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    Intel 330 180GB Review

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jarhead, Jun 8, 2012.

  1. Jarhead

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    Jarhead, Jun 8, 2012
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    Good review, it's about what I expected though I'm still not ready to jump on board at normal prices until we see them go for a while and show that Intel reliable still lives.
     
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    Yes yes agreed, seems like a good deal, but I'm not all convinced yet... :rolleyes: +rep for a nice find too (when I can give again)
     
    jaug1337, Jun 8, 2012
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    Well, I've had absolutely, 100% no issue with the 330 so far. Certainly love the speeds, but until I can get a workload that'll take advantage of that, everyday usage feels the same as with my 320.

    @jaug: Thanks! :)
     
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    Nice review! Thanks. Please keep us informed down the line as it gets more full so we can see if the new FW repeats the Intel reliability. And +1.
     
    Abidderman, Jun 8, 2012
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    Definitely plan on updating this thread, hopefully every month or so to see if Intel actually did anything with the SandForce firmware. Until I'm convinced, I'm keeping weekly backups ;)

    (For reference, I few I only needed to backup from my 320 for ~4 months or do, depending on when I bothered to).
     
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    Thanks for the hard work doing the review.Best of luck with the 330.

    A few things I noticed.

    Anvil Storage Utilities ran using 100% incompressible data setting.Sandforce better benched using 0-Fill.Your low score is because of it and the drive is the boot drive with data on it.

    When Anvil Storage Utilities goes Final during the summer there will be a paid and a free version according to a post yesterday by Anvil on another site's forums.RC2 was just released.

    Reviews normally have CrystalDiskMark scores on Sanforce SSDs using 0-Fill as you did and the default (randow) 100% incompressible data.

    This is the 1st CrystalDiskMark score I've seen using 1Fill.

    The 5 year warranty that's on the 520 series and 320 series is only 3 years on the 330 series.
     
    WhatsThePoint, Jun 9, 2012
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    So far everything's going well with the drive. No failures, BSOD, issues on wake, anything. 639GB of writes so far, 571GB read.
     
    Jarhead, Jun 12, 2012
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    Still running strong and flawless, though I'm still waiting for my rebate T_T
     
    Jarhead, Jul 5, 2012
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