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    Questions about the intel x-25m

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by godbreath, Jul 19, 2009.

  1. godbreath

    godbreath Notebook Consultant

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    How much space is usable by windows for the 80gb and 160gb versions?
    Also has anyone seen a decrease in volume because of bad sectors yet?
    How long can I expect to use a drive for?
     
    godbreath, Jul 19, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The Intel SSDs should be very good. Although MLC technology is fairly new, SSDs have been around for a long time (10+ years in many mission critical settings), and I'm sure the drive will be usable for 10+ years w/o fail. 80GB (decimal) = 74.5 GiB (binary, what you see on your computer), so just double that value for the 160GB drive.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 19, 2009
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    jup, a bit less than 150GB is what i have on my 160gb intel.

    it's an awesome drive. can't wait to get some gen2 models for the rest of my systems :)
     
    davepermen, Jul 19, 2009
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    Yea, 74.5GB as said by the poster above and double for the double capacity 160GB version.

    Anyways, the useable lifespan should be no worse than a regular hard drive. As its one of the well-built SSDs, it probably will last longer(Note: probably).

    To maintain the lifespan:
    -Make sure your firmware is the latest the first day you get it if you do
    -Don't be going crazy with "slowing" down and "degradation" articles and rumors. You might end up with worse problems when you do a full drive clean(writing 1s or 0s) and lower your lifespan. Just stick with regular format.
    -Enable all the performance features like AHCI(which NCQ follows then) then leave it alone. It's a pricey drive and pricey products should just work. Don't want to pay for a more expensive drive to fiddle around to "optimize" performance, cause frankly, that's a waste of time and money.
     
    IntelUser, Jul 19, 2009
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    what he said. 100%.
     
    davepermen, Jul 19, 2009
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