The what Solid Monster!?

VerticalDiscussions · October 22, 2014

Hello everyone, so in my quest for a new solid state drive (850 Pro yet to come -.-) i just spotted an extra solid state (if its available for purchase, gotta check yet) and i got surprised with the specifications :huh:! I totally agree with whoever says G.Skill isnt great with solid state solutions,but they seem to just have exploded into the market with these specifications (Looks like the Titan Z when announced) :wacko: (And was something else....) But what do you guys think of this "Super fast solid state"? If its reliable and such. Obviously Samsung 850 Pro beats this one in most aspects, but can it compete with the suposed swiftness of this ssd? It would never reach those numbers (Obviously) but would it be really really fast compared to what we have now(Ocz Vertex,Corsair GTX,etc)? Is it worth buying over the epic 850? If it is share your comments and ideas. Thank you all ^^.

Series Phoenix Blade

Capacity 480GB

Interface PCI-Express 2.0 x8

Form Factor Half Height

Memory Components MLC

Dimensions 170mm x 70mm x 21mm (Net)

Weight 275g (Net)

Max Read Speed 2000 MB/s

Max Write Speed 2000 MB/s

Sequential Read 1900 MB/s

Sequential Write 1050 MB/s

4KB Random Read Up to 90,000

4KB Random Write Up to 245,000

MTBF 1,000,000 Hours

Power Consumption (Active)

Max Read Workload: 15W / Max Write Workload: 18W

Power Consumption (Idle) 8W

Operating Temperature 0°C ~ 55°C

Max Shock Resistance

Dimwitted · October 22, 2014

Ok. This isn't an ssd. It's a card I think. It's using 2 bonded PCI Express lanes to get that thruput. It looks like something that's for a server or workstation. OCZ and Plextor have similar offerings. Not cheap.

Do you have a link?

VerticalDiscussions · October 23, 2014

Ok. This isn't an ssd. It's a card I think. It's using 2 bonded PCI Express lanes to get that thruput. It looks like something that's for a server or workstation. OCZ and Plextor have similar offerings. Not cheap.

Do you have a link?

Sorry didnt notice earlier, but if you ever want to see it (if you already havent) the link is the following:(http://www.gskill.com/en/product/fm-pcx8g2r4-480g)

Dimwitted · October 23, 2014

Yep. Just like I suspected. It's the equivalent of 4 x 128gb RAINed to get you that awesome speed. The biggest thing, after the cost, is that most desktops won't use the speed. It's overkill.