Corsair Neutron GTX SSD Review (240GB): Link A Media Controller Tested

Mountain Lion's AppleRaid does support TRIM...

The Corsair Neutron series isn't really such a bad SSD. If only its price can be lower ($10-$20 lower in fact), I think it could be a good new direction for Corsair.

Will be keeping an eye on its reliability and any issues over the next few months though.

Corsair using LinkAMedia? i thought it was bought over by Hynix already?

Is the trim being enabled by default or a third app is required to enable it?

Is it the OS or Hardware? I thought Mac support TRIM.

This post has been edited by kuekwee: Aug 24 2012, 09:08 AM

The OS will enable TRIM automatic if it detects official Apple SSD but if not just use this Trim Enabler

This post has been edited by tot31: Aug 24 2012, 09:21 AM

hi can anyone share their experience changing from normal 7200rpm hdd to an ssd?
i am thinking of changing but i dont always have the leverage of spending most of the time so i dont want to spend on something that i will think of as a waste
your reply is much appreciated

I have completed my upgrade last week for my 2011 Macbook Pro.

Previous setup;
500GB 7200 Hitachi
Mac OS X Lion

Current setup;
Intel 520 180G SSD in MBP Sata III
500GB HDD in MBP Optibay Sata II
Mac OS X Mountain Lion (clean installation)

Done upgrade in 1 hour +

ML starts in 7 secs, all application launched within 3 secs, mostly around 1 sec. Photoshop CS6 launched in 2 secs, iTunes 1 sec, Safari, Chrome & Firefox all in 1 sec.

Overall I recog it as a big leap upgrade, even surfing web using Safari 6 is a lot faster than Safari 6 in Lion at 500G HDD.

I still keep my bootcamp in 500GB HDD, but it is really crawling as compared to ML in SSD.

The choice is yours.

thanks i am currently still using a mobo with no support for sata 3 but that is seriously fast!
thanks for sharing
now waiting reply for people who use it with windows and gaming

Yeah, bought over by SK Hynix already. But LinkA still has their branding over their products, it's not a whole swallow take over where even the name changes.

Maybe in a year's time, we'll have Hynix controller on the mainstream market.


Putting games on SSD is subjective.
For games which are texture heavy where the engine renders everything in real-time (not a pre-load), an SSD will help significantly. These are games like RAGE, GTA4, and Skyrim.

For games which loads the whole level on the RAM before the start like the COD or Battlefield games, you'd probably shave a couple of seconds here and there (depending on the level load) over normal HDD. But not a huge difference really.

Hey all just want to say that i've got enthusiast grade SSD. i got 2x OCZ Vertex 4 512GB and 2x Intel 580 480GB.. tend to sell the in the garage but like i said.. this is a enthusiast grade, not everyone want it cos' the price of all four can buy a new alienware laptop.. pm me if you guys interested okay

Guys I plan to buy one SSD,which one is the best bang for buck at the moment?

crucial M4 is not bad.... 240GB for around rm700+ i think

You already answered your own question... lol.

Just set the directory to your HDD when you install games and that's it.

could someone tell me the difference between 330 series 120 gb and 520 series 120 gb ? endurance / warranty wise or speed wise?

Put games inside your SSD dudes



http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlef...load-times.html

im a new user of ssd crucial m4 128gb. i saw ppl in garage sales posting ssd life mean the ssdlife soft in 1st page? i havent run those benchy yet but my window index jump from 5.9 to 7.4 now bottleneck by cpu 7.3.

Kingston is First to Release TRIM Fixing FW 503 for LSI SandForce Based SSDs.

HyperX and HyperX 3K owners will be the first to gain access to the new firmware that fixes TRIM in Windows.

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/25483/kingst...ssds/index.html
http://www.kingston.com/us/support/technic...SH103_503fw_win
http://www.kingston.com/us/support/technic...H100S3Toolboxv1

This post has been edited by stasio: Aug 26 2012, 02:50 PM

Is 60GB SSD is enough to install windows 7 and a software like ccleaner,sony vegas, after effect and so on?

I dont plan to put games in ssd because games usually has huge files, my games will be going on black caviar