I was just curious what it would look like once I removed the metal shroud. It’s very similar to the Samsung 128GB drive, but it’s kinda interesting to note that this MLC X25-M 80GB drive uses 20 4GB chips to achieve its capacity, rather than 8 16GB flash chips.
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Also of note is the big Intel controller that is at least partially responsible for the terrific write speeds of this model. Expect a tech tips that covers a little bit about Intel’s mainstream series SSD as well as RAID performance!