Well I am slightly disappointed. I was hoping that they would be as fast as the latest ones from other manufacturers but also be a lot cheaper due to 25nm and also have Intel reliability. It seems only the last is the case.
The reason for this is they are using the old inhouse controller still. Given their 510 series uses Marvell I wonder if they are having problems with it and so we end up with this half new half old drive.
So my wait continues. My hope is that they will bring out a new controller for refresh this year and the price of the 25nm goes down, overwise I will look at the opposition once reliability is known.
Currently an SSD is going to be my big performance buy, even my current video card can play Crysis 2 ok so no need to upgraded graphics or cpu.
The reason for this is they are using the old inhouse controller still. Given their 510 series uses Marvell I wonder if they are having problems with it and so we end up with this half new half old drive.
So my wait continues. My hope is that they will bring out a new controller for refresh this year and the price of the 25nm goes down, overwise I will look at the opposition once reliability is known.
Currently an SSD is going to be my big performance buy, even my current video card can play Crysis 2 ok so no need to upgraded graphics or cpu.