OCZ shows a PCI-E 8x 1TB SSD

**autobot** · 03-03-2009, 01:51 PM

Nooooo.....those are PCI-E connectors. This plugs in like a video card.....and kinda looks like one too. :P

**HKPolice** · 03-03-2009, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by XS Janus

Do I see SLi-like connectors!

No, that's the PCIe connector you tard.

**DeathTyrant** · 03-03-2009, 02:19 PM

While that is a bit silly, you don't need to be so mean. :P

**Nanometer** · 03-03-2009, 02:19 PM

sli connectors, rotf, have you been living under a rock?

**Blauhung** · 03-03-2009, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Nanometer

sli connectors, rotf, have you been living under a rock?

you have to admit, the possibility of linking 2 of these would be rather cool

**m^2** · 03-03-2009, 02:31 PM

You can do it with software. R0/1/JBOD is practically 0 overhead.

**DFI pit bull** · 03-03-2009, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by TheKarmakazi

Niiiice!

If they made a 4x 30gb + controller card... I wonder what the price would be... that would be better suited for me personally.

Yes, that would be rather nice. Hopefully ocz will see sense and make a more affordable version.

**NeedMoMegaHurtZ** · 03-03-2009, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by m^2

You can do it with software. R0/1/JBOD is practically 0 overhead.

But software RAID in Windoz scales very poorly ~20-35% IIRC, slightly better in Linux

**GAR** · 03-03-2009, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by XS Janus

Do I see SLi-like connectors!

No, thats the bottom of the card, the pci-e connection

**DFI pit bull** · 03-03-2009, 03:16 PM

The card looks fat, might be a tight squeeze.

**Nanometer** · 03-03-2009, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Blauhung

you have to admit, the possibility of linking 2 of these would be rather cool

that's besides the point, that doesn't remotely make any sense. that's like claiming creatives next sound card will have SLI connectors.. it just doesn't make sense.

**DeathTyrant** · 03-03-2009, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by DFI pit bull

The card looks fat, might be a tight squeeze.

Looks like a two slot job to me, no more.

**XS Janus** · 03-03-2009, 03:55 PM

hahahaha

Didn't even crossed my mind that it was the bottom of the card I was looking at when I glanced at the pic and got my hopes up!!

That said... the card looks crazy big, now that I give it more thought. Such a FAT, low riding plastic shell could give some woes to installs...

**NapalmV5** · 03-03-2009, 04:11 PM

only 1500$ ? idk about you guys but thats a bargain!

we need more pcie ssd!

**Anarki** · 03-03-2009, 04:16 PM

wow awesome!

I am fully aware that you can plug this into a PCI-E x16 slot but I want to know if any motherboard manufacturer is going to release a desktop board with an x8 PCI-E slot.

Give me 3 x16 slots, 2 x8 slots and 1 x1 slot on a motherboard and I'll be happy

No need for PCI slots anymore IMO.

**Serra** · 03-03-2009, 04:51 PM

That's actually a pretty decent price for 1TB at that level of performance... *IF* the random performance is acceptable. Not that I can afford one, but I'm sure someone can.

Maybe someone at OCZ would be nice enough to slide one my way free? Me love you long time.

**alfaunits** · 03-03-2009, 05:10 PM

They can slide 1 one my way at that price, I wouldn't mind ^^
Just imagine! Instant p0rn play... errr I mean instant Office loading of course!

**ArcticOC** · 03-03-2009, 05:10 PM

As I see it, this is nothing else than 4ssd`s and a raid-controller in a fancy package

Better of buying components seperatly, lets say: 4 x X25-E + ARC-1680

**STEvil** · 03-03-2009, 05:22 PM

It needs to use a PCI-E ribbon cable so you can put it somewhere other than the slot and just have a ribbon going to the slot.

**Russian** · 03-03-2009, 08:52 PM

Guys, i know we're all Xtreme and all but can you guys imagine how much this thing weighs? with that big ass heatsink? and 4 drives sitting atop it? Retention brackets may be necessary... or something like a videocard retention system that highend cases from LianLi have.

**lowfat** · 03-03-2009, 09:02 PM

The thing looks bigger than a GTX 295.

**gatecrasherlok** · 03-03-2009, 09:21 PM

That looks so sweet and even if it weighs a tonne, I could'nt give a rats ***, just imagine freeing up all the those 5.25inch bays for a nice tasty watercooling rad.

**saaya** · 03-03-2009, 11:36 PM

sli like connectors?? that pic shows the pciE interface

:P

sounds nice! can the individual ssds be upgraded or replaced?
i hope they can scale this down to a more mainstream price point, then it should be really interesting...

im woried about the dimensions though, it looks like it needs a free slot above it since the heatsink on its back side is quite thick...