I accidentally formatted my new x220 as IDE, so I ran some benchmarks of before : and here are some now AHCI benchmarks. resolution : AHCI + 6GB/s = faster then IDE!

This was a very simple mod, did not require anything, other then 4 new/shorter screws to replace the ones that were longer on the M4, and a bit of electrical tape. Without hte electrical tape, the drive was undetected, it was shorting out by touching the metal top…so there is a reason to the spacer ...

I recently purchased an awesome little laptop…the Lenovo x220. Specs : Intel Core i7-2620M Processor (3.4GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz FSB) w/ USB3 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit 12.5″ Premium (IPS) HD (1366×768) LED Backlit Display, Mobile Broadband Ready, 2×2 Antenna Intel® HD Graphics 3000 4 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM) ...

I just purchased an OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G for my server, and got rid of my 2x320GB RE3 WD drives. I made sure it had the latest 1.24 firmware on it. These first marks are AHCI These are IDE you can definitely see an improvement over AHCI. As usual, short and sweet post, with raw ...

I had someone ask me to benchmark my WD 2TB elements drive. It might be useful to someone else, this is running on USB 2.0.