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Super Talent MX Series SSDs Get a Speed Boost and Rebate

Posted 07/21/08 at 11:50:35 PM |  by Paul Lilly

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Not everyone is sold on SSDs, but that isn't stopping almost everyone from trying to sell you one. Competition has started to heat up, and it looks as though OCZ and Super Talent are lining up for a race to see which company can offer the fastest SSDs at the lowest price point. Super Talent kicked things off with its MasterDrive MX line, offering 120MB/sec write and 40MB/sec read speeds in 30GB, 60GB, and 120GB sizes for as low as $299, but OCZ joined the race just a few months later with a low cost line of its own. OCZ's Core series drives upped the ante with a hat trick that includes slightly more storage space, better read and write speeds at up to 143MB/sec and 93MB/sec respectively, and lower price points. Game, set, match?

Not quite. Super Talent doesn't appear ready to concede the mainstream market, and to prove it, the company has revised its MX series SSDs to offer faster speeds. Both the 15GB and 30GB models now sport read speeds of 120MB/sec and write speeds of 60MB/sec, while the 60GB and 120GB boast the same read speed but increases the write speeds to 80MB/sec. "Our expert engineering team is constantly discovering new ways to improve our proudcts, and this is one improvement that will be well received by power laptop users," said Super Talent director or marketing, Joe James.

The tweaked SATA-II SSDs still trail behind OCZ's Core series, but to make them more competitive, Super Talent has begun offering a $40 rebate (PDF) when purchased through Newegg. Is it enough to make you consider a SSD?

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avatar"offering 120MB/sec write

Submitted by johnny3144 on Tue, 2008-07-22 07:39

"offering 120MB/sec write and 40MB/sec read speeds"

so, SSD writes faster than it reads? or is this a typo, since corresponding line in the paragraph below seems to be back wards

"Both the 15GB and 30GB models now sport read speeds of 120MB/sec and
write speeds of 60MB/sec, while the 60GB and 120GB boast the same read
speed but increases the write speeds to 80MB/sec"

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avatarBackwards

Submitted by One4yu2c on Tue, 2008-07-22 12:23

The line if the first paragraph had it backwards.

15GB and 30GB

120MB/sec read, 60MB/sec write

60GB an 120GB

120MB/sec read, 80MB/sec write

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avatari see, i thought writing is

Submitted by johnny3144 on Tue, 2008-07-22 13:58

i see, i thought writing is faster than reading sound odd, but it is SDD, so i wasn't sure.

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avatarNot till the lifespan is acceptable

Submitted by Talcum X on Tue, 2008-07-22 05:22

 Waiting for when they wont turn into a ROM drive after so many read/write cycles.

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avatarGreat

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 2008-07-22 00:12

This is what turned me into a hardware geek. Innovation is really exciting and I can't wait to see what becomes of this technology in a few years. Yes eventually these drives will be cheaper than hdd's. This is the future. Solid state has always been the wave of the future.

Now if only more companies would get in on the SSD's and add to the competition. One day low end pc's will be equiped with lowly Raptor HDD's.

 

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avatarFor a laptop, maybe

Submitted by Link2Ib on Mon, 2008-07-21 22:49

If these have a significant impact on battery life or heat, I'd snap one up once they drop to around $100 for 64GB. It might be nice for my laptop. I wonder if there's any way to install one of these alongside a SATA hard drive? That might be nice.

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