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Intel 34nm X25-M Gen 2 SSD Performance Review
HotHardware
- Excerpt: When Intel released their first generation 50nm SSD product, the market buzzed with appreciation for the product and its overall performance profile. We in fact took you through the ins and outs of Intel's new MLC-based Solid State Drive product line-up for the consumer market and agreed it was one of the fastest on the market at the time. However, over time, other manufacturers have closed the gap significantly.
- Pros: Excellent Performance, 34nm NAND Flash, Lower Cost Per GB, Random Write Performance
- Cons: Price Per GB High In Comparison to Hard Drives, Sustained Writes Lower Than Competing Offerings
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Seagate's Momentus XT Reviewed, Finally a Good Hybrid HDD [DELETED]
AnandTech
- Excerpt: The promise of Hybrid HDDs has come and gone with no champion. Today Seagate is announcing its Momentus XT, a 2.5" 7200 RPM notebook drive (9mm form factor) with 4GB of SLC NAND on board used as a read cache for frequently accessed data. The end result is a notebook drive with notebook power characteristics that performs like a 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor.
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OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD
Benchmark Reviews
- Conclusion: IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these
- Pros: Delivers approximately 120,000 4K IOPS in Iometer, Best IOPS performance available to consumers, Blazing fast 831/688 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, DuraWrite techno...
- Cons: SiI3124 RAID controller lacks NCQ, SMART, and TRIM pass-through
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Intel 160GB X25-M SSD
ITP.net
- Summary: Verdict Although performance hasn't increased exponentially, Intel's second generation SSDs offer far better value for money and better reliability.
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OCZ Vertex 4 Review (256GB, 512GB) [DELETED]
AnandTech
- Excerpt: Thirteen months ago OCZ announced its intention to acquire Indilinx , the SSD controller maker that gave Intel its first taste of competition in the consumer market in 2009. Eight months later, OCZ launched its first post-acquisition SSD based on Indilinx silicon . Today, just five months after the launch of the Octane, OCZ is officially releasing the Vertex 4 – based on its Indilinx Everest 2 silicon.
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