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MickMcGeough · 07-04-2010, 06:15 PM

I can definitely vouch for the X25-M G2. There are other drives out there that can beat the X25 in synthetic benchmarks (I believe they use the sandstorm controller), but the X25 was #1 in any of the real-world tests I've seen done.

Writes are an area where the X25 gets beat regularly in synthetic benchmarks but the price and huge number of positive reviews made it too hard to pass up.

ETA: It's sandforce, not sandstorm.

07-04-2010, 06:15 PM	#2
MickMcGeough First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Calgary Exp:	I can definitely vouch for the X25-M G2. There are other drives out there that can beat the X25 in synthetic benchmarks (I believe they use the sandstorm controller), but the X25 was #1 in any of the real-world tests I've seen done. Writes are an area where the X25 gets beat regularly in synthetic benchmarks but the price and huge number of positive reviews made it too hard to pass up. ETA: It's sandforce, not sandstorm. __________________ Last edited by MickMcGeough; 07-05-2010 at 08:46 AM.