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Corsair 60GB Nova Series 2 SSD - 2.5" SATA-II - Read 270MB/s Write 240MB/s
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Product Description
60GB Corsair Nova Series 2 SSD
Leave your hard drive behind with the affordable solid state speed and performance of Nova 2 Series drives. Enjoy faster application loading, shorter boot times and better overall system performance. Plus Corsair SSDs offer great compatibility, run cooler and quieter and use less power than traditional hard drives.
Fast performance - Quicker boot up, faster application loads and dramatically better system performance than traditional hard drives
Silent operation - No moving parts means zero noise and high reliability
Low power - Extend battery life for notebook users
Compatible - Works with standard SATA 3Gb/s (SATA 2) systems
Backed by Corsair - A respected name with a passion for great service and support
•Sequential read speeds of up to 270 MB/s

•Sequential write speeds of up to 240 MB/s

•SATA 3Gb/s (SATA 2) connectivity

•Native TRIM support (O/S support required)

•RAID Support BGC (Background Garbage Collection)

•Increased reliability and quieter operation over standard hard disk drives
•Significantly lower power usage than traditional hard drives for increased notebook battery life

•2.5" form factor for your portable computer needs

•Three year warranty
Unformatted Capacity - 60GB
Max Read Performance - 270 MB/s
Max Write Performance - 240 MB/s
Form Factor - 2.5”
Interface Type - SATA 3.0 Gb/s (SATA 2)
Onboard cache - 128MB
Operating Temperature - 0C to +70C
Storage Temperature - -20C to +85C
Operating Humidity - 10% to 90% RH (0° to +40° C)
Storage Humidity - 5% to 90% RH (-10° to +60° C)
Maximum Operating Altitude - 3,048 m (up to 10,000 ft.)
Maximum Non-Operating Altitude - 12,192 m (up to 40,000 ft.)
MTBF - 2 million hours


are these any good? i have been put off of going with OCZ by all the threads starting, saying they are failing, but dont see much about Corsair drives.
 
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cant afford either linked. found the one in my original post quite a bit cheaper, so i think its worth the gamble?
what do the firmware issues cause? a lot of BSOD, or DATA loss?
does it affect ALL drives or just some and are there firmware revisions (older or newer) to fix it?
 
Those Corsair drives use the Indilinx controller, not Sandforce. They're not the fastest drives around as they're older technology now, but they're not affected by the Sandforce issues due to not being Sandforce.
If they're cheap enough they're definitely worth it.
 
CaptainUnlikely said:
Those Corsair drives use the Indilinx controller, not Sandforce. They're not the fastest drives around as they're older technology now, but they're not affected by the Sandforce issues due to not being Sandforce.
If they're cheap enough they're definitely worth it.
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i took the plunge and purchased it. £47.99 for a 60GB SSD with 128MB Cache seemed too good to pass up. i did google 'Corsair 60GB Nova Series 2 SSD BSOD issues' and didnt find any known problems so hopefully all will be good.

i have a thread in general hardware about setting up the SSD with windows 7.
any tips i need to get the drive running as best as i can.
i have read about moving the cache from windows and browsers/apps to another drive, along with any temp files, pagefile, the user folders....... is there like a guide on what should and shouldnt reside on the SSD? and what is safe to turn on and off.
 
Nice deal, definitely worth it.
The only thing you should do is set your SATA controller in AHCI mode. Disabling hibernate will free up space, disabling the paging file isn't a good idea as it's much better to be on the SSD unless you're desperate for the space it takes up. Temp files should also be on the SSD, SSDs are ideally suited to small file read/writes, so moving them off the drive defeats the purpose of having it.
 
CaptainUnlikely said:
Nice deal, definitely worth it.
The only thing you should do is set your SATA controller in AHCI mode. DIsabling hibernate will free up space, disabling the paging file isn't a good idea as it's much better to be on the SSD unless you're desperate for the space it takes up. Temp files should also be on the SSD, SSDs are ideally suited to small file read/writes, so moving them off the drive defeats the purpose of having it.
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i thought SSDs life was serverly shortened by lots of writes, so having temp files was bad?
i may of miss understood though.
i have 8GB of ram so will the PF get used a lot? would it be much slower moving it to say my samsumg F3 drive or dropping it from the 8GB windows assigns to something like 2GB?
 
SSF life is decreased the more you write to it, yes. However, I honestly wouldn't worry about it, the only people that need to worry about that are people who write massive files to their drive all day. Temporary files are usually small writes so they don't have a big impact on lifespan.
The paging file shouldn't be used much with 8GB of RAM, so I'd probably suggest setting it manually to, say, 2GB, and still set a paging file on your HDD as well. This way Windows will use either drive depending which is in use. SSDs are ideally suited to the page file though, if you ever do hit it.
 
ok kool :) what about this TRIM thing, whats it all about and do i need to do anything to enable it?
also, moving the user files, thats just a case of going to the folder, right clicking and changing destination in the 'Location' tab? that way the my pic, my docs......will reside on my 1TB F3, saving space some more?
how exactly do you disable hibernate and defrag?
do you need to format/prepare an SSD any differently to a normal mechanical drive?
 
Windows 7 does TRIM automatically assuming the SSD supportsd it, which the Nova does.
Moving the user files is a good idea yes, that will save some space.
To disable hibernate once Windows is installed, go to Start, type cmd in the search box, right click Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator. Type "powercfg.exe /hibernate off" without quotes, this will disable hibernate completely.
Defrag will be disabled on the SSD automatically with Windows 7, just run the Windows Experience Index after you've installed the drivers and it'll do it.
You don't need to format an SSD any differently, Windows 7 will align the drive perfectly.
 
paradisiac said:
i took the plunge and purchased it. £47.99 for a 60GB SSD with 128MB Cache seemed too good to pass up. i did google 'Corsair 60GB Nova Series 2 SSD BSOD issues' and didnt find any known problems so hopefully all will be good.

i have a thread in general hardware about setting up the SSD with windows 7.
any tips i need to get the drive running as best as i can.
i have read about moving the cache from windows and browsers/apps to another drive, along with any temp files, pagefile, the user folders....... is there like a guide on what should and shouldnt reside on the SSD? and what is safe to turn on and off.
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Thats a brilliant deal you got there not sure where you got it as cheapest i could find was £74
 
kmufc77 said:
Thats a brilliant deal you got there not sure where you got it as cheapest i could find was £74
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i work in a computer shop, so sometimes our suppliers have special offers :) although 90% of the time OCUK are cheaper than our suppliers, we just dont buy in huge bulks.
 
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