QUOTE(Jet23sky @ Mar 16 2011, 03:56 PM)
How do u check whether this ssd is 34nm version? Thanks.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ocz-ve...ssd,2867-2.htmlThe Solid State Storage Thread
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I'd consider Kingston SSDs.
Cons: Not high performance Pros: Slightly larger capacity than the competition (it should be about 59.6GiB, but I can't confirm) Cheaper Those marketed as 60GB SSDs will have about 55.87GiB of capacity. OCZ's 25nm 60GB SSDs will have 51.22GiB of capacity. |
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Mar 16 2011, 09:10 PM
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I think there's nothing extraordinary in the RM750-RM800 range at this time. If you wait for the Vertex 3 to arrive, things might change. Otherwise, pick what you fancy.
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QUOTE(mafiamei @ Mar 18 2011, 10:11 AM) What is the budget SSD now for a >100gb size? Current retail SSDs costing less than RM1K, larger than 100GB and ordered by cost/GB. Not guaranteed to be a correct or complete list.Heard Intel 120gb SSD not bad right? CODE Name Company Capacity Read Write Cost Cost/GB Dimension Date Kingston V Viewnet 128 200 110 599.00 4.68 2.5" 2011-03-13 Kingston SV100-S2 PC Zone 128 250 230 699.00 5.46 2.5" 2011-03-18 Kingston V 100 Viewnet 128 250 230 699.00 5.46 2.5" 2011-03-13 Intel X25-M Viewnet 120 250 100 699.00 5.83 2.5" 2011-03-13 Mushkin E.C.DLX C-Zone 120 285 275 749.00 6.24 2.5" 2011-03-12 OCZ Vertex 2 C-Zone 120 285 275 749.00 6.24 2.5" 2011-03-12 Corsair F120 PC Zone 120 285 275 749.00 6.24 2.5" 2011-03-18 Corsair F120 Viewnet 120 285 275 749.00 6.24 2.5" 2011-03-13 OCZ Vertex 2 Viewnet 120 285 275 749.00 6.24 2.5" 2011-03-13 Corsair F120 C-Zone 120 285 275 769.00 6.41 2.5" 2011-03-12 Kingston V 100 Viewnet 128 230 180 839.00 6.55 1.8" 2011-03-13 |
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Mar 20 2011, 12:51 AM
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Personally, now is a very uninteresting time to buy SSDs. If you don't mind waiting, better to wait for Intel's G3 and the next generation of SandForce controllers (eg: Vertex 3) to shake up the market.
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Wouldn't the 160GB be cheaper, hovering around RM1k?
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QUOTE(Racerx @ Mar 21 2011, 04:32 PM) i was hoping for a RM400 80GB G3...... Yeah, there is that. G1 to G2 was a 50% price drop. This isn't remotely near. Now my i'm left with either the F60 or the 80GB G2 QUOTE(Racerx @ Mar 21 2011, 05:23 PM) bro,i wanna ask something,the X-18M G2 uses a SATA or microSATA connector actually? It's micro-SATA.QUOTE(owikh84 @ Mar 3 2011, 08:19 PM) microSATA to SATA adapter is available now for FOC.  |
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Other than the somewhat low 4K read/write, it seems quite fine. I wouldn't bother reinstalling.
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QUOTE(mafiamei @ Mar 25 2011, 10:20 AM) What is the budget SSD around 80gb to recommend for a first time user? Kingston has a 128GB SSD going for RM599 at Viewnet. Was quoted RM585 if paid in cash. Old technology and slower, but it still has 44GiB more than any 80GB SSD, will still outperform a Velociraptor with ease and has one of the best price/GB ratio.Still Intel? |
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The warranty issue is likely to be a misunderstanding or an outright lie.
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By my understanding, yeah, no manufacturer warranty. Those RM700++ 160GB wouldn't last an hour in the garage sales if they still had their 3 years warranty, as the only difference would be them going for 50% of retail price.
