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DJ3xclusive ( 35,613

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 11:01am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Sandi...0557506600

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FYI this is the model that's slower than the Extreme and Ultra Series.

It only has ~2200 IOPS for Random 4K Write, compared to the Extreme's ~83000 IOPS.

AKA THIS DRIVE SUCKS! Don't buy it! This hardly offers the performance of a SSD.

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**Update by Stevenq**

Drive shows Win7 Experience score of 7.3! Very nice and fast! Great drive! Much faster than my 10k Raptor HDD!!

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Caeruleas ( 55

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 2:12pm

Mmmm, I've been thinking about getting a drive to install games on. Dunno if I wanna go with a 7200rpm drive or a SSD like this, though. This is probably better, since I can't imagine myself actively playing between 4-5 games at any one time.

forum67 ( 45

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 2:13pm

I think this uses Sandforce controller Frown

ToddH9982 ( 10

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 2:14pm

Anyone know if this is faster than my 80gb Intel drive?

Can't remember the exact model - m or s- it was sata ii

pcmax ( 30

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 2:14pm

Quote from calistyle

It is 256GB.

FYI, this is not the SanDisk Extreme SSD.

Yah, got my hopes up for a minute Frown

AkumaX ( 1,187

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 2:21pm

FYI this is the model that's slower than the Extreme and Ultra Series.

It only has ~2200 IOPS for Random 4K Write, compared to the Extreme's ~83000 IOPS.

okinawanmatt ( 1,128

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 2:23pm

Quote from Morosy

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

I read him asking about "virtual disks" when I thought I was clear that this was a physical replacement of NAND and RAM. So my conclusion was that he either didn't understand that this was a physical device, or he was trolling.

cisengineer ( 486

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 2:26pm

This will make a fine upgrade for my kid's computer. Barely more than the 128GB ones I was considering.

edplayer ( 1,194

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 3:25pm

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 Wink

Really? You will buy into a diverse company based on one product? One that is not even out yet. You should have taken a semester long course on investing instead.

metrician ( 10

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 3:28pm

Quote from supernoman

It's probably the non sandforce type making it 256GB and also slower.

Thanks for the tip! I was about to buy two when I read your comment. It's not the Extreme and therefore not worth buying. Repped.

metrician ( 10

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 3:35pm

Quote from stevenq

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?

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.

First, I can assure you the Extremes hardly produce any heat. You wouldn't even say it's warm after a month of uptime and average daily use. Second, the M4 is one of the most reliable drives around. I've got those too and while they're not as fast as the SanDisk Extreme, they are an excellent choice for a non-SandForce drive if you're on the latest firmware.

cel4145 ( 10

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 3:35pm

Quote from AkumaX

FYI this is the model that's slower than the Extreme and Ultra Series.

It only has ~2200 IOPS for Random 4K Write, compared to the Extreme's ~83000 IOPS.

So it seems like it was overpriced before given the much better price/performance value of the Samsung 840 250gb at the $180 price point, and now this SSD is reasonably priced--not a really a "deal," just marked off an overly high selling price.

forum67 ( 45

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 3:36pm

Sandisk announced 3 new SSD at CES 2013 today and ready to be shipped.

Review - http://www.anandtech.com/show/655...view-256gb
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ult...a+Plus+SSD

Tarbo ( 20

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 4:09pm

Can someone explain why the 2,000 IOPS makes this thing a sucky SSD (as stated in the wiki) besides that it is way lower than other SSD IOPS? Does this shit really matter for X use, or is it just another spec to tout for marketing? Don't regular HDD's cap out somewhere near the hundred. The wiki was edited to say it's not much of an SSD in terms of performance. Or a link to an article about the significance of IOPS would be great. Thx!

pdp76 ( 176

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 4:11pm

Quote from forum67

I think this uses Sandforce controller Frown

Nope, this definitely does not have the Sandforce controller in it.

dormat029 ( 41

) Jan. 7, 2013 at 4:13pm

I was looking for an ssd "deal" but I'll be passing on this one. Doesn't seem all that great. This should be maybe 10 dollars more on the regular....aka, not that hot of a deal.

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