http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Sorry, I miss the good old days :*(

Back on point: I'll have to wait for the price to lose a '0' before I become interested.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
Bad thing is, I was addicted to that game.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
Your penis demonstrates the lowest form of humanity cause is was in that guy's mum.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
Also, such awesomeness apparently attempts to make up for a deficiency in penis size.

dididoitrite?]]>Aug 3rd 2009 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
I put a banana in my aspire one...

It doesn't function properly as a result.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
Thoughts?]]>Aug 3rd 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
In near future higher speed will come from using fast SSD disks and with the operating system using GPU for extra power.
Thats how I will uppgrade my Mac Pro!
]]>Aug 3rd 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
In terms of a SSD, I'd probably go up to a 300gb drive, but anything more than that you're wasting your money if you buy one right now IMHO. Just use it for a system drive and keep your data elsewhere.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
But regardless if it is full or not, any decent SSD with a modern controller (i.e. Intel/Indilinx/Samsung) will blow your mind. I'm played with a laptop that had an OCZ Vertex drive, and I was amazed at how fast it could boot up and launch applications. Everything is far smoother and more responsive than any HDD I've used.
]]>Aug 3rd 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
Also, the Lexus analogy is off because that's a matter of depreciation.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
this is also a matter of depreciation.... worth $2200 today, $220 in 3 years... thats a loss in value over time and therefore it depreciated]]>Aug 3rd 2009 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
So 1 TB for $2,500 isn't "bad," all things considered. The only question is whether its performance can match those of Intel's, especially with random read/write.

Obviously, too much for most of us, myself included, but compared to what's out there, it's not unreasonable. ]]>Aug 3rd 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
I remember when 128MB flash memory cards cost $100+, and now you can find 2GB capacity ones for FREE.


So how long until we have 1TB micro-SD cards for under $100??
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The 120GB model is a relatively good value. Need to see some head to head benchmarks with the X25-m.]]>Aug 3rd 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
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Head to head review.

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3607&p=4]]>Aug 3rd 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3608]]>Aug 3rd 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Aug 3rd 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/Seq Reads - SATA 2 Limited @ 300 MB/S minus overhead

OCZ Vertex (2 @ Raid 0)
Seq Reads - 450 MB/s
Seq Writes - 380 MB/s

Collosus is cheaper, but is forfeiting a lot of bandwidth. Should have held out for SATA 3]]>Aug 3rd 2009 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/oczs-1tb-colossus-ssd-gets-a-price-and-launch-timeframe/
Based on the numbers posted by Anand, which I trust, which are AFTER the drive has been "worn in", the Vertex does sequential reads around 250MB/s, sequential writes around 135MB/s, random reads at 35MB/s, and random writes at 6MB/s.

So a Collosus WOULD be limited by SATA 2 @ 300MB/s doing sequential reads, but not doing any of the other things. So using two Vertex drives with independent SATA 2 interfaces WOULD be faster at certain things (large file copies from one of these to something infinitely fast say, like streaming to a gigabit interface off a server or something), but otherwise not.

I'm not all that certain how quickly the whole SATA 3 thing is going to roll out given the recent glitches with the P55 mobos and the Marvell chip. Sounds like there should be something before the end of 2009. I don't see why we shouldn't have the Collosus now, and OCZ can deliver a 6GB/s SATA version before the end of the year.

OCZ Collosus (Native Raid 0)
Seq Reads - SATA 2 Limited @ 300 MB/S minus overhead

OCZ Vertex (2 @ Raid 0)
Seq Reads - 450 MB/s
Seq Writes - 380 MB/s

Collosus is cheaper, but is forfeiting a lot of bandwidth. Should have held out for SATA 3]]>Aug 4th 2009 7:47PM