KINGSPEC 1.8" IDE PATA SSD HARD DRIVE 32GB

I purchased a kingSpec 64gb SSD 1.8" PATA drive less than a year ago (feb 2011)(model KSD-PA18.1-064MJ with 2 year warranty) it stopped working (won't read or write) I contacted the manufacturer and they gave me an RMA and said they would warranty it, problem is they require I ship it to them (in CHINA) and pay for a return shipping fee (shipping to china is $64.00 and return shipping fee is $30.00) so basically I have to PAY another $94.00 to get a new drive! Needless to say I was upset, I originally paid $135 for the drive, there is no way I am going to pay another $94.00 to get another one and have it go out on me again. If I would have known the details about the warranty I would have never purchased a KingSpec drive. Details on drive I purchased are here [...]

The unit arrived in nice packaging and installed into my x40 very easily (5 screws). It loads windows 7 almost three times faster than the standard hdd and runs apps much smoother with a quick response to all inputs. Although, the drive idles at 44 degrees Celsius and bounces around 50 degrees during activity, which is definitely not cool. Warms up the left palm a bit. That's about 5-10 degrees hotter at idle than both my Intel 80gb sdd and my caviar black 1gb in my main computer. I might do a comparison test to the stock hard drive later. I do worry about the longevity of the drive, but with no moving parts, just a little bit. I use this machine strictly to stream music so I can't compare battery life, but at current temp readings I'm going to guess it's going to be similar or even less compared to stock (but you will complete tasks much faster). Rating 4 out of 5 stars. I like the price and the performance but knocked one full point off for the heat.

Definitely faster than the IBM ThinkPad X40 hard drive, but the SSD does not support TRIM and neither does the motherboard in the X40 laptop (no ACHI support). Also, and this is the major fault with this SSD: Every now and again it stutters and lags for seconds at time. I.e. the whole system becomes unresponsive for seconds at a time with minutes between each hiccup. The only solution that works for me is using Windows SteadyState (8gb cache file, commit changes) on the Windows XP Pro OS I have on my X40. This in return makes the laptop smooth and speedy but because of the way SteadyState works makes the booting process quiet long (thank god for standby mode). Se more here:
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