Transcend 32GB 2.5" SATA Solid State Hard Drive

MartinBen · 2 Mar 2008 at 10:59

Can anyone advise me when OCUK are likely to have this "in-stock"?

Before end March I hope as rebuilding my rig then.

semi-pro waster · 2 Mar 2008 at 11:07

Your best bet is to phone up the shop or send them a webnote and ask since most of the people on the forums don't actually work for the shop.

FreeStream · 2 Mar 2008 at 11:42

Wow, thats cheap!

I could get 3 or even 4 for the cost of that 64Gb one!

Mmmmmm RAID 0...

V. Tempted to get two May

crazyDAJT · 2 Mar 2008 at 11:47

that is cheep for SSD, what's the catch, anybody sean tests of this one??

Jokester · 2 Mar 2008 at 12:30

I would imagine they have very slow transfer rates, but hopefully I'm wrong and the days of "affordable" SSD are here.

You can fit 4 2.5" drives in a single 5.25" drive bay which is nice as well.

Justintime · 2 Mar 2008 at 12:38

32gb

Read up to 26MB/s (with UDMA Mode4).
Write up to 8MB/s (with UDMA Mode4).

16gb

Read up to 32MB/s.
Write up to 28MB/s (with UDMA Mode4).

Not so good.

Christo · 2 Mar 2008 at 12:40

Heres your answer

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=200725

crazyDAJT · 2 Mar 2008 at 13:50

i was under the impression that SSD where port at read write speed, but they have very quick assess times. which is why they are good for OS installs and swap files.

balls · 2 Mar 2008 at 14:59

o0o tempted to put one in my laptop should make the battery last a while longer

Slackworth · 2 Mar 2008 at 15:41

Chrisp7 said:
Heres your answer

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=200725

With SSD there is a choice of two types of memory, MLC or SLC. SLC is what you get in the more expensive drives and is very expensive. MLC is cheaper but it's not that brill.

GingerNinja1989 · 2 Mar 2008 at 20:25

LOL @ this drive. Waste of money. Save your pocket money for a better one, or just send it back!!!

Justintime · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:40

Yep results are less than spectacular.

FreeStream · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:51

Wow, that sucks!

Dam

Still a few in RAID 0 wouldn't be so shabby

GingerNinja1989 · 2 Mar 2008 at 23:31

But I thought that SSDs are supposed to be so fast that you wouldn't need RAID0?

helmutcheese · 3 Mar 2008 at 03:58

Some are, the ones I posted yonks ago are faster than any Mechanical HDD but cost a fortune.

C4EVA · 3 Mar 2008 at 14:58

People get too hung up on transfer rate tbh.
When it comes to OS and a lot of games/apps it's the Access time that is far more important due to the fact that thousands if not hundreds of small files need to be accessed quickly.
Transfer rate is more important if say you were working with large single files such as Vobs or big hi-resolution pictures.

helmutcheese · 3 Mar 2008 at 15:00

We actually know that, and the Transfer Rates beat any HDD on the Model I posted and the SEEK is near Zero.

drak3 · 3 Mar 2008 at 17:26

the expensive SSDs make a raptor look like a tape drive, but it's VERY expensive .. for now...