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    PQI S520 32GB Expresscard

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by KamiCrazy, Feb 26, 2009.

  1. KamiCrazy

    KamiCrazy Notebook Geek

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    A couple of weeks ago I went out and bought an Adata 32GB expresscard for my MBP.

    Thing was horrible, I couldn't sleep my MBP due to a bug in the device, it didn't actually work at PCI-E speeds because it was basically a USB 2.0 device in expresscard format and lastly random write speeds were horrible, copying 3,000 small files which totalled 60 megs took 2 hours!

    I promptly returned the item and then found out that pretty much all the expresscard SSD's around suck balls.

    However I did find something interesting, PQI is releasing a new SSD Expresscard drive which actually uses the PCI-E lane. Also of note is that they are promising decent performance out of this unit.

    Has anyone seen this available anywhere or have more information about it?

    I am very interested in utilising my expresscard slot for additonal storage capacity especially with greater than mechanical hard disk performance.
     
    KamiCrazy, Feb 26, 2009
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    deputc26 Notebook Consultant

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    Yah I looked into expresscard SSD's and was horrified, I haven't heard of the PQI on but I hope it takes advantage of the PCI-E lane, would make an awesome boot drive.
     
    deputc26, Feb 26, 2009
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    KamiCrazy, Mar 18, 2009
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