The need for speed: Intel SSD drive SATA3 / SATA-600 at DVinfo.net

Magnus Helander · March 16th, 2011, 06:36 AM

I found two SATA3-plugs on my P55-UD5 motherboard and plugged an Intel X25-M 120gb SSD drive into one of the slots.

Blackmagic's Speed test reports an impressive 1.2 mbit/s read and 800 mbit/s write speed.
Vegas Pro 10c starts up in less than 3 seconds.
Screenshot attached.

Jeff Harper · March 16th, 2011, 06:42 AM

That's nice. Vegas open for me in exactly three seconds also, but I use the older Western Digital disc drives. The place I like to see fast drives is my scratch drive, which helps AVCHD files play nicely.\\\

Glad you're happy with your fast drive Magnus, I'd like to get one also.

Magnus Helander · March 29th, 2011, 09:04 AM

I friend alerted me to that this drive is the fastet thing you can buy today, "2,001 passmarks" which takes it to the top of the list - seek/access times makes a difference, other than raw data transfer

It is a Intel 510 series 120 GB SSD drive, model SSDSC2MH120A2

PassMark Software - Hard Drive Benchmark Charts

Larry Reavis · March 29th, 2011, 03:49 PM

I also use the X25 for boot - probably the best single upgrade I've ever made to a computer.

However, my first one died during a spectacular thunderstorm - and my rig was connected through a continuous battery-powered UPS (1200 watt model). I think the intense electric field directly fried the SSD; nothing else in my computer was affected. Intel sent me a replacement pronto.

I also just last week lost another SSD (another brand). Just up and died. Still waiting for a return phone call for an RMA.

I wouldn't consider doing without an SSD boot disk, but they do seem to be a bit more unreliable than spinning disks. Be sure to keep an up-to-date image of your OS on a spinning disk.

March 16th, 2011, 06:36 AM	#1
Magnus Helander Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 221	The need for speed: Intel SSD drive SATA3 / SATA-600 I found two SATA3-plugs on my P55-UD5 motherboard and plugged an Intel X25-M 120gb SSD drive into one of the slots. Blackmagic's Speed test reports an impressive 1.2 mbit/s read and 800 mbit/s write speed. Vegas Pro 10c starts up in less than 3 seconds. Screenshot attached. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Magnus Helander, Crossmediageek on G+

March 16th, 2011, 06:42 AM	#2
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: The need for speed: Intel SSD drive SATA3 / SATA-600 That's nice. Vegas open for me in exactly three seconds also, but I use the older Western Digital disc drives. The place I like to see fast drives is my scratch drive, which helps AVCHD files play nicely.\\\ Glad you're happy with your fast drive Magnus, I'd like to get one also. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

March 29th, 2011, 09:04 AM	#3
Magnus Helander Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 221	Re: The need for speed: Intel SSD drive SATA3 / SATA-600 I friend alerted me to that this drive is the fastet thing you can buy today, "2,001 passmarks" which takes it to the top of the list - seek/access times makes a difference, other than raw data transfer It is a Intel 510 series 120 GB SSD drive, model SSDSC2MH120A2 PassMark Software - Hard Drive Benchmark Charts __________________ Magnus Helander, Crossmediageek on G+

March 29th, 2011, 03:49 PM	#4
Larry Reavis Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Encinitas California Posts: 121	Re: The need for speed: Intel SSD drive SATA3 / SATA-600 I also use the X25 for boot - probably the best single upgrade I've ever made to a computer. However, my first one died during a spectacular thunderstorm - and my rig was connected through a continuous battery-powered UPS (1200 watt model). I think the intense electric field directly fried the SSD; nothing else in my computer was affected. Intel sent me a replacement pronto. I also just last week lost another SSD (another brand). Just up and died. Still waiting for a return phone call for an RMA. I wouldn't consider doing without an SSD boot disk, but they do seem to be a bit more unreliable than spinning disks. Be sure to keep an up-to-date image of your OS on a spinning disk.