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Not for x230?
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Is this better than the Crucial m4?
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probably, I think ill wait until the m4 is under $150, it was just $160 a few weeks ago
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It's $160 right now for the 256GB https://slickdeals.net/f/5752978-Crucial-m4-256-512GB-2-5-Inch-159-99-349-99-on-amazon.
This drive isn't as good and costs $10 more.
EDIT: Whoops Ignore this...
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Crucial sells m4 in mSATA form factor too, and that is what we are comparing this SSD against. http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?imodule=CT256M4SSD3
PS. I now see that JackG8110 linked...
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im not sure why people are comparing mSATA drives with SATA drives in this thread...
unless you can take Crucial m4 apart and there is a mSATA card inside?
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Typo?
From this site and an employee, this should have Async ram not Sync.
Sync would be $$$.
http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/mydigitalssd-256gb-50mm-bp3-bullet-proof-3-msata-6g-ssd/
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From your link:
· ONFI2.0 and Toggle2 Interface support
· 24nm Toshiba Toggle-Mode NAND Flash
The controller clearly will support async flash, but... "24nm Toshiba Toggle-Mode NAND Flash" is...
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Can someone please give me a short and sweet comparison of msata vs sata. Newfag here.
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Yes, after making that statement I looked it up and found out the difference, Which, as it turns out, is quite lucky considering I also realized during my research that the computer I am trying to...
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Drive works with any system or device with an mSATA port.
There are currently 2 tablets having slight compatibility issues causing abnormally long boot times (once booted all is well and systems...
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The 9mm SSD fits fine in my x230 without the cage. Drawback is that I had to add a small tape to it so I can pull it out.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA
Enjoy.
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No. Nononono. Slickdeals is not 4chan. Keep that nonsense in /b
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Can't decide between this and a M4
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Last I checked the Crucial m4 it used 25nm IMFT synchronous NAND.
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Phison is notoriously crap and it's a complete joke that it's referred to as the most reliable controller on the market. Phison is what goes in USB drives, that has horrible write performance....
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Phison is very low performance
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Both of those are SATA. You need more coffee :)
7mm is the standard height for slim 2.5" drives. (eg. Samsung 830/840, Crucial M4 models ending with 1, all Intel's other than 330/335 series)
9.5mm...
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Awesome. Thanks. Ended up ordered the 128GB with SLICK10BP3 that takes $10 off. About $83 with shipping. For my x230.
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Was about to pull the trigger when I noticed that MyDigitalSSD firmware updates erase all data on the disk. So one would need to backup the system, update the firmware, and then restore the image. ...
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FYI, the MydigitalSSD BP3 is better than the Crucial drive by a small margin http://www.anandtech.com/bench/SSD/260 and if you look in the wiki for the 256GB BP3 deal on Amazon you can find those for...
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Better price $163 AC at Link - TY Trikat
$20 off Coupon code SLICK20BP3 - TY philamour
128GB $10 off Coupon code SLICK10BP3 $93 AC
64GB $5 off Coupon code SLICK5BP3 $63 AC
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No you are comparing a 2.5" sata 7mm and a 2.5" sata 9mm. Those have nothing to do with msata which looks like a laptop wifi card.
As far as the drive itself... I don't know if I'd be willing to...
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msata has its own slot and only compatible with some newer laptops (unless you buy a msata to sata adapter)
think sd cards and micro sd
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I was under the impression that the downside of mSATA vs SATA here is the 3gb/s of mSATA vs 6gb/s of SATA III.
But mSATA I can put into my laptop without removing my HDD, which is attractive...
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FYI, the Toshiba 24nm flash on these drives will last way longer than the much much cheaper 19nm on the m4.
Also the 24nm flash on these SSD's is ABL Flash giving you better performance over time,...
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You are right, it is MLC Toshiba 24nm Toggle NAND which seems to be similar to sync.
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Thanks op. Got one for my new x230.
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I thought the zenbooks had a proprietary ssd connector, which is why I asked. Thanks anyways to those who replied.
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Thank you for the explanation, not the one I was hoping for, but the price did seem too good and it was. Guess I'll be spending the extra $$. I just have no idea when the drive will go on sale again...
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I don't think they've updated their website yet.
I would imagine the non-DX models have asynchronous NAND, just like the Chronos (asynchronous) vs Chronos Deluxe (toggle NAND). In fact, if I was...
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Yeah, I know, which is why I'm confused there is more than one model. Why would Mushkin put out another model of the same product without any description of the differences? Obviously the ATLAS brand...
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=can+you+put+an+msata+ssd+in+a+zenbook
3rd link down.
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Can anyone confirm that this actually works on the Asus Zenbook?
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No you are comparing a 2.5" sata 7mm and a 2.5" sata 9mm. Those have nothing to do with msata which looks like a laptop wifi card.
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To summarize for people who don't know/didn't realize there was a difference. The differences between mSATA vs SATA are basically:
A different physical connector.
Physical drive size ~7mm for...
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Yes it works with the Zenbook.
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Hmmm if this were cheaper it would be tempting for me to buy this over the M4. My motherboard is begging to have the msata slot on it filled with something lol.
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