Intel X18-M/X25-M G1 vs G2

I'm looking at these 2 drives and the price difference for an 80GB is around $50. Is it really worth it? Is TRIM support the only difference? And is TRIM really that necessary?

 

The G2 is def worth the extra $50, without trim you will notice the ssd degrade much more quickly over time

 

Unless you do a full reformat or rest right?

 

Yes and no. A reformat won't restore it to factory settings only a secure erase will.

Also, I heard that G2's have a slightly better read/write performance in comparison to the earlier generation.

 

With prices continually dropping, it's not worth purchasing an SSD without TRIM--

 

correct me if im wrong but im a bit of a SSD noob..

So after time when drive degrades you just full format it and its back to 100% again ?

 

Just do a Tony Trim and will be good as new. No need to reformat. Question is, are you prepared to pay another $50 for the convenience of Trim, so don't need Tony Trim?

 

Your time or your money-

Take your pick.

 

Hmm ok, thanks. Just another question. If you put games on a secondary normal HDD but load them from an SSD which has the OS on it, are the load times better? Or will they still be the same since the games are on the HDD?

 

Put all programs and OS on the SSD and you'll see things fly.

 

How can you put games on a secondary HDD and load them from an SSD? You mean run your OS on the SSD, and install the games to a secondary HDD? The games will be limited by the performance of the drive they're stored on, that they're being read from, so they won't load any faster at all.

It sounds like you're trying to pinch your pennies really tightly to get an SSD. I think that's a recipe for disappointment. If you want to install many games, I would recommend saving up and getting a 160GB G2 or later SSD, or just sticking with a spinning drive.

If you still decide to do an SSD, make sure you disable your swap file, system restore, file indexing and hibernation. That will save a bunch of disk space, and probably enable you to install a few commonly used games to the SSD.

 

I agree with Pitabred. If you plan to play many games then just save up and wait for a larger SSD drive since prices do fall pretty rapidly.

80GB is enough for me but I do not game on my laptop. But if you do decide to get one now get the G2 since it does have TRIM support.

 

If the drive is expected to be part of some RAID configuration, then G1/G2 doesn't matter since TRIM doesn't work in RAID. Then again, I think you're probably not thinking about RAID in a laptop

 

These are both gen 1 X25 drives, about a year old. Neither Tony Trim nor any other clear has managed to bring them completely back to as-new performance. Both are correctly aligned, and I have done most of the tweaks to 'prolong' lifespan.

The charts are from AS SSD benches throughout their lifespans. The left side is as-new, and the right side is as-of last weekend.

As you can clearly see, C: isn't too happy with things, and I will soon be secure erasing it and F:...

Even at this reduced level of *benchmark* results, both drives seem lightning-fast (as the good read results, and access times indicate).

 

G2 is much better... although more expensive having automated TRIM is better...

 

XP can't use trim, so some of us would be wasting that extra $50...

 

well he has windows 7 so he won't be wasting the money.

 

Sounds like saving that $50 bucks matter- get the G1 then...

Or just check the NBR Marketplace for a bargain.