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    MyDigitalSSD BP4 120GB mSATA + USB 3.0 mSATA enclosure review

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mattcheau, Feb 26, 2014.

  1. mattcheau

    mattcheau Notebook Deity

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    i picked up both a MDSSD BP4 120GB mSATA and their USB 3.0 enclosure from amazon for $98. i'm fairly impressed at how close to advertised max throughput they bench at together. MDSSD warns that using the enclosure with a board that doesn't support UASP may limit performance rather dramatically ( by as much as 50-60%!), but whatever's in my P150EM/NP9150 must support UASP.

    $100 for 120GB at these speeds checks out. while researching the purchase, i was originally comparing this to a similarly sized USB 3.0 flash drive. this apparently trounces even the recently announced sandisk extreme pro. obviously not as portable, but close -- a fair trade-off you could say.

    specs for the drive:








































    Form Factor: 50mm mSATA
    Interface: Serial ATA: SATA III (6G)
    Controller: Phison S-Module III S8
    Read Rate: Up to 560MB/sec
    Write Rate: Up to 520MB/sec
    4K Read Rate: Up to 18MB/s
    4K Write Rate: Up to 66MB/s
    Access Time: 0.1 ms
    Dimensions: 49.73 x 31.5 x 3.26mm
    Weight: < 6g
    RAID Support: Yes
    TRIM Support: Yes
    SMART Support: Yes
    advertised benchmarks:
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    my benchmarks:
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    USB 2.0 benchmarks 4 teh lelz:
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    mattcheau, Feb 26, 2014
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Impressive performance through USB 3.0.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Feb 27, 2014
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