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Corsair Force Series 120GB SandForce SF-1200 SSD Review

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For notebook users, the F120 makes a lot more sense than the F100. The extra capacity is going to be particularly valuable in the absence of a secondary hard drive for mass storage, and you should still get plenty of longevity thanks to the SF-1200's low write amplification factor.

So, what about desktops? I think the F120 is better suited for desktop use than SF-1200-based drives with 28% overprovisioning. Users will welcome the extra 20GB of breathing room. Most mainstream SSDs have sufficient longevity for desktop computers, and thanks to DuraWrite, the F120 should still last longer than most.

The move to 7% overprovisioning allows SF-1200-based drives like the F120 to compete more directly with other desktop SSDs on price. Unfortunately, the direct competition is stiff, even within Corsair's own stable. The Indilinx-based Nova V128 has nearly an identical cost per gigabyte, but faster used-state copy speeds, higher multitasking throughput, more consistent write speeds, and even better performance in our handful of application tests. For a desktop OS and applications drive, I'd choose the Nova over the Force. The Force F120 is only more attractive than rivals like the Nova if you're willing to give up some performance for greater longevity and higher peak throughput with random writes. I can see specific cases where those attributes might be desirable enough to tip the balance, but not in a typical enthusiast's desktop.
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New 64GB Crucial RealSSD C300

Fremont, CA, and Glasgow, UK, June 23, 2010 — Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, today introduced a 64GB addition to the award-winning Crucial RealSSD C300 product line. The new 64GB RealSSD C300 drive, like its' predecessors, natively supports SATA 6Gb/s, is backwards compatible with the SATA 3Gb/s interface, and provides scorching-fast read speeds of up to 355MB/s and write speeds up to 75MB/s. Competitively priced at US$149.99, the new 64GB C300 drive is available in a standard 2.5-inch form factor, and comes with a limited three-year warranty.

"The 64GB C300 drive is a natural extension of our award-winning Crucial RealSSD C300 product line. This aggressively priced 64GB C300 drive makes SSD technology more affordable than ever, delivers durability for mobile computing, and makes it a compelling boot drive for desktop PCs," said Robert Wheadon, Lexar Media senior worldwide SSD product manager.

The 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB Crucial RealSSD C300 drives are available through select resellers worldwide and online at www.crucial.com/ssd, www.crucial.com/uk/ssd, or www.crucial.com/eu/ssd.

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Lexar Media is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of NAND flash and DRAM memory products under the Lexar® and Crucial brand names. Lexar Media offers products in all major flash and DRAM memory categories, including consumer and enterprise-level USB flash drives, industry-leading memory cards for photography, and all popular form factors of memory cards for mobile devices. For computers, Lexar Media offers more than 250,000 upgrades for 40,000 systems, including a full range of DRAM computer memory upgrades for PCs and Mac® systems, and solid state drives (SSDs). An industry leader in innovative, patented flash memory technology, Lexar Media is vertically integrated with Micron Technology, one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.
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OCZ RevoDrive
SAN JOSE, CA—June 29, 2010—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for computing devices and systems, releases the RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD, an innovative storage solution that focuses on both performance and affordability for consumers. The new RevoDrive was developed to push the limits of economical SSD technology to deliver a revolutionary product with a remarkable price point.

Moving beyond the bottleneck of SATA II (3Gbps), the OCZ RevoDrive features a PCIe interface to deliver superior speeds over 500MB/s reads and random small file writes up to 80,000 IOPS, nearly twice the speed of other consumer SSDs. Thanks to a proprietary RAID 0 design, the RevoDrive maximizes data access and bandwidth to promote a faster, more responsive PC experience compared to not only hard drives, but other SSDs on the market.

“The RevoDrive is the first PCIe SSD that delivers both performance and affordability and radically alters the SSD landscape,” said Ryan Petersen, CEO of the OCZ Technology Group. “Up to this point PCIe SSDs have been reserved for enterprise applications and priced out of the range of many consumers, the bootable RevoDrive SSD changes the game by delivering a PCIe based solution that costs as low as $3 per gigabyte, exceptional small file write IOPS of over 80K, which is the most available in any low-cost solution.”

Unlike competing PCIe solutions, the RevoDrive is bootable, ensuring the satisfaction of quicker boot-ups, load times, and computing, all while promoting cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient conditions compared to traditional mechanical hard drives.

Offering ample storage for the latest operating systems, game titles, and applications, the OCZ RevoDrive will be initially available in 120GB and 240GB capacities, with MSRPs of $389.99 and $699.99.*

*MSRPs are based on United States market
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I might be getting a 60GB (extended) OCZ Vertex 2 from the US, any reason i should not get it?

Thanks guy, it's time to take the plunge.
 
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weap0nx said:
I might be getting a 60GB (extended) OCZ Vertex 2 from the US, any reason i should not get it?

Thanks guy, it's time to take the plunge.
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Heard good things about OCZ Vertex 2 60GB
Go for it :)

Another good SSD is Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB
 
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2 things popped up in my mind w/ regards to SSDs:

1. How fast is SSDs compared to RAM? Like if we could run ram like a hard drive, what will its read/write speeds be like? I'm just curious how much faster SSDs will perform when used as a cache drive for video editing compared to HDDs.

2. Buying a SSD from overseas online retailers and shipping it over using their international shipping services, is it a no-brainer tat customs will charge you gst when it reaches singapore? For drives costing more than SGD400.

thks!
 
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lxXXxl said:
2 things popped up in my mind w/ regards to SSDs:

2. Buying a SSD from overseas online retailers and shipping it over using their international shipping services, is it a no-brainer tat customs will charge you gst when it reaches singapore? For drives costing more than SGD400.

thks!
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well, you *could* dont declare, but that would be illegal, and we dun do illegal stuff right? :)

but srsly, if u bring a laptop ovrseas, buy the 256gb c300 or watever exp SSD, and swap ur laptop hdd with the SSD... how to check?
 
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