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Kingston's HyperX SandForce SSD
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Kingston is a pretty big player in the SSD space but mostly on the mainstream/value end of the spectrum. With a fairly conservative strategy we haven't seen Kingston be competitive with higher end drives since the release of the X25-M. That's all about to change now that Kingston is officially a SandForce partner.

The Kingston HyperX SSD uses Intel 25nm NAND and a SF-2281 controller, making it very similar to a Vertex 3 (it's unclear if it'll have the same performance-limited firmware as the OWC drive we tested).

The drive will come with a 3-year warranty and be available in 120GB and 240GB capacities.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4390/kingstons-hyperx-sandforce-ssd
 
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wacko said:
Not quite, as I believe there is still the option of running TRIM manually in XP.
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The only current generation SSD with manual TRIM is Intel. If there are others, pls post link, thanks.
 
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Anyone got any insider news when 120/160GB stock for Intel 320series SSD is coming? OOS for so long and the shops have no idea when... :(
 
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Micron's P320h: A Custom Controller Native PCIe SSD in 350/700GB Capacities
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The enterprise market has seen a form factor transition of its own. While 2.5" SSDs are still immensely common, there's a lot of interest in PCIe solutions.

The quick and easy way to get a PCIe SSD is to take a bunch of SSDs and RAID them together on a single PCIe card. You don't really get a performance benefit, but it does help you get a lot of performance without being drive-bay limited. This is what we typically see from companies like OCZ.

The other alternative is a native PCIe solution. In the aforementioned example, you typically have a couple of SATA SSD controllers paired with a SATA to PCIe RAID controller. With a native solution you'd skip the RAID controller entirely and just have a custom SSD controller that interfaces directly to PCIe. A native PCIe SSD is just an SSD that avoids SATA entirely, thus avoiding any potential bottlenecks. Today Micron is announcing its first native PCIe SSD: the P320h.

The P320h is Micron's first PCIe SSD as well as its first in-house controller design. You'll remember from our C300/C400/m4 reviews that Micron typically buys its controllers from Marvell and simply does firmware development in house. The P320h changes that. While it's too early to assume that we'll see Micron designed controllers for consumer drives as well, clearly that's a step the company is willing to take.

The P320h's controller is a beast. With 32 parallel channels and a PCIe gen 2 x8 interface, the P320h is built for bandwidth. Micron's peak performance specs speak for themselves:

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/4408/...roller-native-pcie-ssd-in-350700gb-capacities
 
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Hi, I have a 80GB OCZ Vertex 2 ssd. I would like to format and fresh install windows 7. Currently is having 2 partitions with winxp on the other partition. Planning to ditch win xp and go for only windows 7. Is ssd same as hdd, just delete partition and install or is there any other steps that need to be done in order to maintain the performance?
Thanks.
 
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toyknight said:
Hi, I have a 80GB OCZ Vertex 2 ssd. I would like to format and fresh install windows 7. Currently is having 2 partitions with winxp on the other partition. Planning to ditch win xp and go for only windows 7. Is ssd same as hdd, just delete partition and install or is there any other steps that need to be done in order to maintain the performance?
Thanks.
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You can do that, or do a secure erase for best results.
 
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