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    SSD upgrade for G73's Deal found

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by jota1500, Mar 12, 2010.

  1. jota1500

    jota1500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alot of people been commenting on SSD upgrades.

    Mostly the X-25 from intel.

    Found one for $250 after bing discount and even better write speed.

    I think it is a deal just running this week, but not sure. I picked up 2.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Super-Talen...C_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item3cab0738fd

    Found about 9 left the the $260 price +$10 shipping. Using bing 8% discount comes to around $250 which you can't bet here are some specs.

    Mfr Part Number: FTM28G225H
    Capacity: 128 GB
    Form Factor: 2.5 inch
    Interface: SATA2
    NAND Flash: MLC
    Cache: 64MB DRAM Cache
    Shock: 1500G (operating)
    Vibration: 16G (operating)
    Operating temperature: 0°C to +70°C
    Performance:
    Sequential Read Rate: 220 MB/s(max)
    Sequential Write Rate: 180 MB/s(max)
    Reliability:
    MTBF: >1,000,000 hours
    Data Reliability: Built-in EDC/ECC function
    Data Integrity: 10 years
    Wear Leveling Algor.: Patent Pending
    Power Supply: 5.0Vcc ±5%
    Dimensions: 69.85 x 100.20 x 9.50 mm
    Package: Metal housing

    After reading reviews on it, I decide it was best for price and preformance I got 2 so I can run raid 0 with these on my new G73 and dump the 500gbx2 7200 HHD's.

    Hope it helps some of you.
     
    jota1500, Mar 12, 2010
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  2. jiuzhege

    jiuzhege Notebook Geek

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    What is the speed for random 4k?

    Do you have any benchmark for this?

    A good deal is not only about the money..
     
    jiuzhege, Mar 12, 2010
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  3. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    No TRIM support on this SSD might be worth mentioning.
     
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  4. jota1500

    jota1500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    No idea what is trim support,

    I using this for gaming.
     
    jota1500, Mar 12, 2010
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    jota1500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    jota1500, Mar 12, 2010
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    mew1838 Team Teal

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    This post made my day :D
     
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  7. KDS-Steeler

    KDS-Steeler Notebook Guru

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    TRIM support is big for SSDs. Without getting technical, it helps maintain drive performance. Over time SSDs lose their performance levels, ie read and writes times take longer and longer. TRIM paired with Windows 7 helps keep the performance from degrading to the point of being HDD levels.

    Here's an article written by Anand LaShimpi @ AnandTech. It's worth the read if you want to understand the nuances of SSD technology.

    http://http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631
     
    KDS-Steeler, Mar 12, 2010
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  8. jota1500

    jota1500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Last 1 year I am cool with it.
     
    jota1500, Mar 12, 2010
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    KDS-Steeler Notebook Guru

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    It's not a matter of time but a matter of use. Once all the blocks have been allocated and the system is forced to start to recycle them you will lose performance. How fast that happens depends on the amount writes and deletes being done. You can burn it up in 6 months or less, or you can make it last a year or more.


    PS - I must be getting old, all the whiper-snappers and their disposable ways set my dentures on edge. :D
     
    KDS-Steeler, Mar 12, 2010
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  10. David

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    As KDS-Steeler mentioned, TRIM is a very useful feature on SSDs. However, even in SSDs without TRIM support, you can also use third party programs like "SSD Tweaker" as an alternative.
     
    David, Mar 12, 2010
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  11. tallan

    tallan Notebook Deity

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    I hear ya! Pass the Geritol, would you please?
     
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    HTWingNut Potato

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    What? Whazzat you say? Speak up sonny, and GET OFF MY LAWN!
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 12, 2010
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    GTO_Greg Notebook Consultant

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    Plus, please correct me if I'm wrong (again), G73 doesn't support RAID...
     
    GTO_Greg, Mar 12, 2010
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  14. tallan

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    Yessir, you are correct.
     
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    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    Old man Wingnut???

    Does Tony TRIM work on Gen1 Intels? I've always been confused with what TRIM subsitute worked with what brand/controller.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Mar 12, 2010
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    I read something like this after hearing about trim.

    It will keep my performance up.

    I decided to keep the other one. I have a work laptop that can use an SSD since I can't raid-0 them. Maybe updates bios will offer support later.

    Who knows.

    I really love raid 0 can't beat the performance once you tried it.
     
    jota1500, Mar 13, 2010
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  17. Quagmire LXIX

    Quagmire LXIX Have Laptop, Will Travel!

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    Uhhh, wasn't it determined that there wasn't raid support for the G73? Even if it could, it's been my experience that an onboard chipset doesn't work well with the I/OPS of R0 SSDs, you would want a hardware raid card. Just some FYI you may want to look in to.

    lol, that was gold :)

    Q
     
    Quagmire LXIX, Mar 13, 2010
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  18. David

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    A BIOS update is not enough to enable RAID. A RAID controller is the primary hardware you'll need which the G73 lacks.
     
    David, Mar 14, 2010
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    Stupid asus, raid so fun :(
    Where my bragging rights now.
     
    jota1500, Mar 14, 2010
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  20. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    This ssd has the Indilnx controller so you are good as gold, well silver actually. Performance wise, it still doesn't touch the Intel.

    Something nice to remember that between 8-9 makers of ssds, the ssd in its entirety is shipped from a no name factory to all of them and then they simply add their logo and firmware... When you look at the dreaded JMicron stuttering controller that they couldnt get off the shelves fast enough, you learned that the following companies were all in the same shoes:

    A-Data, G.Skill, Kingston, OCZ, Patriot, Run Core, Solidata, Supertalent and Transcend

    Same ssds...different controller.
     
    Les, Mar 14, 2010
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