SSD Corsair Force 3 120/240Gb annunced

[Gilgamesh]

Based on Sandforce SF-2xxx:
http://www.corsair.com/solid-state-d...ard-drive.html




240Gb (499$):
Sequential Read/Write (using ATTO Disk Benchmark)
550 MB/s sequential read — 520 MB/s sequential write 85K IOPs (4K aligned)
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Interface
SATA 6Gb/s


120Gb (220$):

Sequential Read/Write (using ATTO Disk Benchmark)
550 MB/s sequential read — 510 MB/s sequential write 85K IOPs (4K aligned)


Really good 120Gb price and I will hope confirm 4k iops

[Postmodum]

Nice nice! Unfortunately, the marvel controller on my ud7 doesn't support raid0 ... and i already have 2 F60's in Raid0 ... so ... meh ... i'll upgrade my SSD's when i upgrade my platform

[Greg83]

all that speed and no cache.
but it uses asynchronous nand , which is like ddr mlc vs sdr mlc
133mbit vs 40mbit

[onethreehill]

Available in 60GB also

[M.Beier]

very tempting getting one of those...

[deathman20]

Nice speeds, and great price.

[kam03]

How reliable are they compared to ocz drives?

[dinos22]

crazy crazy speed

[generics_user]

How reliable are they compared to ocz drives?

if you want reliability go with samsung or intel and stay away from all indilinx (they're the worst) and sandforce based drives

[kam03]

if you want reliability go with samsung or intel and stay away from all indilinx (they're the worst) and sandforce based drives

so which model should i buy that will offer me the best performance and reliability?

Thanks

[TRANCEFORMER]

Anyone know if this are the force gt that was previously announced ? or this is just another different model ? the specs looks the same, but the force gt had a red enclosure !

[generics_user]

so which model should i buy that will offer me the best performance and reliability?

Thanks

for ultimate reliability i'd go with the Samsung 470 series because samsung is the only manufacturer with a 100% clean track record in terms of firmware updates + hardware (there were no major issues at all with samsung drives) despite their weaker performance

Intel SSD320 is a better performer and should be just as reliable (the controller on this drive has gone through 3 revisions by now and can be found on X25-m G1 and G2, the only thing they changed is the firmware and NAND)

i'd try to stay away from other drives for some time because they still have to prove themselves to be very reliable and alot of controllers created some serious problems over time (there is a reason why most OEMs stick to samsung and intel)

[Lanek]

Waiting a test between this one and the Vertex3 ... In term of performance, the Corsair 120gb, will maybe be the choice vs the 120gb one ..... for the other density, it's another problem.

[SubZero.it]

Aligned?Who cares about aligned?The M4 remains a bargain and better performer compared to SF based drives

[M.Beier]

crazy crazy speed

Hate to agree wit hyou....

So when will James do another PCmark round!?

[gumballguy]

for ultimate reliability i'd go with the Samsung 470 series because samsung is the only manufacturer with a 100% clean track record in terms of firmware updates + hardware (there were no major issues at all with samsung drives) despite their weaker performance

I assume you are limiting your discussion to SSDs. They had HDD faults.

[kam03]

How good is the Intel 510 series? is it as reliable as 320?

[lutjens]

I wonder what the random 4K R/W are? If they're not bragging about them, it's a potential cause for a concern. DRAM type is also unknown.

The performance facts will come out in a good head to head review. Regardless, I'll likely be going ahead on the Vertex 3 MaxIOPS 240GB, simply because I don't feel like waiting until July for these new drives to materialize. Overall performance is likely to be closely comparable, with one drive winning some benches and the other winning some, not enough to justify waiting a full month or more.

Also noticed the MTBF for the Corsair is 1,000,000 hours vs the 2,000,000 for the Vertex 3...may just be marketing BS, but it's a spec nonetheless.

[Greg83]

ram cache is n/a
seems like the vertex 3 didn't have a ram cache either , from the reviews showing its insides
these drive seem to be using ddr mlc 2.0 , with 133 m/t
the corsair just a different brand

[lutjens]

ram cache is n/a
seems like the vertex 3 didn't have a ram cache either , from the reviews showing its insides
these drive seem to be using ddr mlc 2.0 , with 133 m/t
the corsair just a different brand

Sorry, meant to say NAND type...Intel/Micron 25nm or 35nm toggle like the MaxIOPS?

[stevecs]

Also no information as to UBE ratios. A habit from nearly all SSD companies that I find distressing (as it's not alleviating any concerns on data integrity). I'm kind of waiting to see what happens with the SanDisk/Pliant purchase.

[Tony]

Guys...you do know they are quoting 85k SEQUENTIAL 4K IOPs?

This drive is basically the same as Agility3....vertex3 and MaxIO are faster drives

[Skratch]

This is my next drive.

[Khoral]

Guys...you do know they are quoting 85k SEQUENTIAL 4K IOPs?

According to this post :http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...5&postcount=70

It's 85k IOPS for random write 4k aligned.

[Tony]

According to this post :http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...5&postcount=70

It's 85k IOPS for random write 4k aligned.

LOL oh really

if thats the case ask them to supply the test file they used