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My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

OPLIC — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:20:45 GMT

Hello, I live in France and I've just bought a brand new Intel X25-M G2 SSD (34 nm, that's what the seller says). I've noticed two strange things about product name : the product name on the ssd and the product name written on the cardboard box are not the same ! And the SSD product name is "odd", I've never seen anything like this. Here are the numbers :

box : SSDSA2MH080G201

ssd : SSDSA2M080G2GN (yes, there is no "H").

There is no plastic spacer, the ssd height is 7 mm. It has the 2CV102G9 firmware.

Is my ssd a real product from Intel ? Is my ssd as good as the others X25M G2 ?

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

idata — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:22:09 GMT

the "H" = high performance as seen here http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/322296.pdf http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/322296.pdf

I just rechecked my ssd and I am also missing the "H" I don't want to think I have spent money on a drive that is not high performance.

I hope some one will clear this up soon.

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

OPLIC — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:02:01 GMT

"I just rechecked my ssd and I am also missing the "H" I don't want to think I have spent money on a drive that is not high performance."

I have exactly the same thought... Can someone of the Intel staff answer ?

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

idata — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:28:39 GMT

Same thing here with a 160, any insight would really be appreciated!

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

Alan_F_Intel — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:28:27 GMT

Hey everyone,

The best way to tell if you have our newest technology is simply the casing. The new 34nm comes in a silver metallic case. That's the real deal and we only sell the 80GB and 160GB capacities, both high performance.

Enjoy the drives!

Alan

Intel NAND Solutions Group Marketing

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

idata — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:33:42 GMT

Dear Alan,

Thank you for clearing up what colour the drive should be.

I hope you will be able to clear up the problem of the missing "H" as well?

According to Intel's own Ordering Information Decoder, the "H" stands for "Feature H = High Performance"

As seen here on Intel's own pdf http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/322296.pdf http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/322296.pdf on page two.

Also on the same page it shows all the Part numbers, and all of them have the missing "H" in the part number.

I am sure intel did not release the exact same product with two different part numbers.

So if you could confirm that there is two different products the SSDSA2M080G2GN & SSDSA2MH080G2GN and what the difference is. (one with the "H" and one with out)

or confirm that there is only one product SSDSA2MH080G2GN.

At the moment I feel as I can not find any information about my Intel SSDSA2M080G2GC on the Intel website, that I have bought a counterfit product.

As I said before I hope you can clear this up for me and the other people in this thread.

And remember just because you buy a red car doesn't mean you bought a Ferrari

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

OPLIC — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:02:57 GMT

Can Intel update its PDF ?

So I have tested my X25 G2GN 80 GB with crytal diskmark 2.2 and I'm not disappointed :

I have an ICH9R chipset (Gygabyte P35 DS3-R) :

IDE mode :

read seq. : 255,1

write seq : 91.61

read 512k : 169.3

write 512k : 91.11

read 4k : 23.80

write 4k : 64.17

AHCI mode :

read seq. : 268,8 (+ 5.37%)

write seq : 90,43 (-1.29%)

read 512k : 205,2 (+21,20% !!!)

write 512k : 90,82 (-0.32%)

read 4k : 24.02 (+ 0.92%)

write 4k : 66.41 (+ 3.49%)

I'm sure now that my ssd is a real Intel product but I just wanted to know for the missing "H"...

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

Alan_F_Intel — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:23:20 GMT

Understand the confusion.

The H was dropped off the 34nm SSD label. We were required to move to 14 characters on the product and the H did not differientate our drive.

We only have one product. The 80GB that you highlight could be labeled: SSDSA2M080G2GN or SSDSA2M080G2GC.

One product.

Alan

Intel NAND Solutions Group

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

idata — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:54:11 GMT

I bought the 160 GB version that came in the INTEL box by newegg and not the OEM version. The box that i have says SSDSA2MH160G2R5.

BTW, these drives are just plain ole awesome.

If you all would produce a 320 GB version i would be set.

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

Alan_F_Intel — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:20:59 GMT

@ dpm: glad you like our drives. I recently put a 160GB 34nm in my work laptop, and really enjoy it as well!

Higher capacities are certainly in our future. Hopefully they will be available when I fill my new SSD!

rgds,

Alan

Intel NAND Solutions Group

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

idata — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:19:05 GMT

Thank you for clearing that up,

I feel much better about my drive now, and I am very very happy with it, I would recommend any one and every one to get one of these drives over any other hardware up grade to there system as it gives such a boost.

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

idata — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:17:25 GMT

Then why are you writing old product names on boxes?

I wish to buy a new SSD but i'm afraid that it will be an old one becuase it is written on a box. It's SSDSA2MH080G2K5

How can it be checked before i buy it?

Thank you

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

idata — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:28:17 GMT

Guest wrote:

Then why are you writing old product names on boxes?

I wish to buy a new SSD but i'm afraid that it will be an old one becuase it is written on a box. It's SSDSA2MH080G2K5

How can it be checked before i buy it?

Alex, that is a current G2 drive.

The naming convention in depth can be found here: http://communities.intel.com/thread/17986 http://communities.intel.com/thread/17986

Re: My X25-M G2 has an odd product name ! : SSDSA2M080G2GN

idata — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:56:18 GMT

Thank you