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    Do 2.5in EIDE/PATA solid state drives exist?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nemt, May 2, 2009.

  1. nemt

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    Or am I if I don't use SATA?
     
    nemt, May 2, 2009
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    They do. What capacity or speed are you looking for?
     
    jackluo923, May 2, 2009
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    Well my current hard disk is 30GB, so at least that much.
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    They do exist, but almost all of the PATA drives not with exotic form factors and/or interfaces are made with JMicron controllers and subsequently junk. I'd say your best bet is probably to look for a 1.8" drive made by Intel, Samsung, or Mtron and try to find an appropriate adapter, whether it be PATA ZIF to PATA or SATA to PATA, etc.
     
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    I just came across this thread, and was interested in finding a 1.8 zif to pata or even sata, thought I'd just mention the site extremedeals.com appears to have gone out of business and is now for sale.
     
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    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    If you have a Intel ICH5/6/7/8 chipset, the PATA interface is limited to UDMA-5/ATA-100. A PATA-to-SATA bridge can do 81MB/s on it, or 87MB/S using native PATA as per this post. So if you can organise a SATA-to-PATA bridge, Samsung 100/80 or 90/70 SATA SSD, or mtron 100/100 SATA SSD would be well matched for the interface. See the thread For those with PATA wanting SATA here to see how to make/get a SATA-to-PATA bridge.
     
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    sorry.. wrong url.. it's dealextreme.com LOL, not the other way around.

    zif to 2.5' pata:
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20295
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20294

    zif to 2.5" sata
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19479

    2.5Sata to 2.5 Pata
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19735
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19733
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19734


    SDHC to 2.5" sata
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.22597

    usb2 to sata
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8110
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12213
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8979

    Also consider runcore SSD because it's fast and cheap.
     
    jackluo923, May 2, 2009
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  9. Phil

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    Mtron makes 2.5"ATA SSDs.
     
    Phil, May 2, 2009
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    I love dealextreme, that's where I got my cell phone jammer.

    Also the computer this is for is the one in my sig, would I have any compatability issues?
     
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    Try www.dvnation.com

    If you don't want a converter and need reliability, as Phil said, go w/ Mtron.
     
    sgogeta4, May 2, 2009
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    pata on rocketdisk

    i bought some sata and some zif/pata disks from them. the disks are great, and the company is quite pleasing to buy stuff from.

    32gb (wich will be 30gb in the end) would be for 279$. not cheap by todays standards. but the disk will be very snappy (beats all samsungs i have, even the newest "much faster" ones. still to this day.. :)
     
    davepermen, May 2, 2009
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