD AHCI driver installed, the intel toolbox no longer works. I have to uninstall the ahci drivers to run the toolbox, so I'm not positive if trim is running or not... (is there a way to check this?)

I'm getting roughly 190MB/sec reads and 45MB/sec writes which are both above spec after doing some tweaking so I couldn't be happier.

Jon · 04-08-10, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Maverick123w

The 1 and only issue I'm currently having, is that when I have the AMD AHCI driver installed, the intel toolbox no longer works. I have to uninstall the ahci drivers to run the toolbox, so I'm not positive if trim is running or not... (is there a way to check this?).

From what I've read only the microsoft ahci driver passes trim to the drive in windows 7. Unfortunately the only way I can think of to see if trim is working is to benchmark the drive, then run the trim from the toolbox and compare the results. If performance goes up then it needed a trim and therefore wasn't being done by the OS. But I'm trying not to worry too much in case I drive myself crazy with it!

newparad1gm · 04-08-10, 09:45 AM

Rocking my Intel X-25M 160GB here as my primary drive. Although I honestly haven't seen much improvement in startup time, as my RAID 0 Seagates were plenty fast already. Same thing with gaming loading, as levels and gaming assets are largely sequential file accesses that don't benefit much from the fast random access times on the SSD. Its all the little things like opening and running Firefox, and opening Office and other productivity apps that I put on the SSD that improve, and searching for files has improved, even after disabling Indexing.

And honestly, after reading horror stories on SSDs failing and having problems, Intel and maybe OCZ are the only brands I trust right now. Once Intel comes out with its SATA III SSDs, I'll probably do a mobo upgrade and grab one of those.

**Maverick123w** · 04-08-10, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jon

From what I've read only the microsoft ahci driver passes trim to the drive in windows 7. Unfortunately the only way I can think of to see if trim is working is to benchmark the drive, then run the trim from the toolbox and compare the results. If performance goes up then it needed a trim and therefore wasn't being done by the OS. But I'm trying not to worry too much in case I drive myself crazy with it!

With the ms ahci driver the system takes 2x longer to boot :/

I haven't noticed a performance drop when benchmarking yet so hopefully it's ok.

04-08-10, 11:24 AM

Great idea for a thread!

I've been rocking my 160GB Intel G1 SSD on my Macbook Pro for a few months now, I have 3 80GB G1's in raid 0 (670mb reads, maxes out ich10r gotta love it) on my gaming rig.

I've always wondered, what would be the best way to perform maintenance on my 160gb, should I just secure erase the entire thing. I wish intel/apple had support for mac's.

Mr Bigman · 04-08-10, 02:37 PM

Good topic DD.

I been using the OCZ 128 gig ones for awhile now in raid with 2 xraptors 300 and a couple of black editon drivers and seems to work good now i have no sata ports left on my x58 shovs.

**Roadhog** · 04-08-10, 03:11 PM

I have 2, 120GB OCZ Aglilitys in RAID 0. Pretty decent speeds I guess...

Mr Bigman · 04-08-10, 08:42 PM

What modes ya using slim?

I use the ich10 controller with em at raid 0 seems good and yea windows loads fast as hell over the machanical drives did.

**Roadhog** · 04-10-10, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Bigman

What modes ya using slim?

I use the ich10 controller with em at raid 0 seems good and yea windows loads fast as hell over the machanical drives did.

Same.

**DiscipleDOC** · 04-12-10, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slaWter

The Intel X25 thread is full of important info and benchmarks:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=119130

DD, can you add it to your first post please? Could be helpful...

Done.

04-08-10, 09:27 AM	#2
Jon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 560	Re: The Official SSD Club Got my X25-M yesterday. Going to fit a second one the weekend... slowest 2 days ever. __________________ Intel i5-2500K (4Ghz)\|2 x Nvidia 560GTX TI (880/2100mhz)\|Crucial M4 SSD 12GB GSkill PC3-12800 (1600Mhz 9-9-9-24)\|Thermaltake Tough Power 700w\|Razer Megalodon 7.1 Headset BENQ XL2410T 24" 3D Monitor

04-08-10, 09:31 AM	#3
Maverick123w Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,841	Re: The Official SSD Club I've been a member of the ssd club for about 2 weeks so far. I purchased the cheapest of the intel drives (X25v 40GB) and it is easily the best $125 I have ever spent on my computer. It has really spoiled me. Everything I work on here at work now feels SLLLOOOW. It doesn't matter if it's a fresh core i7 build or w/e. If it has a mechanical drive it feels ancient. The 1 and only issue I'm currently having, is that when I have the AMD AHCI driver installed, the intel toolbox no longer works. I have to uninstall the ahci drivers to run the toolbox, so I'm not positive if trim is running or not... (is there a way to check this?) I'm getting roughly 190MB/sec reads and 45MB/sec writes which are both above spec after doing some tweaking so I couldn't be happier.

