Personally, I went from a 'cuda.10 to a Raptor150 and did not think the performance difference was worth the price premium and space sacrifice. Then I went from a caviar.black640 to a VRaptor300 and again, did not think the performance difference was worth the price premium and space sacrifice. Next I went from a VRaptor300 to an OCZ Vertex 30GB, and yet again, was underwhelmed. Then I picked up a 2nd Vertex 30GB and threw them in RAID0... WOW... I must say, the performance difference is VERY noticeable, but again, the price was pretty steep ($180 total AR in June'09). Regardless, it was a much bigger performance improvement than any of the Raptors ever were, for even less money than the raptors cost.
The Intel X25-M SSDs have fast small random write speeds, but have slower sequential speeds. Conversely, the Indilinx based drives have faster sequential speeds, but slower small random write speeds. When you setup the Indilinx drives in RAID0, the small random write speeds increase enough to more than compensate for the single drive's deficiency. Likewise, when you RAID0 Intel drives, the sequential speeds increase more than enough. Small random write speeds are more important for the avg desktop user than sequential speeds. For single SSD usage, the Intel is a better choice because of this. However, Indilinx based drives' small random write speeds are still faster than mechanical drives, so even in a single drive config, it's still a good choice if you can afford it.
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2009-07-01
These tests were run on an ICH9R controller in XP SP2 without any "tweaks" aside from RAID0.
I haven't read up on the new Samsung based SSDs yet, as I haven't found any good articles that have comparable reports to many of the Intel and Indilinx reviews. If you know of any, please send me a PM on [H] or AT. Thanks.
2009-11-23
The new screenshots are of the Intel X18-M 80GB G1 SSD, on ICH10 (IDE Mode), brand new. Similar performance to the X25-M 80GB. Its G1, so no TRIM, but the garbage collection should be fine for me, and I can run the manual TRIM every so often (when Intel puts it back up on the site... grrr...). Win7 installed from a USB in under 10 minutes, quick format (9m 52s; from first post beep to usable desktop, not counting user input time -- reboots included, though). Thats about the same amount of time it took for my Vertex RAID0 array.
2009-11-29
Added some screenshots of the X18-M in RAID0 using ICH10R. Coming soon will be more HDD scores and tests of the new Patriot PS-100 PS32GS25SSDR SSDs ($60AR). More info on the Patriot drive found here: http://www.servethehome.com/?p=206; it's performance doesn't look so good...
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OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10
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RAID0: Intel X18-M SSDSA1MH080G1 80GB
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OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10 Random Access WRITE
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OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10 Random Access READ
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Intel X18-M SSDSA1MH080G1 80GB Random Access WRITE
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Intel X18-M SSDSA1MH080G1 80GB Random Access READ
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RAID0: Patriot PS-100 32GB Random Access WRITE
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RAID0: Patriot PS-100 32GB Random Access READ
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RAID0: OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10 Random Access WRITE
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RAID0: OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10 Random Access READ
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RAID0: Intel X18-M G1 80GB Random Access WRITE
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OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10 WRITE Speed
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OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10 READ Speed
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Intel X18-M SSDSA1MH080G1 80GB WRITE Speed
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Intel X18-M SSDSA1MH080G1 80GB READ Speed
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RAID0: Patriot PS-100 32GB WRITE Speed
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RAID0: Patriot PS-100 32GB READ Speed
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RAID0: OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10 WRITE Speed
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RAID0: OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G v1.10 READ Speed
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RAID0: Intel X18-M G1 80GB WRITE Speed
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RAID0: Intel X18-M G1 80GB READ Speed
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