http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/ Engadget Comments for Crucial's 6Gbps RealSSD C300 goes on sale, costs as much as a decent laptop 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/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
Not sure if my last message sent, my internet just failed on me (I hate my connection at University)

The standard way of writing a size is GB and the standard way of writing a speed is Gbps. I have not seen any companies stray from this, so where are you getting that from?]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/I think companys like using "b" because of the higher numbers they can claim with?]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
yeah 8x higher with small ''b'']]>Feb 25th 2010 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
/me schoolz j00

Gb = gigabits
GB = Gigabytes

8 bits in 1 byte z0n.

BTW this drive is sick, I'm gonna have to demo one...
For the price though you would think they would put a 6Gb SAS controller on there instead of SATA.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
But I wouldn't wait until they reach per GB parity with HDDs either. Just affordable enough to the OS and programs, or all the files I need on the laptop. It's not some incremental upgrade; it's a totally new level of snappiness. ]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
Right now SSD is still too expensive for most manufacturers to ship as the standard drive. It's not cost-per-GB that is the critical factor but cost-for-reasonable-number-of-GB: when 128GB SSDs drop enough in price, they will still be hugely more expensive than 500GB of HD, but will be suitable for inclusion in new PCs. Right now you can get about 40GB for a reasonable price, which doesn't leave you much after an OS install and core software. When that reaches 128 I think it'll be much more commonly used.

Agree that more manufacturers will also start shipping systems with a smallish SSD (64GB?) plus large HD.]]>Feb 25th 2010 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
TweakTown didn't even bench it against the most popular, mainstream SSDs e.g. Intel, OCZ Vertex/Turbo/Colossus etc. ]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
Yeah - I just found an article at AnandTech from the 19th Feb where they examine the C300. The AnandTech article is better :) Oh and they DO say the C300 is pretty awesome.]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
D'oh. Forgot to include the link: http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3747]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
Yeah - I'm happy enough with my Vertex Turbo 120GB for now. Last bench I did reported Seq. Read: 250Mbps Seq. Write: 160Mbps

For once, I bought at exactly the right time - I paid £325. One month later it was £450 from the same online retailer! O_o]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
Did they ever resolve that issue with SSD "memory" issue where you can only read/write so many times?]]>Feb 25th 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/It seems to me that hard drives are disposable anyway. In 3-4 years, you'll want to replace your pathetic 128GB drive for a faster, cheaper 1TB SSD anyway. ]]>Feb 25th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
So the usage lifetime etc is highly predictable, I think you can ask the firmware how long you've got left in some drives. :) ]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Unless this is a PCIExpress 2.0 x16 lane it will not be able to push all those 6Gbs. If it is a 8x all it can do is 4Gbs theoretically, which in real life is closer to 3.2-3.4Gbs.

Just a thought on where to spend the moolah]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
I think you are confused. PCIe is 250MBps full duplex per lane. 16x lanes of PCIe is 4GB(ytes)ps not 4Gb(its)ps. PCIe 2.0 x16 is 8GBps.

Bits and bytes; Important differentiation. A PCIe 2.0 x1 slot provides 500MBps full duplex, which would be fine for this.]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
You are correct sir!
Sweden's hockey team lost yesterday in the Olympics...that is my excuse :)]]>Feb 25th 2010 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
This drive is insanely expensive, but with the right software, it's also the fastest thing out there, hands down.]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Followup: Where I'm getting my info from.
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3747&p=10]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/
I don't know what you just said, but you should certainly post more often...]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/crucials-6gbps-realssd-c300-goes-on-sale-costs-as-much-as-a-de/Feb 25th 2010 3:05PM