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Great results with X25-E 64Gb in Windows 7
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10-23-2009 06:25 PM
Hi. I don't want to be contrarian, but I did want to post a positive comment in this discussion group.. People have a habit of only reporting problems, and casual observers may not understand that this reflects that the majority of users are having no troubles.
I installed my x25-e 64Gb a couple of months ago to "celebrate" the RTM of Windows 7 (obtained via Technet subscription). My motherboard is an EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI with an Intel QX 9650 overclocked to a conservative 3.6Ghz to minimize heat issues.
I clean installed onto the new drive, it went perfectly the first time, zero issues, fantastic speeds.
Using standard benchmark testing, this drive exceeded its advertised read/write speeds!
For what it's worth, the Windows 7 "Performance Index" score for this drive in my system is 7.4 .
Thank you Intel ! /jim
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10-25-2009 02:55 AM
Interesting.
With an Intel DP35DP motherboard and an E6850 Core 2 Duo at 3GHz, My X25-E 160GB has a Windows 7 (64bit), disk score of 7.8
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10-25-2009 03:55 AM
My guess is he is using IDE mode. A fresh X25-E should get 7.9 using 7/64. Once degraded that might go down to 7.8. Anything lower would imply something is not right.
A fresh X25-M in AHCI mode will get 7.8/ 7.9. A fresh X25-M in IDE mode will get 7.5
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10-25-2009 10:21 AM
I just tried the drive in AHCI and my performance score dropped from 7.4 to 6.9 .
EVGA tells me the AHCI implementation on my motherboard (790i Ultra) is not too swift, so I'm not surprised. I did load the latest JMICRON driver from their website as well..
I'm gonna stick with my 7.4 and be happy for now, unless you have any ideas for me.
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10-25-2009 10:56 AM
I've run an X25-E on a ICH9 mobo and the worst (degraded) score I ever got was 7.8. I'm not sure what you are doing.
Are JMicron drivers on your mobo for the eSATA ports? The SATA ports are 3.0Gb/s and would need Nvidia drivers. I have no experience with SSD's & Nvidia but somehow your drive is being gimped.
I would seriously consider getting a ICH10 board if I had spent that much money on an SSD to end up with that score.
