


Brand | OCZ |
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Model | OCZSSDMPES-64G |
Form Factor | Mini PCIe |
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Capacity | 64GB |
Interface | Mini PCIe (SATA) |
Max Sequential Read | Up to 110MB/s |
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Max Sequential Write | Up to 51MB/s |
Sustained Sequential Write | Up to 25MB/s |
Features | Internal SATA Control PCIe Interface Regulations and Compliance: RoHS, UL, FCC, CE OS Compatibility: Windows 7, XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, Mac OS X 10 and up Low Power Consumption Shock Resistant |
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Date First Available | June 02, 2009 |
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Pros: - Silicon Motion S2240 controller is *far* better than the JMicron or Phison controllers used by most other brand's mini PCI-E SSDs. These other controllers lack cache and perform horribly during random writes, which leads to stuttering. None of that with this OCZ/Silicon Motion combo. - Good transfer rates across the board. - Turns my Eee PC into the most responsive system I have for general usage...and I've got a 3.8GHz i7 with a 7200.12 RAID 0 setup. - Decent price per GB for a higher end SSD. - Plenty of space for a netbook.
Cons: - Price per GB is still very high. - MLC Flash memory, but that's really unavoidable for a 64GB drive of this form factor. - Setting up and maintaining an SSD for best performance an longevity has a bit of a learning curve for those used to rotating platter drives.
Overall Review: Sequential transfer rates are almost meaningless. Most drive access done by the OS are very small reads and writes. If your drive chokes on these, your user experience *will* be poor. I'm glad I took the time to do some research and chose this SSD over others with superficially better specifications. It's very likely that these OCZ drives are the best performing mini PCI-E drives to date.