04-08-10, 09:45 AM	#5
newparad1gm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 690	Re: The Official SSD Club Rocking my Intel X-25M 160GB here as my primary drive. Although I honestly haven't seen much improvement in startup time, as my RAID 0 Seagates were plenty fast already. Same thing with gaming loading, as levels and gaming assets are largely sequential file accesses that don't benefit much from the fast random access times on the SSD. Its all the little things like opening and running Firefox, and opening Office and other productivity apps that I put on the SSD that improve, and searching for files has improved, even after disabling Indexing. And honestly, after reading horror stories on SSDs failing and having problems, Intel and maybe OCZ are the only brands I trust right now. Once Intel comes out with its SATA III SSDs, I'll probably do a mobo upgrade and grab one of those. __________________ WAR MACHINE: Intel Core i7 3930K \| Asus X79 Sabertooth \| 4x4 GB G.Skill RipJaw PC3-12800 \| 2x EVGA NVIDIA GTX TITAN Signature 6GB SLI \| OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD \| 2x500 GB Seagate Barracuda RAID 0 \| Seagate FreeAgent 500GB External \| LG BD-ROM \| Cyber Acoustics CA3001WB 2.1 Speakers \| ABS SL 1050W PSU \| 3x Acer GD235HZ 23.6in 120Hz \| Silverstone Fortress FT02 \| Windows 8 Pro x64 \| NVIDIA 3DVision SURROUND CRIMSON DYNAMO: Intel Core i7 2600K \| Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H \| 2x4 GB G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 \| XFX AMD HD7970 3GB \| Intel X-25M G2 160GB SSD \| 2x250GB RAID 0 \| Samsung BD-ROM \| Corsair TX 850W PSU \| Toshiba 42" REGZA 1080p HDTV \| Antec 900 ATX \| Windows 8 Pro x64 Sailor Jupiter (HTPC): Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 \| ZOTAC Geforce 9300 \| 2x2 GB OCZ Fatal1ty PC2-8500 \| WD 1TB \| Hitachi 2TB External \| MediaSonic HFR2-SU3S2 6x3TB Seagate Barracuda RAID 1+0 \| LG Blu-Ray/HD DVD-ROM \| FSP 150W PSU \| Toshiba 42" REGZA 1080p HDTV \| Foxconn RS233 mini-ITX \| Windows 7 Pro x86

04-08-10, 11:24 AM	#7
Roliath Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Official SSD Club Great idea for a thread! I've been rocking my 160GB Intel G1 SSD on my Macbook Pro for a few months now, I have 3 80GB G1's in raid 0 (670mb reads, maxes out ich10r gotta love it) on my gaming rig. I've always wondered, what would be the best way to perform maintenance on my 160gb, should I just secure erase the entire thing. I wish intel/apple had support for mac's.

04-08-10, 02:37 PM	#8
Mr Bigman Strongest Man On Earth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 4,943	Re: The Official SSD Club Good topic DD. I been using the OCZ 128 gig ones for awhile now in raid with 2 xraptors 300 and a couple of black editon drivers and seems to work good now i have no sata ports left on my x58 shovs. __________________ EVGA X58 Tri SLI Core I 7 3.7Ghz 12 gb corsair DDR3 1600 Three EVGA 285 SLI Antec 1200 Corsiar 1000 HX Power Supply 2 OCZ SSD Hard Drives 4 wd black edition raid 2 setups for 4TB _____________________________ having good looks and a good body is hard work.

04-08-10, 03:11 PM	#9
Roadhog Resident Alien Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,776	Re: The Official SSD Club I have 2, 120GB OCZ Aglilitys in RAID 0. Pretty decent speeds I guess... Last edited by Roadhog; 04-04-11 at 06:59 PM.

04-08-10, 08:42 PM	#10
Mr Bigman Strongest Man On Earth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 4,943	Re: The Official SSD Club What modes ya using slim? I use the ich10 controller with em at raid 0 seems good and yea windows loads fast as hell over the machanical drives did. __________________ EVGA X58 Tri SLI Core I 7 3.7Ghz 12 gb corsair DDR3 1600 Three EVGA 285 SLI Antec 1200 Corsiar 1000 HX Power Supply 2 OCZ SSD Hard Drives 4 wd black edition raid 2 setups for 4TB _____________________________ having good looks and a good body is hard work.