http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/ 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/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Not in capacity anytime soon...]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/That makes the 1TB version show "1.024 TB" in Mac OS Snow Leopard, ha ha, Apple.]]>Mar 11th 2010 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/LOL! That snow leopard drive capacity thing is such a pain in the ass. Stupid Apple douche bags.]]>Mar 16th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/but the access time is so much lower for a SSD, that's why even with about the same sequential write and read as a HDD, a SSD is still faster

but yea, the capacity is still a turn off for me ]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
Your computer will feel much faster, noticeable right from bootup.

I sold my RAID0 array of raptors after going SSD. Platter drives are still king for storage. Make a little quick SSD your boot/frequent-application drive, store everything else on a pair of 1TB in RAID for a cheap/fast storage solution on desktops. =)]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
That's pretty much my system: 2x64GB SSD RAID0 boot drive, 2x1TB RAID1 data drive.

Still, at the end of the day, a 7200rpm 32MB cache 1TB drive makes a pretty fast boot drive and I can't honestly say the increase in speed going to SSD was "worth it" given the expense. Real world it just went from "fast" to "a bit faster".]]>Mar 10th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
Neither the press release nor the webpage for this SSD says anything about what controller it uses unfortunately.

The 30GB OCZ Solid 2 uses the Indilinx controller, and it can be found for $96 after rebate/shipping at newegg right now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227505

I hope that this SSD uses at least this controller. The stated read speed of 125MB/s is actually lower than the Solid 2's 170MB's, and stated write speeds are the same. However, it looks like real-world, non-sequential write speeds are fairly low on the 30GB Solid 2:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?69036-OCZ-Solid-2-30GB-benchmark&highlight=ocz+solid+2

Who knows how this will perform, but it's hard to think it could perform much worse than the Solid 2 given the similar price point.

MUCH MORE INTERESTINGLY:
60GB Agility series for $160 after rebate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227461

Or the 60GB Solid 2 is $130 after rebate.]]>Mar 10th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Architecture MLC
64MB cache
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
TRIM or Background Garbage Collection (GC)
Compatible with Windows XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, and Windows 7 32/64]]>Mar 11th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
Liars.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Costs 105$ on the Egg, 95$ on sale.

Firmware was released last week to fix some issues, we are assured that a performance boosting firmware (TRIM/GC) will come next.

That being said, I get much better speeds on my PS-100.
[]CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (5 passes, 50mb, NTFS drive)
Sequential: 227.4MBps READ | 123.5MBps WRITE
512k: 201.1MBps READ | 59.17MBps WRITE
4k: 10.66MBps READ | 24.02MBps WRITE
]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
more than a decade? theyve only been in the "mainstream" (and barely) for a few years. can you not remember the first mass produced ssd?? what was it... 4 or 8gb for around $500? prices are getting there... just takes time.]]>Mar 10th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
yes but there has been talk about Solid State for many many more years!]]>Mar 10th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
infact when i first read about it, they made it sound like there would be no need to have RAM at all..... lol its like looking back and think what idiot thought the world was flat... but that idiot being me :(]]>Mar 10th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
As you yourself said, "commercially available". And by that you are right. However the technology has been around for a lot longer. Fortunately for me, I got to know about it from the people in the know, then.

Do understand, even our current HDD technology wasn't widely avaiable until the 70s-80s, but it had been around since post WWII.]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 12th 2010 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
There is also the fact that a 30GB Vertex (235MBps/135MBps) is only $120-$130. Massive boost in performance for $30 more.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
The 30GB OCZ Solid 2 uses the Indilinx controller, and it can be found for $96 after rebate/shipping at newegg right now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227505

I hope that this SSD uses at least this controller. The stated read speed of 125MB/s is actually lower than the Solid 2's 170MB's, and stated write speeds are the same. However, it looks like real-world, non-sequential write speeds are fairly low on the 30GB Solid 2:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?69036-OCZ-Solid-2-30GB-benchmark&highlight=ocz+solid+2

Who knows how this will perform, but it's hard to think it could perform much worse than the Solid 2 given the similar price point.]]>Mar 10th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
I'd been looking forward to affordable SSDs for nearly 10 years now and now Windows and processor hardware made it unnecessary. I probably won't get one until they are exactly the same price per GB as a mechanical drive.]]>Mar 10th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
Your boot time isn't 7 seconds. Guarantee it. Maybe from the moment you see the Windows logo to the moment you see your desktop is 7 seconds. On a 60GB Agility SSD, I can boot into Windows, and about 5 seconds after the desktop appears, I'm in firefox surfing.]]>Mar 10th 2010 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 10th 2010 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/You're right, it's like 45 seconds. Guess it just seemed really fast compared to my WinXP machine (which must've been like 2mins). Still, SSDs aren't worth it to me.

Power On to BIOS time doesn't matter because that won't change, regardless of OS.]]>Mar 17th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/
Supposedly Western Digital is getting into the SSD business.

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Other than laptops, i do not see why people complain about the capacity of SSD's at this point. Who in their desktop does not have a boot drive & a separate data drive? It makes sense for so many reasons.]]>Mar 11th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/ocz-breaks-into-bargain-market-with-sub-100-32gb-onyx-ssd/Mar 11th 2010 1:29PM