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    SSD modders beware!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Ramzii, Dec 23, 2009.

  1. Ramzii

    Ramzii Notebook Evangelist

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    Should this be considered a gamechanger? :)
     
    Ramzii, Dec 23, 2009
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    what does this have to do with modding a ssd?
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Dec 23, 2009
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  3. Ramzii

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    Well, obviously it isnt a normal SSD disk.
    So when pc-mod-people are considering SSD, they should def. pay great attention to this beast.
    Ive no idea how it can be that much faster?

    Does it have to do with PCI-e?

    [​IMG]
     
    Ramzii, Dec 23, 2009
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    PCI-E SSD's are nothing new, there was one earlier this year that supposedly had reads/writes of 1000MB/s.
     
    5482741, Dec 23, 2009
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    That's sequential read/write though... what about random 4K ones?
    That's where the controller becomes important.

    Obviously price as you mentioned - but also size and with that many Flash chips potentially heat.
     
    DetlevCM, Dec 23, 2009
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    OMG its price tag is over $9000!!!
     
    $immond$, Dec 23, 2009
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  7. thinkpad knows best

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    hmm, well all i can say to SSD's is as follows: "@@@@kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk that..."
     
    thinkpad knows best, Dec 23, 2009
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    The price of a 2TB PCI-E SSD is not even in the same consumer class as SATA drives. I think the 80GB Fusion IOXtreme was around $700, this will be far into the thousands.
     
    Jlbrightbill, Dec 23, 2009
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    ... jesus christ... and i'm hesitant to spend $220 on a 60GB OCZ SSD drive...

    LOL. i've said it before and i'll say it again: i am waiting until i can get a 500gb SSD drive for under $100.... I have the time, i can wait :cool: :cool: :cool:
     
    timesquaredesi, Dec 24, 2009
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  10. Ramzii

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    who in his/her right mind will pay THAT?

    NUFF said,. Lets hope out grandchildren wont be around to see that :eek:
     
    Ramzii, Dec 24, 2009
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    There are plenty of enterprise customers, who know how to research PRICES, who are more than willing to pay that kind of money for that kind of performance.

    The consumer/enthusiast sandbox is just that, a sandbox. There is a whole wide world out there beyond x86 and windows desktops.
     
    newsposter, Dec 24, 2009
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    Doubt it's gonna take that long... It will take 10 years at least...
     
    sean473, Dec 24, 2009
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  13. Ramzii

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    Now why would it take 10 long yrs?
    Is it usual for top notch new tech to develop an easy price at such a staggering rate?
    Could you name a previous new technology that went through the same pricing process?
     
    Ramzii, Dec 25, 2009
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    Someone whose other alternative is a disk array to run databases with sufficient IOPS.
     
    plumsauce, Jan 4, 2010
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