SSD Roundup March 09

Zardon · Mar 12, 2009, 11:01 AM

Read The Review Here
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Today we have three such devices on our test bench from Intel, Patriot and Super Talent. Each has a different capacity and cost but all will be placed through a selection of synthetic and real world tests to establish which drive is ideal for consumer’s first leap into the SSD market.

Mac Daddy · Mar 12, 2009, 11:45 AM

Great review Stu and that Intel SSD sure posts some impressive numbers for being included in the i7 review kit. I didn't get one with my E6550 lol

SSD's I will be getting into this spring I think solid state devices just make sense. In car audio the new Pioneer AVIC Nav/DVD units are already coming with a 30G SSD drive built it.

Partizan · Mar 12, 2009, 01:16 PM

I don't know about the reliability yet. For now, I'm still sticking to conventional hard drives. Although I am really impressed about the speed.

lepel · Mar 12, 2009, 01:28 PM

The Patriot drive seems like a good buy for your primary OS drive. Nice review. I'm beginning to like the SDDs more and more.

Alex · Mar 12, 2009, 04:38 PM

Id like them a lot more if they dropped in price by 50% !

Erroneus · Mar 12, 2009, 05:07 PM

Shame OCZ Apex is missing, they should be crazy fast, but still not that expensive.

Lowfat · Mar 12, 2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Erroneus

Shame OCZ Apex is missing, they should be crazy fast, but still not that expensive.

Take 2 Patriot Warp V2's and RAID them with a 256k stripe size and there you have Apex. The drive really is a flop. OCZ's Vertex is a huge improvement.

Erroneus · Mar 12, 2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowfat

Take 2 Patriot Warp V2's and RAID them with a 256k stripe size and there you have Apex. The drive really is a flop. OCZ's Vertex is a huge improvement.

Why is it a flop? I know it's basically a raided solution, but it's fast and good priced.

Judas · Mar 12, 2009, 07:59 PM

i'll wait for the SATA 6gb Standard Drives to show up

Lowfat · Mar 12, 2009, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Erroneus

Why is it a flop? I know it's basically a raided solution, but it's fast and good priced.

Because it still uses the poor Jmicron controller. Its only fast for throughput and access time. Under high input/outputs per second is struggles and will stutter. Random read/writes are a whole lot more important than throughput.

Erroneus · Mar 12, 2009, 10:30 PM

Are you sure about that? From what I've seen they are using not one, but TWO controllers and an updated version of the Jmicron controller, where these problems should begpne.

Lowfat · Mar 12, 2009, 11:25 PM

Yes they are using two very sure it still uses the same Jmicron controllers. There isn't an updated version of it yet. If you want an OCZ drive, Vertex is where it is at. Almost a competitor to the Intel drive.

***Veridian3*** · Mar 13, 2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Erroneus

Shame OCZ Apex is missing, they should be crazy fast, but still not that expensive.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews.php?reviewid=717

Mar 12, 2009, 11:01 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	SSD Roundup March 09 Read The Review Here ____________________ Today we have three such devices on our test bench from Intel, Patriot and Super Talent. Each has a different capacity and cost but all will be placed through a selection of synthetic and real world tests to establish which drive is ideal for consumer’s first leap into the SSD market.

Mar 12, 2009, 11:45 AM	#2
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	Re: SSD Roundup March 09 Great review Stu and that Intel SSD sure posts some impressive numbers for being included in the i7 review kit. I didn't get one with my E6550 lol SSD's I will be getting into this spring I think solid state devices just make sense. In car audio the new Pioneer AVIC Nav/DVD units are already coming with a 30G SSD drive built it. __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Mar 12, 2009, 01:16 PM	#3
Partizan Fun loving criminal Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 1,182 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	Re: SSD Roundup March 09 I don't know about the reliability yet. For now, I'm still sticking to conventional hard drives. Although I am really impressed about the speed. __________________ Live and let live!

Mar 12, 2009, 01:28 PM	#4
lepel HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 552 Rep Power: 41 System Specs	Re: SSD Roundup March 09 The Patriot drive seems like a good buy for your primary OS drive. Nice review. I'm beginning to like the SDDs more and more.

Mar 12, 2009, 04:38 PM	#5
Alex Driverheaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 260 Rep Power: 45	Re: SSD Roundup March 09 Id like them a lot more if they dropped in price by 50% !

Mar 12, 2009, 05:07 PM	#6
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Re: SSD Roundup March 09 Shame OCZ Apex is missing, they should be crazy fast, but still not that expensive. __________________

Mar 12, 2009, 10:30 PM	#11
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Re: SSD Roundup March 09 Are you sure about that? From what I've seen they are using not one, but TWO controllers and an updated version of the Jmicron controller, where these problems should begpne. __________________

Mar 12, 2009, 11:25 PM	#12
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	Re: SSD Roundup March 09 Yes they are using two very sure it still uses the same Jmicron controllers. There isn't an updated version of it yet. If you want an OCZ drive, Vertex is where it is at. Almost a competitor to the Intel drive. __________________