F*CK, sh**, fsck! I placed the cursor in the blank area, where the text was formatting around the non-displaying image/gif file when I C&P'd the quoted text, hit delete to remove it, and the whole window disappeared, a backpage op occured and I lost my whole post....arrgh :monky:
And what's with tweakertech site, that constantly reloads, continues to load new data, after I hit the FF 'stop loading this page' button...they need to lay of the meth on that site, damn it!
I'll try again, and screw the formatting/image file.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/01/26/owc.outs.first.enterprise.grade.25.inch.ssds/
Thanks to a newer SandForce processor, the drives are said to keep their optimal 260MBps read and write speeds with 0.1ms latency.The enterprise-grade drives work at up to the full 3Gbps speed of SATA II and use Error Correction Code as well as SandForce's RAISE technology to avoid corruption and extend the lifespan of the flash memory cells. The 50GB Mercury Extreme Enterprise SSD is priced at $230, the 100GB version at $400, and the 200GB model costs $780.
Still too expensive, probably relabeled runcore or made 4 OWC by RC. I also note the Runcore V2 PATA/IDE likely using older controller, is $240 for 64GB (using older spec instead of realistic 50GB?) and for that you get only 80MB/s read, much slower writes...still faster than a HD, but not much...other than latency. Y is that when the last PATA at133 spec is much higher theoretical?
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/30...100gb_sandforce_solid_state_disk/index10.html
Even though we are working with very early samples, it is safe to proclaim the RunCore Pro V with the SandForce 1500 controller and low cost MLC flash a very fast solid state drive. At this time I feel comfortable saying that the Pro V will be the enthusiast SSD in which all others will be compared to for the first half of 2010. The synthetic numbers don’t show the true potential of the Pro V, but as soon as we get to real world Windows operations the synthetics be damned, this is the real deal.
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What we really need to know before passing the final judgment is cost. We already know that the Pro V will cost more than the Barefoot powered Pro IV, but is it going to be a 10, 20 or 30% increase in cost? Another thing we need to consider is how the drive will compare to next generation products based on SandForce 1200, Marvel and Indilinx. The SandForce 1200 products should show up around the March timeframe and the latter two should arrive early Q2 if we are lucky.
What we do know is the RunCore Pro V is fast, fast enough to satisfy our needs and limited in many cases by other hardware like SATA II and even processor speed. The 4K performance is the highest we have ever tested to date; it is simply amazing. Every enthusiast on the planet will want this drive!
As you might have noticed, we have a matched pair of 100GB drives. Tune in tomorrow for our RAID 0 benchmarks!
let me guess, you'all are going to stick with Intel, lol?
Get a Mac, the new Apple tablet will be the next tech icon!