Mtron MOBI vs WD6400AAKS

[John24]

The board won`t let my put all the images in one post so I`ll split it into 3.

Bout a month ago I was using my WD6400AAKS for OS/data and wanted a new drive for the OS leaving the WD for data.

It had to be fast and 7GB is plenty for my OS needs so size isn`t important. The veloci was an option but then I found a 16GB Mtron SSD for less £
It`s big enough for what I want it for, has .1 access time, cool, quiet, low power ect. how could I resist!

The drive.. click for a bigger pic.. a few are a bit fuzzy because of my brilliant cammera skills

There she is..
damn they didn`t put the pro version in by mistake
it`s the front
guess what.. that`s right, it`s the back!
hold on what the hells that orange thing.
snuggling up to my WD6400AAKS, aaaarrr!


Never knew there was an activity LED on the Mtron drives.. seems a bit pointless not being able to ever see it but OK.

Here`s a short vid of the LED while copying my OS to it.

See next post for Mtron benchies...

 

[John24]

Mtron HDTack Quick

Arrg panic that write`s dissapointing


Mtron HDTack Long

Getting better


Mtron HDTack Full

That`s more like it


Mtron ATTO

WD benchies below...

 

[John24]

WD HDTack Quick

like the Mtron write speed on the quick test are a bit low


WD HDTack Long

again getting better


WD HDTack Full

and that`ll do nicely


WD ATTO

Take from these benchies what you will. I put them up as a direct comparison on the same hardware, both drives were unformatted for HDTack and formatted as one partition which was empty for ATTO.

I`ve swapped between these two drives a few times over the past month and the Mtron is definitely quicker in the OS. Everything is near instantaneous.

The lack of seek noise was a bit weired at first, it`s hard to explain really, was a bit like something was missing or not working right.

I don`t consider the 640AAKS to be noisy, either in seek noise or platter spinning noise but it`s supprising how much quieter the PC is without it. Can`t wait for SSD`s to be cheep enough for storage.

Yesterday I found this drive for just under £130 delivered (£43 less than I paid ). At that price if you ask me, as on OS drive I`d say go for it

Any other benchies or tests you`d like me to run I`m sure it can be aranged. Like if you want to send me a veloci for comparison

 

[clocka]

Its pretty slow tbh, the Ocz core are 138/93 which has a lot faster read and similar write speed and 32GB for £113. The 74GB velociraptor is much faster for read/write, just £94 but obviously cant compete for the seek time.

I wouldn't buy 1 of these.

 

[domthecondom]

I don't even want to consider one of these just for the seek time, i will wait till they can compete with READ/WRITE times will stick with my WD Raptors i want the Velo, but not yet

the seak time is nice tho :O.

Do you just have your OS on it then?

 

[Bane]

Is it Win XP or Vista you are using? Would be interested if it made Vista near instant loading.

 

[John24]

I`m glad you enjoyed the comparison!

R/W is not the fastest I agree, doesn`t make much differance though for an OS drive. My WD beats the W/R but it`s still way slower in the OS.

OCZ drives are MLC and Mtrons are currently all SLC so their going to be a bit more expensive.

Forgot about the 74GB veloci but it wasn`t out when I bought the Mtron Had it been available I probably would have still gone SSD because I couldn`t wait to check it out, at the end of the day though I`m well happy.

Yep it`s XP, with the .1 seek it`ll make any OS fast though.

I`d love to get my hands on a veloci just to see how it compares. The R/W is better but I recon it`d still be slower because the seek is knowhere neer.

 

[WesleyBurns]

Get another 1 and Raid them

 

[marscay]

Its pretty slow tbh, the Ocz core are 138/93 which has a lot faster read and similar write speed and 32GB for £113. The 74GB velociraptor is much faster for read/write, just £94 but obviously cant compete for the seek time.

I wouldn't buy 1 of these.

the ocz mlc drives are crap with buggy behaviour and performance, i'd take the mtron over the ocz anyday of the week.

write speeds on the ocz are a lot slower in practice than benchmarks show btw.

thnx for the write up john

 

[John24]

Get another 1 and Raid them

I wish Just for an OS drive I`m not sure it`d make much difference though.

thnx for the write up john

No problem