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[zlojack]

Even if the drives themselves will support TRIM, we are still effed. I don't think Intel has stated ever about adding TRIM support to RAID via ICH10R. I am sure it will eventually but I have my doubts it will be anytime soon.


But really what is wrong with this 'used' setup? We don't need no effing TRIM.

True enough :thumb:

 

[elwoodz]

i have to pick up some ssd's sometime soon, gonna wait till they come down in price though

 

[Sagath]

I don't think Intel has stated ever about adding TRIM support to RAID via ICH10R. I am sure it will eventually but I have my doubts it will be anytime soon.

IIRC I reas somewhere thatits actually a hardware issue with the southbridge itself. It'll need a revision (ICH11?) to make trim possible for raids. :sad:

 

[Squeetard]

I've heard rumors of a firmware update or driver in the works that will allow trim on raid in the ich10 controller.

Lowfat, run those benchies again in a few months and see if you get the same scores. Trim is supposed to stop the degrading of performance over time.

 

[zlojack]

If I'm not mistaken (which I often am:biggrin "over time" just means as the disk gets full. They don't suffer from wear as there are no moving parts.

There is a good explanation of how it works in that huge Anandtech article about SSDs

 

[Squeetard]

yea, the disk gets full of uncleaned deleted stuff and performance falls off as it has to move stuff around.

All that said, look at this freaking deal, must resist:
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[zlojack]

Wow...that is a good deal!

I might have to grab one of those tomorrow and add a third drive to my RAID0!

 

[Squeetard]

may as well man. The ich10 is good to 650mbs transfer.

The gen2 80gb is going to price at $225 US though, I'll wait.

 

[lowfat]

I've heard rumors of a firmware update or driver in the works that will allow trim on raid in the ich10 controller.

Lowfat, run those benchies again in a few months and see if you get the same scores. Trim is supposed to stop the degrading of performance over time.

Well if they ever add TRIM to the ICH10R I may upgrade but otherwise meh.

And when I said 'used' I meant that they have been used for a few months. Degradation is highly overrated.

 

[lowfat]

Wow...that is a good deal!

I might have to grab one of those tomorrow and add a third drive to my RAID0!

I don't think it is a good deal at all IMO. The G2's sell for that price. G1's should be $200-$225 in my honest opinion.