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Solid State Drive Comparison - Round 2
in-house feature
As a follow-up to our previous SSD coverage, today we will be looking at four popular mainstream SSD offerings which include the A-Data S592 128GB, Corsair P Series 128GB, OCZ Agility 120GB and the OCZ Vertex Turbo 120GB.
Although all these products are MLC flash-based and target the consumer enthusiast market, they do vary in price, on-board controllers, memory chips, and cache sizes, which should make for some very interesting results.
With dozens of manufacturers now offering some kind of solid state drive, you should know there are only a handful of them you should concern yourself with. MLC drives based on either the Samsung S3C29RBB01-YK40, Indilinx Barefoot or Intel's own controller are all you should be looking at today. While the Intel controller remains the superior performer when it comes to small data writes, the Samsung and Indilinx controllers are worthy alternatives.
Read the complete review.
Although all these products are MLC flash-based and target the consumer enthusiast market, they do vary in price, on-board controllers, memory chips, and cache sizes, which should make for some very interesting results.
With dozens of manufacturers now offering some kind of solid state drive, you should know there are only a handful of them you should concern yourself with. MLC drives based on either the Samsung S3C29RBB01-YK40, Indilinx Barefoot or Intel's own controller are all you should be looking at today. While the Intel controller remains the superior performer when it comes to small data writes, the Samsung and Indilinx controllers are worthy alternatives.
Read the complete review.
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User Comments (7)
Post a comment| VonDisco on August 21, 2009 8:46 AM | I seriously cannot wait until SSDs start coming out in larger capacities and at more affordable prices, the difference in PC performace seems phenomenal! |
| windmill007 on August 21, 2009 9:05 AM | I love my OCZ Vertex. I got the 60GB under $200. Its like a whole new machine! |
| David40 on August 21, 2009 1:09 PM | While comparing the speed of these is interesting isn't it true that this type of drive is so much faster than regular mechanical hard drives that there is no comparison? Relatively speaking isn't the difference in speed between the various SSD's insignificant? |
| Guest on August 21, 2009 2:59 PM | woooooooooooooooooooow |
| Julio on August 21, 2009 3:22 PM | @David40, we agree with you, but considering you may be in the lookout to buy a new SSD and the drives are all in the same price range, we are trying to guide you to get the best deal for your money. |
| 9Nails on August 23, 2009 4:29 PM | Julio, what are the temperatures of these drives? Should I expect these solid state drive to run cooler than my WD Raptor's? For me, that there might be a reason to switch. If I can get my case's internal temps down without adding fans I'd have a more reliable computer that I could live with. |
| [-Steve-] on August 23, 2009 6:36 PM | Julio, what are the temperatures of
these drives? Should I expect these solid state drive to run
cooler than my WD Raptor's? For me, that there might be a
reason to switch. If I can get my case's internal temps down
without adding fans I'd have a more reliable computer that I
could live with. Yes they are significantly cooler.
There are no moving parts and they consume very little power
so the thermal output is low.
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