Corsair Ultra Fast 256 GB SSD Sneak Peek

malware · Apr 9, 2009

It's unusual for Corsair products to be proclaimed before their official press release is posted on the manufacturer's site, but in this case a little "sneak peek" from our colleagues at HotHardware allows us to break the rules. We are talking about Corsair's ulta-fast 256 GB solid-state drive that will be out "sometime in the not too distant future". This new 256 GB model features updated controller from Samsung (Samsung S3C29RBB01-YK40), 64 MB of on-board cache and thus must offer significantly increased performance. The official product name will be Corsair P256. The drive will feature SATA 3.0Gb/s interface, a heavy-duty aluminum enclosure, average read speeds of over 200 MB/s, average write speeds of 169.1 MB/s, 0.1ms random access time, and a 248.2 MB/s burst speed. The Corsair P256 is expected to cost around $749.

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WhiteLotus · Apr 9, 2009

hurray for this and every other SSD coming out. Me wants competition and therefore lower prices!

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 9, 2009

wait, wait, wait & wait more until price becomes 1Gb=$0.5

breakfromyou · Apr 9, 2009

Wonder how this handles random reads and writes...

The Gonz · Apr 9, 2009

Using HD Tach as a tool to market the awesome of your SSD = teh fail

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3316/vaderfail.jpg

WhiteLotus · Apr 9, 2009

why so fail?

many people use HD tach - its a nice comparison.

mechtech · Apr 9, 2009

BUT is it SLC?????

Pete1burn · Apr 9, 2009

And it will cost 1 million dollars!

OnBoard · Apr 9, 2009

WhiteLotus said:
hurray for this and every other SSD coming out. Me wants competition and therefore lower prices!

So Say We All.

Studabaker · Apr 9, 2009

Pete1burn said:
And it will cost 1 million dollars!

LOL it's so true. And it probably IS close to 1 million dollars when you factor in price per GB compared to an HD!

Assassin48 · Apr 10, 2009

I stick with my raptor for a few more months if i not tempted in going to SSD

Studabaker · Apr 10, 2009

Assassin48 said:
I stick with my raptor for a few more months if i not tempted in going to SSD

I agree, I'm gonna give SSD about another year for prices/size/performance. For now I'll just get a couple of regular drives and RAID0 them.

simlariver · Apr 10, 2009

HD tach means nothing for an ssd. We need to see the random read/write and read/write speed of small-med-large files.

Most ssc fail at reading small files.

zads · Apr 10, 2009

simlariver said:
Most ssc fail at reading small files.

Wrong.
Most SSDs fail at writing random small files WITH IMPROPER SETUP.

fullinfusion · Apr 10, 2009

I'd Buy Corsair over the rest.... but wishful thinking till there prices drop..... Like BIG TIME :nutkick:

Biker · Apr 11, 2009

+1 for is it SLC?

(Doubt it judging by the size)...

nafets · Apr 11, 2009

It's MLC.

If it were SLC it would be horribly expensive.

I'd expect SSDs based on this new Samsung 2nd generation controller, with onboard cache, to perform well with small random writes, while avoiding any of the "stuttering" issues plaguing current garbage JMicron controller-based SSDs...

Hayder_Master · Apr 12, 2009

"Ultra Fast" average read speeds of over 200 MB/s , i see OCZ 512GB more than 250MB/s read speed

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