STEC annouces 1" SSDs - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 23rd Apr 2008, 14:10

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/04..._1_inch_ssds/1

American memory manufacturer STEC has announced a new range of solid-state drives which use the 1" form factor for maximum modding potential.

bowman · 23rd Apr 2008, 14:27

Useless. Bring out more 3.5" drives, I don't care if they cost more than a Raptor as long as they don't cost more than my entire PC combined.

steveo_mcg · 23rd Apr 2008, 14:31

Hardly useless, perfect! Entirely depends on the use.

DXR_13KE · 23rd Apr 2008, 14:54

remembers me a compact flash card....

WildThing · 23rd Apr 2008, 15:25

Pretty impressive imo, a great space saver, and it only uses 1 watt!

naokaji · 23rd Apr 2008, 15:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

remembers me a compact flash card....

thats basically what it is, ssd is what you get if you produce a flash storage media thats not crippled to keep cost down.

while they are certainly the future, price needs to drop massively for me to consider one, if I would have 500£ to blow I would buy a decent 24" TFT and not a 64GB SSD Drive.

Nikumba · 23rd Apr 2008, 15:35

Might be good as a boot drive for a HTPC, when all the files are stored on a NAS elsewhere?

Kimbie

centy · 23rd Apr 2008, 16:47

That's what I was thinking Nik.

Dr. Strangelove · 23rd Apr 2008, 17:29

Wonder when we will see MB's that have one of those integrated for the OS and HD's are only used for your p0rn.. ehh i mean files

OleJ · 23rd Apr 2008, 18:25

I just got 3 CF to IDE converters off of ebay for $5... Adding in a 133x cheapo CF card will give me a read/write around 15MB/s and almost zero delay. Can't really see how the ludicrous prices on SSD drives are justifiable. Especially if you consider price of USB flash drives.

ssj12 · 23rd Apr 2008, 18:34

so where is the adapter for 1" to 3.5" HDD trays. lol

metarinka · 23rd Apr 2008, 18:46

I'm guessing about 4 of them could fit in a 3.5" factor if you stacked them? put them all in raid 0 and now you have a very fast 128 gig hdd comparable to 150gig raptor in size and blowing it away in speed. as far as I know these drives are much more reliable than a mechanical hdd (besides the limited read write cycles) so I would have less problems running them in a raid 0 array.

Woodstock · 23rd Apr 2008, 21:06

isnt the pata connector 1inch + (forgive me if im wrong i dont know imperial units)

Smilodon · 23rd Apr 2008, 21:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by OleJ

I just got 3 CF to IDE converters off of ebay for $5... Adding in a 133x cheapo CF card will give me a read/write around 15MB/s and almost zero delay. Can't really see how the ludicrous prices on SSD drives are justifiable. Especially if you consider price of USB flash drives.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

remembers me a compact flash card....

It is a CF card.. sort of. Just with a different controller.

CF cards do have an IDE interface. You just need a cable converter. The problem with CF is that they will die pretty quickly if used as a normal drive. (Limited number of write cycles.)

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