Friday, September 17th 2010
PhotoFast Also Readies GMonster PowerDrive-LSI PCI-E SSD
PhotoFast is working on yet another monster SSD, this time one that uses the PCI-Express x8 interface (fits inside x16 slots), the GMonster PowerDrive-LSI. As the name suggests, some of the drive's chippery (such as storage controller) is made by LSI, which runs an internal (abstract to OS) RAID a number of SSD modules. If 2 GT/s interface was any indication of the drive's speeds, then here goes: 1,400 MB/s read; 1,500 MB/s write. The controller has its own 512 MB of dedicated DDR2 memory. The GMonster PowerDrive-LSI comes in capacities of 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB. It has a rated MTBF of 1.5 million hours. It is slated for next month. Once again, PhotoFast did not give out pricing.
Source:
Compulenta.ru
14 Comments on PhotoFast Also Readies GMonster PowerDrive-LSI PCI-E SSD
"the RevoDrive X2 - The PCIe x4 add-in card boasts eye-watering speeds of over 730MB/s for both read and write, which is more than 35 per cent quicker than its predecessor.
It also manages 120,000 4k random write IOPS, which OCZ is corroborating by running IOMeter at IDF showing over 107,000 IOPS."
:D
EDIT: Does it support trim? For the price it's going to be it shouldn't need trim.
can't wait for this kind of tech to get cheaper, I'm still holding off on my first SSD purchase, I'm thinkin late next year when the two new CPU architectures are in full swing.
It doesnt look that bad giving the fact it will be in a PCI-E slot and you wont see the side of it and theres no wires coming off it or the mobo.
Once these are 200 bucks for 500gb... bye bye hardrives bye bye hardrive bays hello all this new space in my computer case and KICK ASS SPEEDS!!:rockout:
Red matches the cards and my mobo.
It looks as sleek as it is fast.
I think the smallest version was 240GB for €1,206.84
Nevertheless the speeds are impressive... close to 1400 MB/s read as promissed... think we benchmarked 1223 MB/s.
I think the site was called SSD Europe or something...
Cheers,
Jean Paul Ravin