(Storage) SSD Discussion Thread

[bendwolf]

Is PC themes still the cheapest place to get the SSDs?

 

[croc1977]

US$109.99 + $13 for delivery...

cheap??

 

[silencer13]

All the local shops' SSDs are waaaaaaaay overpriced.

 

[angcsbenny]

intel ssd pricing is quite ok now

 

[adrianlee]

SandForce steps up the SSD game, intros 500 MB/s-ready SF-2000 controllers
Saratoga-based SandForce Inc. today announced its second generation solid state drive controllers which are known as the SF-2000 series and bring multiple improvements of the popular SF-1200/1500 chips.

The SF-2000 controllers feature:

- native support for the SATA 6.0 Gbps interface

- support for MLC (multi-level cell), eMLC (enterprise multi-level cell) and SLC (single-level cell) NAND Flash chips manufactured on 3xnm and 2xnm technology

- support for capacities up to 512GB

- support for Asynch, Toggle and ONFi2 Flash interfaces

- enhanced dual-ported SAS bridge support, including non-512-byte sector sizes

- random read/write performance of up to 60,000/60,000 IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second)

- sequential read/write speeds of up to 500/500 MB/s

- TCG Enterprise security with selectable multi-banded 256/128-bit AES encryption with line-rate double encryption for data written to the drive

- advanced ECC engine correcting up to 55 bits per 512-byte sector

- power and performance throttling options

For starters, SandForce is introducing three SF-2000 series chips, the SF-2300 for industrial storage solutions, and the SF-2500 & SF-2600 for enterprise SSDs.....

http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/...game-intros-500-mbs-ready-sf-2000-controllers

Edit

Live SF-2000 Product Demonstrations At Storage Networking World!
SandForce will demonstrate SF-2000 products at the Storage Networking World Exhibition, booth #413 (Gaylord Texan Hotel, Dallas, Texas, October 11-14). SandForce 2.5-inch SSD reference designs will be on display operating with 30nm-class Flash memory with both ONFi2 and Toggle interfaces. Other products on display in the SandForce booth include unique form factor products from various SandForce Driven SSD manufacturers with SATA, SAS, and PCI Express host interfaces. All SandForce SSD Processors include award-winning DuraClass Technology with features like RAISE™ to reduce field failures and returns, DuraWrite™ to optimize MLC endurance in write intensive applications, and a high sustained and balanced read/write performance.

http://www.sandforce.com/userfiles/file/downloads/PR_SandForce_SF-2000_2010-10-07.pdf

 

[bendwolf]

Where is the best place to get SSD if local shops are overpriced?

 

[silencer13]

Where is the best place to get SSD if local shops are overpriced?

From what I posted on the other thread about OCZ Onyx 2:

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=636&name=SSD

If applying today's 1.32 rate,

Crucial 128 Gb RealSSD
Local: S$529
Newegg: US$269 (S$355)

OCZ Vertex 2 120Gb
Local: S$539
Newegg: US$240 (S$317)

GSkill Phoenix Pro 128Gb
Local: S$499
Newegg: US$270 (S$357)

Shipping by Borderlinx from US to SG: ~S$20

 

[godchuanz]

I believe SSD prices will fall sharply next year, as production and adoption rate increases.

 

[suchaloser]

From what I posted on the other thread about OCZ Onyx 2:

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=636&name=SSD

If applying today's 1.32 rate,

Crucial 128 Gb RealSSD
Local: S$529
Newegg: US$269 (S$355)

OCZ Vertex 2 120Gb
Local: S$539
Newegg: US$240 (S$317)

GSkill Phoenix Pro 128Gb
Local: S$499
Newegg: US$270 (S$357)

Shipping by Borderlinx from US to SG: ~S$20

I don't know how to pay ? I mean after the stuff are in your cart, what should you do? I'm using Borderlinx and I'm new to it! Hehe

 

[weap0nx]

I believe SSD prices will fall sharply next year, as production and adoption rate increases.

i don't believe adoption rate has really increased significantly... yea it has gone up but not in a way you would think of drastic enough to cause a big change.

Nobody I know owns an SSD, nobody I know would care to own an SSD, even if the price dropped a bit.

 

[adrianlee]

More details of SandForce SF-2000s @Anandtech

For months SandForce has been telling me that the market is really going to get exciting once its next-generation controller is ready. I didn’t really believe it, simply because that’s what every company tells me. But in this case, at least based on what SandForce showed me, I probably should have.

What we have today are the official specs of the second-generation SandForce SSDs, the SF-2000 series. Drives will be sampling to enterprise customers in the coming weeks, but we probably won’t see shipping hardware until Q1 2011 if everything goes according to plan. And the specs are astounding.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3971/...troller-sf2000-capable-of-500mbs-and-60k-iops

OWC Developing Enterprise Class PCIe Solid State Drive Solutions Featuring Next Generation SandForce SF-2000 Series Processor

October 7, 2010, Woodstock, IL -- Other World Computing (OWC®) http://www.macsales.com, a leading zero emissions Mac® and PC technology company, announced today it has begun developing OWC Mercury Extreme Pro Enterprise PCIe Solid State Drive (SSD) Solutions that will feature the SandForce® SF-2000 second generation processor announced today and being demonstrated by SandForce at Storage Networking World next week. OWC’s 8x and 16x PCIe SSD cards will be available with up to eight SSDs for capacities up to 3.2TB, offer up to 4GB/s sequential Reads/Writes and up to 480K IOPS, provide 28% over provisioning for data reliability, and double data encryption for security assurance. Exact pricing and model configurations for the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro Enterprise PCIe Solid State Drive (SSD) cards will be announced in early 2011.

