256GB Sandisk 2.5" (7mm) SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD) $140 + Free shipping

FYI, this is the SanDisk SDSSDP-256G-G25.

Here is the model on Newegg with specs, pics, and not-so-good ratings (seems like a few shipped without any innards?):

SanDisk SDSSDP-256G-G25 [newegg.com]

Here is the deals [ebay.com]

Quote from okinawanmatt : ReRAM based on memristor will be the successor to SSDs. I just took a semester-long course on this subject, and prototypes are already out. HP and Hynix are working together to make a commercially available version by the end of 2013. Your business/investor friends may be telling you to dump HP, but some of us in the CEG department are buying HP stock

Nice try HP

Quote from okinawanmatt : ReRAM based on memristor will be the successor to SSDs. I just took a semester-long course on this subject, and prototypes are already out. HP and Hynix are working together to make a commercially available version by the end of 2013. Your business/investor friends may be telling you to dump HP, but some of us in the CEG department are buying HP stock

Does a ram based drive hold data with out power? Do flash memory need power to hold data?

Does anyone know on this drive what type of nand memory is used? Is it MLC or TLC?

Quote from santiagoanders : I'd say there's not enough data about this particular model to make a confident purchase. Anandtech reviewed a new Sandisk model [anandtech.com] with a Marvell controller and this one seems to be a lower speed version of the same (look at the size of the PCB inside the case, then read the Newegg reviews of this particular model).

dude, did you see how tiny that thing is?? would it be bad if you use it like that?

I think all of you are crazy and splitting hairs. If you look at the reviews: http://www.anandtech.com/show/655...ew-256gb/9 yes this drive performs in the lower half in comparison with other SSD's but it's still a SSD.

It's like comparing motorcycles to cars. Yes, this drive is a slower motorcycle, but it will still run circles around a regular car (HDD's).

Given Sandisk's track record of reliability I'm giving this one some serious thought. In terms of real world performance I'll proably get a 15.5 second boot up time instead of a 15.0 second boot up time if I got a Samsung SSD. I'm not going to cry over that lost half second.

Quote from stevenq : I think all of you are crazy and splitting hairs. If you look at the reviews: http://www.anandtech.com/show/655...ew-256gb/9 yes this drive performs in the lower half in comparison with other SSD's but it's still a SSD.

That article is NOT about the SSD in this deal.

Quote from santiagoanders : That article is NOT about the SSD in this deal.

I got the link from the guy on page 1 in this thread who explained that this review is similar because it's 256GB and it uses a marvel controller which happens to be what this SSD has.

Nevertheless, I still think this SSD merits consideration because it's still faster than a HDD by a long shot and you all are still splitting hairs. You guys make it sound like a status thing, "Gotta have the fastest SSD out there! If it's not the fastest, it sucks!"

Quote from ThatsNotADeal : FYI, this is the SanDisk SDSSDP-256G-G25. Here is the model on Newegg with specs, pics, and not-so-good ratings (seems like a few shipped without any innards?): SanDisk SDSSDP-256G-G25 [newegg.com]

I must admit, having nothing in the box does kind of make you think twice about buying, but it sounds really weird for a company like Sandisk. It does appear though, that the one good review on Newegg, and one good review on Amazon indicate that this SSD performs like an SSD, assuming you actually get an SSD with something inside it.

After reading some review it appears the IOPS (whatever that is) is laughably slow on this SSD (2,000 as opposed to 25,000 for Extreme) and this price is pretty close to regular every day price. I got the impression though, that it performs slower because Sandisk was trying to lower the energy consumption and perhaps heat generation? Maybe they were targeting the laptop market?

Does change my stance on a purchase a little, knowing I can pretty much get it at this price any time.

I was gonna get the Crucial 128GB SSD here which has very fast IOPS (35k): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/...=240501577
but there's such a huge difference between 128GB and 256GB and so many people on that thread complaining about performance issues until they downloaded the latest firmware update and even then, ppl complain about their drives just dying. I'd rather have a slower drive that is more reliable than a screamer that has problems.

Quote from nerofive5 : Does a ram based drive hold data with out power? Do flash memory need power to hold data? Does anyone know on this drive what type of nand memory is used? Is it MLC or TLC?

ReRAM does not require constant power to hold data, which is why it is being heralded as the successor to hard disk drives, solid state drives and random access memory.


Traditional SRAM and DRAM are volatile, while flash memory is non-volatile. However, flash memory by it's nature/construction is slower than DRAM, which is slower than SRAM due to implementation in architecture. ReRAM will be faster than DRAM, but be non-volatile like flash (NAND), and have a smaller footprint/fabrication.

Quote from stevenq : .... I'm not going to cry over that lost half second.

Someone here will cry over that half second boot up time.

Quote from okinawanmatt : ReRAM does not require constant power to hold data, which is why it is being heralded as the successor to hard disk drives, solid state drives and random access memory. Traditional SRAM and DRAM are volatile, while flash memory is non-volatile. However, flash memory by it's nature/construction is slower than DRAM, which is slower than SRAM due to implementation in architecture. ReRAM will be faster than DRAM, but be non-volatile like flash (NAND), and have a smaller footprint/fabrication.

is this like one of those vitural disks you can make out of ram if you have a lot of ram?

Quote from z9z91 : Someone here will cry over that half second boot up time.

and that it didn't come with hdmi

Quote from bryon575 : is this like one of those vitural disks you can make out of ram if you have a lot of ram?

I can't tell if you're trolling or...


Just read this summary [wikipedia.org]. Take a Master's course in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering if you want to learn more. Both branches offer concentrations that allow you to take courses in different types of memory devices.

Quote from okinawanmatt : I can't tell if you're trolling or... Just read this summary [wikipedia.org]. Take a Master's course in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering if you want to learn more. Both branches offer concentrations that allow you to take courses in different types of memory devices.

All he did was ask if it was similar to a ram disk; how is that taken as trolling?