The Intel X18-M is a 1.8" version of the 2.5" X25-M SSD. It also uses 3.3V instead of 5V as the power sorce but otherwise Intel claims they perform the same.
I've had my drive for about a month and have installed Windows 7 64-bit and filled the whole drive at one point while unzipping game torrents but it is now has 24GB free. I benchmarked the drive while it was being used to run windows on the P55 sata controller on a Gigabyte P55M-UD4 with an i5 750 processor. I didn't see many other X18-M G1 benchmarks but the drive goes on sale as part of this kit for under $200.
I'm happy. You could build such a massive raid array with these things because they're so thin. You could fit 20 of these in the space of one 3.5" hard drive with the right sata backplanes. I haven't RAIDed yet.
I've had my drive for about a month and have installed Windows 7 64-bit and filled the whole drive at one point while unzipping game torrents but it is now has 24GB free. I benchmarked the drive while it was being used to run windows on the P55 sata controller on a Gigabyte P55M-UD4 with an i5 750 processor. I didn't see many other X18-M G1 benchmarks but the drive goes on sale as part of this kit for under $200.
I'm happy. You could build such a massive raid array with these things because they're so thin. You could fit 20 of these in the space of one 3.5" hard drive with the right sata backplanes. I haven't RAIDed yet.