http://eshop.macsales.com/NewsRoom/Framework.cfm?page=PR/ssdent_100710.html

 

[watzup_ken]

From what I posted on the other thread about OCZ Onyx 2:

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=636&name=SSD

If applying today's 1.32 rate,

Crucial 128 Gb RealSSD
Local: S$529
Newegg: US$269 (S$355)

OCZ Vertex 2 120Gb
Local: S$539
Newegg: US$240 (S$317)

GSkill Phoenix Pro 128Gb
Local: S$499
Newegg: US$270 (S$357)

Shipping by Borderlinx from US to SG: ~S$20

I do agree that local market tend to overprice items. Just like I have brought up earlier that Bluray drives locally have absurd prices as compared to Amazon or Newegg. Easily another 33% more, which translates to about no less than 100 bucks more. Seems like the case here as well. But do note that there are other charges for importing goods in for the distros. Large order of goods may have a better shipping rate than what we get, but subjected to taxation since it will exceed a certain taxable value. On top of that, distro and shop need profit as well, so translating to higher prices than Newegg or Amazon. All in all, higher prices are expected, but by this much is a little overboard...

 

[watzup_ken]

Where is the best place to get SSD if local shops are overpriced?

If you are not that concern about after sales service, buy through Newegg or Amazon. For servicing, you will have to spend money on shipping it back though.

 

[adrianlee]

Lexar Media Announces Crucial RealSSD C300 1.8 Series SSDs
Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, today introduced a 1.8" footprint version of the award-winning Crucial RealSSD C300 product line. The 1.8" profile, which is approximately 40% smaller than the standard 2.5" drive, provides an excellent solid-state storage option for the most portable products such as ultra-thin laptops, netbooks, and tablet PCs – without sacrificing performance and capacity. Based upon the Micron RealSSD product design and innovation, the new Crucial RealSSD C300 1.8" drive utilizes (multi-level cell) MLC NAND, advanced controller technology, and optimized NAND management, which together improve boot up and application load times dramatically and enhance overall system performance. No moving parts provides for quieter, cooler, and more durable solutions compared to traditional hard disk drives.

With impressive read speeds of up to 355 MB/s and write speeds up to 215 MB/s, the Crucial C300 1.8" drive natively supports SATA 6Gb/s, and is backwards compatible with the SATA 3Gb/s interface. The new Crucial RealSSD C300 1.8", like the standard 2.5" format, is available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB capacities, and comes with a limited three-year warranty....

http://www.techpowerup.com/132395/Lexar-Media-Announces-Crucial-RealSSD-C300-1.8-Series-SSDs.html

 

[silencer13]

I don't know how to pay ? I mean after the stuff are in your cart, what should you do? I'm using Borderlinx and I'm new to it! Hehe

Never bought from Newegg before, most of my shopping done at Amazon.
But I would guess it's the same process:

1. Get your USA address from Borderlinx
2. Click Checkout at your Newegg shopping cart (right hand bottom of screen)
3. Create a new account
4. Fill in the Borderlinx address as your shipping address
5. Fill in payment (credit card) details
6. Confirm and finish

 

[silencer13]

I do agree that local market tend to overprice items. Just like I have brought up earlier that Bluray drives locally have absurd prices as compared to Amazon or Newegg. Easily another 33% more, which translates to about no less than 100 bucks more. Seems like the case here as well. But do note that there are other charges for importing goods in for the distros. Large order of goods may have a better shipping rate than what we get, but subjected to taxation since it will exceed a certain taxable value. On top of that, distro and shop need profit as well, so translating to higher prices than Newegg or Amazon. All in all, higher prices are expected, but by this much is a little overboard...

Yah, I agree. I don't begrudge the local shops their profits, after all they have to earn a living too.

But when prices go so much higher than the US shops, sometimes you really have to wonder why. Not forgetting also that cost of living in US is higher than here, and their average income is usually more than 2x of ours. If you factor in the fact that goods were probably shipped from China to the USA, it makes you scratch your head further.

 

[silencer13]

http://www.techpowerup.com/132395/Lexar-Media-Announces-Crucial-RealSSD-C300-1.8-Series-SSDs.html

I thought already have liao?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...08120 50001455 600038462&IsNodeId=1&name=1.8"

 

[bendwolf]

I think i'll go online check out the price at newegg. Is borderlinx better than vpost?

 

[Kyururu]

After comparing the prices on newegg, seems that OCZ SSDs are ridiculously overpriced in SLS. Wanted to buy from newegg but scared of the warranty issues. OCZ doesn't have international warranty like Intel right? Then again maybe I should go for Intel instead, but if getting intel might as well just get from SLS since their intel prices still alright?

Really in a dilemma now

 

[nephilim]

I bought my ocz vertex 2 120gb from amazon via hopshopgo (belongs to comgateway). Amazon give me free shipping to hopshopgo's address in US, and in the end I was charged ~S$18 (I think this is the min already) for shipping from US to SIN (I missed the free shipping promotion).

If I'm not wrong newegg doesn't accept non-US credit card, so you'll need your shipping gateway to purchase on your behalf = another transaction fee on top of shipping. So do your sums and see which option ends up more economical.

Oh and if i rem correctly, I ordered on a Fri and the ssd arrived on Tues (10 days later) so take the shipping time into consideration if you need it urgently.