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    Solid State Drives for the CF-07?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by rcx, Jul 17, 2009.

  1. rcx

    rcx Notebook Consultant

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    Is anyone here familiar with good sources for a 1.8" MicroATA Solid State Disk, such as would work in a CF-07 "brick"? I have found the following, but even at the smaller capacities, the prices seem disproportionate compared to 2.5" SSD's:
    * DVNation - Samsung, 32 GB: $499
    * FuturePowerPC - RITEK, 16 GB: $220.62
    * DVNation - PhotoFast, 32 GB: $189
    * Amazon - MTRON, 16 GB (SLC): $149.99

    Some of those websites also list drives with higher capacities. Any suggesions for other sources?


    Thank you,
    Matthew


    (A Google search of this forum yielded only two CF-07 threads at the time, so I don't think this is a topic rehash....)
     
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  2. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    The MTRON is a good brand , I have the 2.5 v slc in my cf19, the best choice if you can handle the smaller capacity



    Alex
     
    Alex, Jul 18, 2009
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  3. rcx

    rcx Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the recommendation. The original hard drive was ~5GB, so even 16GB would be a big capacity boost! :)
     
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Yeah... that 150.00 pricetag seems to be THE PRICE for this thing everywhere; but it IS SLC and it has excellent speed ratings, especially for PATA interface.

    I'd go with that one myself...

    mnem
    Who's been feeding my Toughbook pizza?
     
    mnementh, Jul 18, 2009
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