ssd with ide connection

[Ao1]

Guys,

What is the best ssd with an ide connection for a laptop?

Thanks

[3Z3VH]

I wasn't aware they were even being offered

On NewEgg, the only brand of IDE SSD I see that I would trust, is the SuperTalent.

Are you doing this for speed, or just for shock resistance ? If you are going for speed, I would not bother, because the IDE bus will be limiting you to the point that SSD won't be all too peppy. You will get the lower latency, but the speed just won't be there.

[Levish]

the last generation of IDE was 133MBps theoretical cap, its hardly going to be limiting for a IDE SSD, most of which I found to be in the 40-60MBps range

[felix_w]

Search for Photofast G-Monster 2.5" IDE V2....100MB/s R&W Sequential...Here is a CDM Benchmark I found :



and

[EniGmA1987]

MTron drives are IDE and SATA. SATA is just the connection as there is no native SATA interface. Really they are all IDE. Great prices on their SLC drives too:
http://rocketdisk.com/index.php?cPat...e606ac7cc8b68a

MTron was using ARM pocessors in their controllers long before Indilinx and Samsung were.

[Ao1]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm trying to be a cheap skate to save buying a new laptop for my daughter. She has a dell latitude D505, with 512 ram and a 1.6 cpu. Boot up/ app loading takes forever. I’ve got 2gb of ram I can stick in it and would not mind spending around £120 for an ssd, but hadn’t counted on the hdd being an ide connection.

The MTron & Photofast look like good options, but are a bit over budget. Anyone know anything about the Transcend drives below? I know they are a bit crap, but good enough for use on a laptop that is only really used as a typewriter and for web surfing?

Transcend TS16GSSD25-S 16GB 2.5" Int SSD - SLC (IDE) = £100.21
Transcend TS32GSSD25-M - 32GB 2.5" Int SSD - MLC (IDE) = £77.67

Maybe I would be better getting a faster hdd if there is such a thing?

Edit: the laptop forum rates the HM160JC - 160 Gb Samsung as one of the fastest 2.5" ide drives and its under £40.....its not like I'm going to be the one sitting around waiting for 12ms, so the samsung it is. Apart from latency the drive performance does not look too bad, so no need to feel too guilty and its a definate plus to what's in there now.

[Rhys]

you could try a new WD SiliconDrive III

Edit: I now retract that comment! Lol!

[Ao1]

you could try a new WD SiliconDrive III

Edit: I now retract that comment! Lol!

Thanks anyway Rhys. The Super Talent MasterDrive EX2 would have been ok but it’s not in stock in the UK. Same problem with photofast and Mtron. If it was my laptop I would have probably held out for a photofast. That HM160JC should do the trick though.

[felix_w]

()... and would not mind spending around £120 for an ssd, but hadn’t counted on the hdd being an ide connection.



Maybe I would be better getting a faster hdd if there is such a thing?

Edit: the laptop forum rates the HM160HC - 160 Gb Samsung as one of the fastest 2.5" ide drives and its under £40.....its not like I'm going to be the one sitting around waiting for 12ms, so the samsung it is. Apart from latency the drive performance does not look too bad, so no need to feel too guilty and its a definate plus to what's in there now.

(Click on the links to see Crystaldiskmark Benches for each one)

Transcend TS32GSSD25-M - 32GB 2.5" Int SSD - MLC (IDE) = £77.67
Photofast G-Monster 2.5" IDE V2 32GB MLC = 159€-> £135