Was my ssd bought used?

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i bought a intel ssd from provantage for 230 dollars. 80gb ssd gen 2 drive

i was wondering for the people who bought it, was the back of the drive look like smugged, because my drive looks like it was painted bad in the factory or something.It was packaged seal and came with all the stuff an OEM ssd should come with.

This is wat is looks like

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6973/dsc02404a.jpg http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6973/dsc02404a.jpg

they said they can Rma it and it would come in FEBUARY -_-

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They said to only use 80 percent, leave 20percent for the ssd to use

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Perhaps you mean someone said to allow at least 20% free and use up to 80%

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They said only to partion 80percent of the drive and leave the other 20percent unpartioned for the ssd to use to fill its blocks or watever. Expanding the life of the sds and performance vs partioning the whole ssd

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You shouldn't have to worry about SSD's life since they say it will last quite a long time. The SSD Toolbox has wear indicator information in SMART attributes.

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Yea, i kno the life of the drive will last forever, but i want the drive to perform to its fullest.

and there are steps to do that