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    Dual mSATA SSD on MSI GT70

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by H.A.L. 9000, Apr 13, 2012.

  1. H.A.L. 9000

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    Titled "SuperRAID" by MSI. It's two 64GB SATA 6Gbps SanDisk SSD's.

    Look at those R/W scores!! O_O

    Article link w/ pictures of the drives... MSI GT70 SuperRAID Solution Pictured, Tested | techPowerUp

     
    H.A.L. 9000, Apr 13, 2012
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  2. Syberia

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    ...and I bet it's not noticeably faster in real-world performance than a "lowly" SATA2 drive. There comes a point where we really don't care if Windows boots in 10 or 20 seconds.
     
    Syberia, Apr 14, 2012
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    Anything that promotes the mSata SSD market is good with me. I want to see more laptops with 2-3 drive support that arent 15-17 inchers.
     
    NotEnoughMinerals, Apr 14, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    You'd be surprised at RAID 0 SSDs and performance gains over 1 x SSD. Sure it's not going to get you 99999999 FPS in Crysis, BUT Windows does boot up and shutdown faster. Office installed in like 20 seconds.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 15, 2012
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    Hi, its any posibility to buy a one of those controller ?
     
    januszzbych, May 9, 2012
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    MSI Home made .
     
    che0po, Jun 6, 2012
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    home made :) how ?
     
    januszzbych, Jun 9, 2012
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    He meant it's MSI proprietary, not "home-made". MSI likely contracted some controller manufacturer to custom make them something like this.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 9, 2012
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    I have a GT70 but I bought it without the SSD's on board (600 euro price difference o_O), now I would like to add a SuperRAID configuration but the SuperRAID module is not onboard in my system, instead there is a SATA3 connection for 2.5 HDD or SSD. Is it possible to get this part online somewhere, or an alternate part that does the same job?
     
    T-Grave, Oct 4, 2012
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    MSI do not sell that part separately. Also the board is required to get both SATA 6Gbps ports available.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 4, 2012
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    It would be great if some maufacturer/company sold some kind of adapter like this for any laptop. It can be done but who will step up to the plate?

    Sent from my SPH-M580 using Tapatalk
     
    davidricardo86, Oct 5, 2012
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    hacktrix2006 Hold My Vodka, I going to kill my GPU

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    davidricardo86, Jan 28, 2013
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  14. hacktrix2006

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    Not a problem although reading the difference between SSD 2.5" and these mSata's are very slim.
     
    hacktrix2006, Jan 29, 2013
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    What a pity its only SATA II :( 2.5 Inch SATA to Dual Mini PCI-e mSATA SSD Raid Card [R2021D] - $29.80 : Drivestar Store
     
    januszzbych, Feb 10, 2013
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