techPowerUp! Forums - View Single Post - PhotoFast Announces CFast-based G-Monster Quad Drive

Beertintedgoggles · Aug 6, 2009, 11:58 PM

I got pretty excited when I saw this until I checked the prices of 32GB CF cards on newegg. At a little more than $70 each that means you're already looking at a $280 investment for a 128GB SSD. The SuperTalent drives with the latest gen. Samsung controller (w/ 128MB cache) are $335 with free shipping from the egg right now. So for this to be competitive it'd have to be around $55, at least with current prices. And the SuperTalent claims 220/200MB Sequential read/write speeds.

Edit: That SuperTalent SSD was their 128GB model for an even comparison in prices.

Processor:	2500K @ 4.5GHz 1.28V
Motherboard:	ASUS P8P67 Deluxe
Cooling:	Corsair A70
Memory:	8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600 9-9-9-24 1T
Video Card:	eVGA GTX 470 & GTX275 Co-op PhysX (has a GTS250 onboard)
Hard Disk:	Crucial m4 128GB + Seagate RAID 1 (1TB x 2)
Optical Drive:	Cheap and black DVD RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell 19" 1280x1024 nothing special
Case:	Antec 300
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	PC Power & Cooling 750W
Software:	Windows 7 64bit Pro

Aug 6, 2009, 11:58 PM	#3
Beertintedgoggles Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 692 (0.25/day) Thanks: 63 Thanked 194 Times in 144 Posts System Specs	I got pretty excited when I saw this until I checked the prices of 32GB CF cards on newegg. At a little more than $70 each that means you're already looking at a $280 investment for a 128GB SSD. The SuperTalent drives with the latest gen. Samsung controller (w/ 128MB cache) are $335 with free shipping from the egg right now. So for this to be competitive it'd have to be around $55, at least with current prices. And the SuperTalent claims 220/200MB Sequential read/write speeds. Edit: That SuperTalent SSD was their 128GB model for an even comparison in prices.