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News A-Data launches SATA 6Gb/sec SSDs

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Lizard, 20 Dec 2010.

  1. Lizard

    Lizard @ Scan R&D

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    Lizard, 20 Dec 2010
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  2. r3loaded

    r3loaded Minimodder

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    That's actually really good pricing - we now have a 2.5-inch challenger to dethrone the C300! :)
     
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  3. RichCreedy

    RichCreedy Hey What Who

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    512gb good capacity, but still way to pricey for mainstream
     
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  4. Yslen

    Yslen Lord of the Twenty-Seventh Circle

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    Performance maintaining, surely?

    These look good though, ~£220 for a 128GB single drive with this level of performance is already a pretty good deal, assuming UK prices aren't stupidly high. If I had SATA 6Gb/s I'd definitely go for one of these over a C300 (£205, 355/215) or a sandforce drive (£180, 285/275).
     
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  5. HourBeforeDawn

    HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz

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    its funny how you mention the Revo as a comparison when just price a lone would make the A-Data a far better deal in terms of performance to storage for price.
     
    HourBeforeDawn, 20 Dec 2010
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  6. Farfalho

    Farfalho Minimodder

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    I have my aim set to the 256GB SSD's, used to my 256GB HDD being OS drive so I won't settle for anything less. I'm only left with 2 options, go for the 1TB Spinpoint F3 while the SSD are prohibitive or SSD prices drop like Humpty Dumpty and I will treat myself for a Crucial C300 256GB or this A-Data 256GB
     
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    murraynt Modder

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  8. YEHBABY

    YEHBABY RIP Tel

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    Price excludes VAT so 128gb = £220 + 44 VAT = £264.

    A bit too pricey for me considering I chose vertex 2e over c300 to save £35.
     
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  9. devdevil85

    devdevil85 What's a Dremel?

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    Would an add-on SATA6Gb/sec PCI-E card be required to obtain such high speeds? I didn't think current mobo's ports could provide the required throughput.
     
    devdevil85, 20 Dec 2010
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  10. leexgx

    leexgx CPC hang out zone (i Fix pcs i do )

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    AMD Native Sata6 ports do (with C1E and C&N disabled) and some on board Sata 6 ports do as well problem is most motherboard makers have made Sata6 an tickbox item so most of them are very poor speeds even slower then the native chipset sata 3 ports, like they never bothered to even check to see if it works (its like they think an 1x pci-e 1.0 link (250mb/s) is really going to be plenty for Sata 600mb/s never mind two of them)

    if you do get one make sure its an 2x or 4x sata 6 card
     
    leexgx, 21 Dec 2010
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  11. devdevil85

    devdevil85 What's a Dremel?

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    awesome thanks leexgx
     
    devdevil85, 22 Dec 2010
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