Added on March 25, 2011, 4:06 pmYou should query the seller to be clear on the warranty issue. As for improvement, yes, there will be a clear improvement. But will it be enough to justify the cost? It depends on you. This post has been edited by everling: Mar 25 2011, 04:06 PM |
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QUOTE Intel likes to maintain its 65% profit margins so even though it makes the NAND and the controller in the 320, we're unlikely to see these drives drop below competitive pricing. QUOTE For an architecture that debuted in 2008, Intel's controller certainly has legs but it's time for something new - particularly if Intel isn't going to aggressively discount these mainstream drives. http://www.anandtech.com/show/4244/intel-ssd-320-review A rather bland SSD made less interesting by lack of competitive pricing.   Looks like about 1 in 250 X-25M SSDs fails for some reason or another. This post has been edited by everling: Mar 29 2011, 11:59 AM |
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QUOTE(wKkaY @ Mar 29 2011, 01:33 PM) I'm not sure about the smaller ones, but the 300GB version is quite price competitive. It's about the same price as the X25-M 160GB when it launched a year and a half ago, and slightly more than the 256GB drives in the market. You're quite right. I had misread the MSRP. It's not a 50% drop, but it is still much cheaper per GB than the competition.For my workstation, I'd consider the promise of reliability more important than I would consider some extra 10,000 IOPS or 100MB/s which I can't notice under workstation use anyway. |
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QUOTE(Hawaiiii @ Apr 1 2011, 10:43 PM) yes it is not detected by the bios, guess i have to try on my laptop Just checking, you are using the MicroSATA adaptor, right?QUOTE(chaics85 @ Apr 1 2011, 10:51 PM) guys.. i'm extremely new in ssd.. interested in mushkin callisto 60gb because its in brushed alu. cover.. is the performance good?? If it is uses a SandForce controller of the same generation as the Vertex 2, then it will have a similarly good performance.This post has been edited by everling: Apr 2 2011, 03:34 PM |
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QUOTE(Sky.Live @ Apr 4 2011, 12:55 PM) Intel 320 Series SSD 160GB at USD250, izzit a good price? The initial MRSP for that is USD289. It is a good price. |
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Compare that with the 300GB SSDs, which have twenty chips and thus 320GB, meaning 20GB is inaccessible. It seems to me that the 160GB, and the 80GB by the same logic, doesn't have any over-provisioning. But I haven't been able to find literature to confirm it. Added on April 4, 2011, 6:56 pmSilly me. The NAND chips were 16GiB and not 16GB. Problem explained. This post has been edited by everling: Apr 4 2011, 06:56 PM |
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QUOTE(Sky.Live @ Apr 4 2011, 09:16 PM) Can you expalin about NAND chips? I'm not sure what exactly you'd like me to explain about.QUOTE Intel sent a 300GB version of the 320 for us to take a look at. Internally the drive has 20 physical NAND devices. Each NAND device is 16GB in size and features two 64Gbit 25nm 2-bit MLC NAND die. That works out to be 320GB of NAND for a drive whose rated capacity is 300GB.  The ten big black chips pictured here are the 16GB NAND chips. And of course, Anand had to point out that they are 16GB chips and not 16GiB chips. 64Gbit = 64,000,000,000 bits = 8,000,000,000 bytes = 8GB. And there are two NAND dies per chip, so each chip is 16GB = 16,000,000,000 bytes. So, I'm back to square one on understanding what is the spare area of the 80GB, 128GB and 160GB SSDs, all multiples of 16GB (or 8GB if we're going by the 3Xnm Flash), because they don't have enough spare area to be used as spare areas. |
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Larger capacity is far more important than performance.
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QUOTE(harryfoo @ Apr 9 2011, 12:31 PM) Guys, if I want to buy a SSD for my desktop as a booting disk, which brand you guys recommend? OCZ for performance, Intel for reliability and Kingston for cheaper capacity.QUOTE(Hawaiiii @ Apr 9 2011, 03:45 PM) below are my ssd test report, is it normal??? Looks quite ordinary for an Intel G2 160GB.  |
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Viewnet's updated price list now lists a Vertex 3 120GB and Intel's Series 320 SSDs. Intel's 300GB is going for RM1,799 and the 160GB for RM1,099.
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