Tuesday, March 7th 2017
PNY Intros the CS1311b Entry-level SSD Series
PNY today introduced the CS1311b line of entry-level SSDs in the 7 mm-thick 2.5-inch form-factor, featuring SATA 6 Gbps interface. Available in capacities of 128 GB and 256 GB, the drives feature 3D TLC-NAND flash memory made by Micron Technology. The 128 GB variant offers sequential transfer speeds of up to 510 MB/s reads with up to 410 MB/s writes, and up to 42,000 IOPS 4K random reads, with up to 82,000 IOPS 4K random writes; while the 256 GB variant is slightly faster, with up to 560 MB/s sequential reads, and up to 510 MB/s writes; with up to 80,000 IOPS 4K random reads, and up to 81,000 IOPS 4K random writes. The drives are backed by 3-year product warranties. Acronis True Image data migration software comes included. The company didn't reveal pricing.
3 Comments on PNY Intros the CS1311b Entry-level SSD Series
It is all about cutting costs. Why have a big PCB when you don't need it? The NAND chips have gotten big enough that they don't need a bunch of them, so the PCB can be shrunk down.
I'm more concerned with the plastic case. The controllers tend to overheat in plastic cases, the metal cases act as a heatsink.