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For testing, the drives are all wiped and reset to factory settings by HDDerase V4 which you can get yourself over here. We try to use free programs and some real world testing so you can compare our findings against your own system.
This is a good way to measure potential upgrade benefits.
We tested the Intel and Corsair drives in both single mode and in Raid 0. There is a good chance that people buying one of these drives might in future add another for an inexpensive performance boost.
We also like to test Raid 0 when we get a chance!
Corsair F40 40GB x 2
Comparison Drives:
OCZ Agility 2 100GB
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB (with Highpoint RocketRAID 620 SATA controller)
OCZ Vertex 2 100GB
Buffalo 128GB Microstation
Intel X25-V 40GB (+Raid 0)
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB SSD
OCZ Vertex 128GB
Intel X-25M 160GB SSD
Corsair P128 SSD
CPU: Intel Core i7 875k @ 4.2ghz
Cooler: Noctua NH 14D
Motherboard: Intel DP55WG
Hard Drive: Western Digital 1TB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1600mhz (4gb)
Sata Interface: Highpoint RocketRAID 620 SATA Controller
PSU: Enermax 1250w Revolution
Graphics: Zotac GTX465
Chassis: Silverstone Raven 2
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate
Monitor: LaCie 730 30 inch LED screen
All our results were achieved by running each test five times with every configuration. Median averages were extrapolated from the results – this ensures that any glitches are removed from the results. Trim is confirmed as running by typing fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify into the command line. A response of disabledeletenotify =0 confirms TRIM is active.
over half a gigabyte per second performance rates, hilarious. love it ! I remember when getting 30mb/s was considered awesome and it cost more than these.
Damn Zardon do you ever sleep buddy? Great article and this seems to be a sweet price to performance point, under 200 for this? yes please. Sandforce controller is a very well balanced solution.
Very good too see such amazing performance and at such a modest price considering. I agree with the conclusion ‘delicious’ comment. it really is such a sweet time to buy technology.
These make a nice combination. whats next? four drives ? :p
Dear god man, give me some of that lovely hardware you get daily, its not fair!
OMG, my dreams have been answered I was wanting this EXACT review for a week now. This is my next purchase, but I do need to stop reading this site, I get envy with all the wicked products you get.
OMG, my dreams have been answered I was wanting this EXACT review for a week now. This is my next purchase, but I do need to stop reading this site, I get envy with all the wicked products you get.
Under £200, that is awesome. 40gb is a bit too small I think, so its nice you double the size and performance. will get these from OCUK.
two SSDs reviews in a day? spolit for choice 🙂
Sandforce controller is wicked. now we need a raid 0 review of the 256 GB Crucial REALSSDs 🙂 only 1k of SSD, bargain !
It is refreshing to see that performance isnt butchered due to going for a small size. sandforce rocks.
It is refreshing to see that performance isnt butchered due to going for a small size. sandforce rocks.
I was waiting for the crucial drives to come out at this size, but the marvell controller will not scale well at this size I dont think. 128gb for instance is poor compared to 256 unit.
Well that was rather interesting, over 500mb/s? wtf, speechless. not too shabby for 190 quid.
Corsair make such brilliant products, love their power supplies too. Waiting on a 850W review 🙂
Wow thats killer performance aint it ? Price is great. I dont think I would buy a single drive after reading this. raid 0 seems the way to go.
The intel drives have dropped in price, probably since these came out 🙂
Corsair have a good product here, seems the price point is good also. I wonder how they are selling, I dont know anyone who has bought an ssd.
SSDs are finally becoming affordable. they really DO make a huge difference, I always thought it was nonsense until I bought one for my laptop. it makes it feel like a new machine.
Anyone here got one of these drives, id like another opinion 🙂
Good on Corsair, its forced the price of the intel drives another £10 🙂
Are SSDs really that big a deal? I can generate wait a few seconds.
It depends how much you use your computer and what you are doing on it. for surfing the net, and random things, might be not needed, but if you are seriously using it, its like one of the best upgrades you can give it.
I hear corsair are working on a new controller with indilinx. any truth in this?
what about performance detoriating?
with RAID,trim is not possiblle…
I guess reinstalls would need to be taken into consideration for systems with this. That said, I think for the audience with the knowledge to Raid 0 drives they would reinstall their OS after a few months anyway. I know I do. every 4 months or so.
Actually Intel did release support for TRIM in raid o or raid 1. Not sure about these corsair units.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/03/23/intel-releases-trim-for-raid/1
Tigerdirect has these on sale right now for $99.99 after $30 mail in rebate. I’m picking one up tonight.
Thanks for the review..