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    what is the best 32gb zif 1.8" ssd right now?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Kyofai, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. Kyofai

    Kyofai Notebook Consultant

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    Going to get one to upgrade the sony tz i just bought, is the mtron mobi still the fastest 32gb 1.8" zif ssd?
     
    Kyofai, Oct 21, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Its either the M-TRON or the Samsung, but I believe the M-TRON is the fastest of the two. It is also the most expensive of the two

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 21, 2008
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    the MTron.

    I have it, it's great.

    No, but, from the numbers, it's the MTron.
     
    davepermen, Oct 22, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    dave, would you mind throwing up a hdtune benchmark of your 1.8" SSD?

    I am curious as to how well it performs. I know its much faster than the 3600rpm 4200rpm and 5400rpm 1.8" drives, but I cant remember exactly. I think the M-tron was able to do somewhere around 60mb/sec.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 22, 2008
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    the mtron is at 100mb read, 70mb write. but it isn't on my notebook (notebook doesn't support fastest transfer mode). sorry to not have showed it up yet, but i've a lot to do. you know, holidays => more to do than at work :)
     
    davepermen, Oct 22, 2008
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    vlk239 Newbie

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    MTRON vs SAMSUNG 32GB SSD

    MTRON is faster r/w: 100/100 MB/s
    SAMSUNG is slower r/w: 57/38 MB/s

    ooo, nice! MTRON is the best!
    no, if I look on power consumption (from datasheet):

    MTRON:
    idle: 0.7W
    read: 1W
    write: 2.6W

    SAMSUNG:
    idle: 0.035W
    read: 0.24W
    write: 0.36W

    hmm, whats now for my TZ?
    (current harddisk has power consumption about 1W)
     
    vlk239, Nov 5, 2008
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  7. meansizzler

    meansizzler Notebook Consultant

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    Here I have provided a single download for the HD benchmark tools, please use both of them then take screenshots of the results, once done reply back and I will let you know where to send them...

    LINK
     
    meansizzler, Nov 5, 2008
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    Yeah, I'd like to see the HDTune screenshots too! Thanks.
     
    naus, Nov 5, 2008
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    in 10hours max they'll be there. and in the next week, i'll post screenshots of a raid0 of two 64gb mtron 3500. they're new and cheap.

    oh and btw, the 1.8" zif disks got much cheaper now. 32gb is now 209$ on rocketdisk, so now it's mostly a question about storage, not price.

    what i've done is this:

    32gb installed with vista home premium, close to no modification (but a disk with sp1 integrated). together with currently 5gb mp3 for djing, it's about 75% full.

    the old disk i've taken out and put into an enclosure; this one:

    [​IMG]

    but be warned, both inserting an ssd into the notebook, and putting the old disk into the enclosure is quite some fiddling.
     
    davepermen, Nov 6, 2008
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    I take it you have not swapped the optical drive for a 2.5" HD yet, imagine an Intel XM-25 in there... :D
     
    meansizzler, Nov 6, 2008
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    i don't have an optical drive in mine. i'm not so fond of the intel currently. i'm more the slc gui. and, because of the more storage, for the rest, i'd guess, i'd take the new samsung.
     
    davepermen, Nov 6, 2008
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    benchmarking...
     
    davepermen, Nov 6, 2008
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    Hi, can you or someone make similar tests with 4KB block size acces and random read and write?
    with mtron and samsung for comprasion? thanks.
     
    vlk239, Nov 6, 2008
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