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^ I'm guessing this is the reason the drives have a hefty price tag compared to the rest?

I don't think these are marketed entirely at the average user for example:

"consistent read performance with strong data protection and low active power levels to provide superior quality of service for video conferencing, big data analytics, or virtual client applications."
 
Roady said:
That doesn't sound right...?

BF4 on PC was 3x DVD's and total install was 22gb.
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That's because it's not entirely. 50 GB is stated as the maximum size a game 'Could' install since the Blu-Ray discs are 50GB, however the normal game install would be around 20GB - 30GB on par with top end PC games, the only exception at the moment is COD Ghosts which is allegedly said to be a 49GB install but not confirmed yet.

I've got a 1TB SSHD here waiting to go in when my PS4 arrives, so then even if all my games were the maximum 50GB install, that's still 18 full games installed at once, who needs that many installed at once? (keeping in mind the PS4 reserves 96GB (so say 100GB) for OS and all it's cool functions). Also remember that games are meant to only take a few mins to install and slightly quicker to delete, this is on a normal slow HDD, add in an SSHD and it could take all of 4 or 5 minutes to delete a game and install a new one, also deleting a game will not delete your save game so if you wanted to replay a game you removed... 4 or 5 mins to pop it back on and off you go again.
 
They should really have gone eSATA for connection and then you buy your game on a cartridge and it 'slots' in ;)
 
littlepuppy said:
These intels are aimed at the enterprise sector not the consumer...
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Nope.

The S3700 range are.
This is the S3500 series which are aimed at consumer, but they use the same Intel controller as found on the S3700 series.

If they were enterprise drives, they'd be hugely more expensive which the S3700 series are. :)
 
"Following on from the introduction of the award-winning DC S3700, Intel has expanded its range of enterprise drives with the keenly-priced DC S3500."

and

" making this one of Intel's most attractive data centre SSDs to date."

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/storage/60597-intel-ssd-dc-s3500-series-600gb/?page=4

Not what Hexus think mate.... My take on these drives is that they wont set the world on fire but they will be persistently consistent regardless of workload..
 
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The world has changed since the X25-M though, Sandforce based SSD have fallen away and been replaced with the likes of the Samsung 840 and Crucial M500.

Hence offering better reliability for a price is no longer sustainable. There are drives for 2/3 of the price per GB of the Intels offering similar performance and reliability.

I'm not really sure what Intel are thinking, do they really think their SSD branding is strong enough to still be able to cash in on?
 
littlepuppy said:
"Following on from the introduction of the award-winning DC S3700, Intel has expanded its range of enterprise drives with the keenly-priced DC S3500."

and

" making this one of Intel's most attractive data centre SSDs to date."

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/storage/60597-intel-ssd-dc-s3500-series-600gb/?page=4

Not what Hexus think mate.... My take on these drives is that they wont set the world on fire but they will be persistently consistent regardless of workload..
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Well either Hexus are wrong or our account manager at Intel is wrong.

I am going with Intel as these replace the 330/335 series which were very much consumer drivers, what is causing the confusion most likely is that they are using Intel's enterprise controller.
 
They are not out yet, just the 530, lsi will bring next gen sandforce to the market in the next 3 months, Intel will then release their 330 and 335 replacements.
 
Great way to instantly void your warranty on a console that's unproven. Think I'd wait a while before opening mine up once it comes.
 
What was Intel thinking when they made these ssd drives? Slower than most previous gen drivers and more expensive than all the competition with only 3 year warranty...
 
silversurfer said:
Nothing wrong with Ocz that Ive used even if Intel is a bigger name. Wont replacing the drive mess up the ps4 warranty
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nope it wont mess up the warranty. as there is no security seal u have to break to get access to the hd! also where you get the firmware from on the US site it says you can change the hd etc.

best way to go is.. change the hd and get a sshd which is a hybrid ssd 2.5'' 1tb without having to spend loads on a 1tb ssd! yes it is a little slower than an ssd but better than the standard hd!
check IGN site as they have put up some load times with a standard hd, sshd and also ssd
 
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