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[sygnus21]

Thanks for the update(s)

BTW do you have AHCI enabled? If so how? Did you do it through the BIOS or did you have to do the reg hack?

Thanks

 

[Techymike]

I did it through the bios.

 

[sygnus21]

So you didn't find this step necessary.....

4 set onboard sata controller to ide ( this is a proven method but you can hack reg to ahci later)

It's just that I thought it was an odd suggestion for an SSD drive.

Thanks.

 

[schouwla]

Intel SSDSA2M160G2GC 160G

My benchmark test

 

[Techymike]

OK after two operating days the PCIe SSD gave me the beloved BSOD! RMA back to newegg. I did not lose anything as I had the Sata 3 drive just waiting in the back ground. It is sort of odd that this drive just up and gave out so I did some checking on it and windows did recognize an error so the repair did not work. Reformatted and the memory modules had some sort of error as it only saw one of the 4 separate memory slots. They have 4 each of 55 GB. When booting up all 4 did show and no error. When I ran a scan it showed no errors also. Yes, I was careful with ESD when installing!
I wonder if there is some sort of MB conflict with the Sata 3 and the SSD? This particular MB does look for the Sata 3 when there is one plugged in! I still do not see how that would cause the failure.

 

[metzb1]

Results for 2x SSDNow 128GB in Raid0

Results below

 

[Dave76]

My benchmark test

You will get better performance if you switch to AHCI, use the latest Intel drivers.

AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 after OS install​

Intel Download Center

Choose Chipsets > Desktop Chipsets > Intel x58 express chipset

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology version 10.​1.​0.​1008


Your 4K-64Thrd is very low.
Should be getting an AS SSD score of around 400.
My Intel 40GB SSD gets 340 with AHCI and the latest Intel driver.

 

[Britjoe]

Heres my Benchmark

are these figures good, my chart seems to be all over the place compared to some others ive seen on here

 

[whs]

Yeah, HD Tune often does those up and down charts. That's why I prefer Atto. Your R/W times are good, the access time is OK but many other SSDs are at 0.1ms.

 

[Britjoe]

Heres the Atto

 

[whs]

Britjoe, that looks good. Especially the 4K R/W which the OS uses a lot. Compare that to my Vertex2 which is a tad better at the high end but slower at the important 4k size.

 

[Dave76]

The new Intel 510 SSD, 34nm, 120GB and 250GB, SATA 6Gbps, are available at Newegg and others.


Intel 510 Series (Elm Crest) SSDSC2MH120A2K5 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
2.5"
120GB
SATA III
$314.99
$5.99 Shipping

Up to 470MB/s Read; 315MB/s Write (128K Seq, 8GB span, QD=32)


Intel 510 Series (Elm Crest) SSDSC2MH250A2K5 2.5" 250GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
2.5"
250GB
SATA III
$614.99
$5.99 Shipping

Prices are a bit high, should come down in a couple of months.

Here are some reviews:

Intel SSD 510 Review (250GB)

The Intel SSD 510 Review

 

[pparks1]

Yeah, I think those prices are about $50 over MSRP right now.

 

[essenbe]

It's an SSD, It's not the $50 that concerns me.

 

[Techymike]

PCIe SSD

I will be getting the replacement OCZ Revodrive PCIe SSD this week. It turns out that the other one was tested and confirmed to be defective. After checking I did not find the failure to be common. I did find out that is not recommended to defrag an SSD. I did not check in the forum to see if that had been mentioned. Now to decide if I wish to do a fresh install or recover from the saved OS before the SSD died? I did do a complete back up before it died.:huh:

 

[profdlp]

If it was me I would try the backup first, assuming you had spent any significant time at all getting things "just right". I'd bail and do a clean install at the first sign of trouble, though.

 

[sygnus21]

I will be getting the replacement OCZ Revodrive PCIe SSD this week. It turns out that the other one was tested and confirmed to be defective. After checking I did not find the failure to be common. I did find out that is not recommended to defrag an SSD. I did not check in the forum to see if that had been mentioned. Now to decide if I wish to do a fresh install or recover from the saved OS before the SSD died? I did do a complete back up before it died.:huh:

Sorry to hear about your PCIe SSD drive. Let's hope the replacement is problem free.

As far as defragging SSD's, I thought it was posted somewhere in this thread to not defrag SSD drive. I also mentioned it myself as well as stating that Windows 7 actually automatically turned defrag off for SSD drives.... at least the ones connected to SATA ports (don't know about the PCIe ones?). At any rate, yeah, don't defrag SSD drives

Good luck on the replacement.

BTW thanks for keeping us informed on the PCIe ones.

 

[Techymike]

Thanks Sygnus21. I was not sure if it was mentioned about the defrag. Thanks!

The replacement gets here by UPS tomorrow. I will try the back up first.
The specs say this thing reads at 740 MB/S and writes at 720 MB/S. At least the registry and bios are both set at AHCI. I know it is a pretty penny and later it will drop in price but I just had to get it NOW and test it!

 

[whs]

Here is an interesting performance comparison of Vertex3 and Revo: OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SATA 3 SSD Review – PCMark Vantage Comparison Testing | The SSD Review

 

[besweeet]

Here's mine with the Corsair V64 64GB SSD that I've had since September:

Performance has remained the very same since (I do a benchmark once a month).