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    Corsair Intros High-Performance 256GB SSD

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Apr 10, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Corsair Intros High-Performance 256GB SSD
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    Corsair will soon be launching its first high-performance Solid State Disk (SSD), the 256GB P256. It has claimed sequential read/write speeds of 220MB/s and 200MB/s respectively. The drive also has a 128MB cache and a Samsung controller. There is no official price, but estimates place it around a lofty $750.

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  2. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    New computer vs. SSD for the old computer
     
    Clutch, Apr 10, 2009
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    jedisolo Notebook Deity

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    I'm sure the corsair drive is the new Samsung drive that dell is selling.
     
    jedisolo, Apr 10, 2009
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    Snowm0bile Starcraftologist

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    great!

    $750 though.... crap
     
    Snowm0bile, Apr 11, 2009
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  5. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    at both the price and the driver

    what kind of controllers does it have?> stuttering ones or not :p
     
    The_Moo™, Apr 11, 2009
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    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    The Samsung SSD I have uses an ARM processor and SDRAM cache so it should not have the stuttering issue (which is caused by lack of cache).
     
    lixuelai, Apr 11, 2009
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    Shouldn't be any stuttering (samsung controller), plus it has 128MB cache to help.
     
    goofball, Apr 11, 2009
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    Yeah, the Samsung controller shouldn't exhibit any signs of stuttering. As far as I know, it's only the Jmicron-based SSDs that have really shown any issues. This is going to be a strong competitor for both the OCZ Summit (using the same Samsung controller) and their Vertex line (with the Indilinx controller) that we just reviewed. That 128MB of cache is pretty crazy, though, and here I thought the 64 megs in the Vertex drives was high.
     
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  9. Clutch

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    I would think having that much cache would make it go slower.
     
    Clutch, Apr 12, 2009
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    I can buy a new notebook with that.
     
    nomanland, Apr 13, 2009
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    Like all new technology it'll go down in price. When the Vertex 250 GB was released on newegg it cost about 850.00 dollars now it's 745.00. You can get Supertalents version for 619.00 dollars.
     
    jedisolo, Apr 13, 2009
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    Dell is including these Samsung 256GB drives in their laptops as a $325-$400 upgrade. Quite affordable and are awesome drives. So if you are in the market for a laptop...
     
    MadBoris, Apr 13, 2009
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