Joined on 08/15/04
I think I want to marry newegg!
Pros: SUPER Fast, I mean FAST! 2x 74gb raptors in Raid 0 To this 60gb vertex 3 in less then 1sec. (150mb file transfer) This was using 2 separate sata controllers on my motherboard. (Mine has 2) Easy install Worked out of box, no problems.
Cons: NONE! This is not con, but keep in mind you have to go in administrative tools/Storage/ Right click on it (ssd volume) and make simple storage volume, Let it add master boot record and only do quick formats on ssd's. Done! Win7 will now see your volume in My Computer.
Overall Review: Just amazing how fast this drive is! Cant wait to get another and Raid 0 them. Im speechless truly... Idk what to say. So happy right now. I know there is cheaper drives out there, But this is best of best as far as benchmarks and speed. Yes its tiny in space but its SPEED on budget and it does this very well. "Budget" I mean it doesn't cost 200+ its still expensive for its size but well worth it. Buy it! Trust me specially if you've never used SSD you will be blown away.
Decent but not amazing.
Pros: Hard to think of anything I really liked. - It fits - Works
Cons: The thermal compound they use absolutely sucks, I mean really. Not only was it all over the gpu itself and not just on "core" area but also on green area around it. Their QA should look up how to use thermal paste. They used way to much! Memory doesn't have heatsinks Very pricey for this card, Different manufactures will give you more for your money.
Overall Review: Temps where idle at 72c with old paste that was on there. I busted out my AS 5 paste took it all apart, got all the old stuff off...ton of it. did my little layer of AS 5 and wow crazy results.. Idle's in 50c area now. Not confirmed buyer but I got this at retail store near me, figured a nice warning would be nice for everyone else. Also a enthusiast like me would not normally buy this card but my 5870 is being rma'd to visiontek so I needed cheap card to hold me over.
Excellent
Pros: Works like it should
Cons: None
Overall Review: I cant say enough good stuff about Gskill's Trident line of products when it comes to use on x570 amd platform. Every time I buy this stuff it just works I bought this listing here twice so im running 64gb ram...picks up XMP profile first time with zero issues works right out the box like it should. Im going to sell this set soon, just ordered 4x32gb kit and im not even worried its not listed as Approved ram on mobo website but I know when i stick it in it will work cause thats what gskill does.
Great Drive!
Pros: Fast Reliable Great endurance
Cons: Price...But it is enterprise so thats not a surprise.
Overall Review: I mainly bought it because it has extremely high endurance compared to consumer drives. These Nytro Drives arnt super available online for sale depending on the Prefix model number your looking for because it tells you what the drive is good for like this one is "XS" which is Scaled Endurance. This is a SAS drive so im using 12gb/s LSI lenovo pcie raid card to use this SSD, it meets its advertised speeds like seagate claims. Works perfect and ive had zero issues. Endurance is 1 full drive write per day or 3500TBW.... which is ALOT compared to consumer drives most consumer drives are around 500-700tbw before failure. What I will say is its not as fast at compute workloads like my Seagate nvme Q5...nor is it as fast writing or reading. What that works out to is the nytro is about roughly 20% slower even more when your dealing with very fast nvme's like corsair mp600 for example but your getting extreme reliability here you have to keep that in mind. Overall at end of the day I would say if...if you have the money to invest in enterprise drive for specific use case that has ALOT of writes per day like i do doing roughly 4.5tb per day then this drive could make sense to own. Its all about speed vs reliability you cant have both and if your close to having both your going to spend alot of money to have that.
Eggcellent
Pros: Fast Reliable Quiet Cool
Cons: none
Overall Review: I highly recommend these for pro-sumber application, lets be real your really going enterprise when going with sas solution so this is more intended for entry level server enterprise or high end consumers. I write 37000gb every 130hrs to my enterprise sas SSD (Seagate Nytro 1.92TB SAS Drive) non-stop 24/7 then offloading some of it onto these SATA enterprise drives so I dont have huge speed requirement so sata works good for me. Anyways im impressed with how cool they run, quiet they are. All four I ordered ive had zero issues. I would definitely buy more and look at no other brand.
Excellent endurance
Pros: Fast Reliable Decent price per GB....more on that in review. Highest write endurance
Cons: None
Overall Review: If your motherboard has heatsinks with thermal pads take off all the stickers off the drive. This is probably the best of the best when it comes to speed and endurance in the consumer market 550TBW max write life endurance there is few m.2 drives that can handle this type of workload, when properly installed and if it has airflow over the heatsink this drive runs full 100% load for days on end at 55c. I write alot to my drives and its very very hard on them. The expected life span of this one is probably 3-4 months which is better then most ive killed. And I know im asking for enterprise endurance in the consumer space, but its expensive to go into the SAS enterprise SSD space but I found a solution the other day. Anyways im going to sell this im done with nvme m.2 its just to costly to me. If your in market for extremely high write endurance like me look at going m.2 to u.2 SAS adapter pair that with Seagate Nytro "LE" part number SAS drive and depending on model your looking at 3500-21000tbw.....Yes the drives are 500- 1200$ for 2tb but you get your moneys worth and then some. These enterprise Seagate Nytro drives take a beating and keep coming for more....yes thats 3500000-21000000GB of writes before failure. And I throw down 37000gb of writes in just 130hrs....hence the need for a fast ssd enterprise solution. Hope this helps any high endurance junkie like me looking for cost effective solution. Dont take this as negative review if you dont have requirements like I do this drive will last you years for a consumer application your getting excellent value you will more then likely never kill this drive.