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A little while ago, Corsair shattered the benchmark scores here at Neoseeker with its Force 120GB solid-state drive, easily beating the Patriot Torqx 128GB that had previously held the crown. It was very clear that SandForce-based SSDs were much more superior than the competition, both in terms of performance and write amplification symptoms.
Patriot returns to Neoseeker with another solid-state drive. At first glance, the Inferno seems to be very much like the Force; it is also SandForce driven, is offered in the same capacities and has the same promised speeds. One thing that clearly differentiates both offerings though is their appearance; the Inferno, as can be seen through the package, is bright red and has an equally colorful sticker.
Specifications:
- Maximum sequential read speed up to 285MB/s
- Maximum sequential write speed up to 275MB/s
- SandForce SF-1222 SSD processor paired with qualified MLC NAND flash for best performance, value and reliability
- Includes 3.5" bracket
- TRIM support (O/S dependent)
- DuraClass technology
- DuraWrite extends the life of your SSD
- Intelligent Block Management and Wear Leveling
- Intelligent Read Disturb Management
- Intelligent Recycling improves management of free space
- RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements)
- Intelligent Data Retention optimization
- Best-in-class ECC protection for longest data retention and drive life
- Power/Performance balancing
- SATA I/II interface
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- MTBF: > 1,500,000 Hours
- Data Retention: 5 years at 25 C
- Data Reliability: Built in BCH 16-bit ECC & 24-bit ECC
- Operating Temperature: 0C ~ 70C
- Storage Temperature: -40C ~ 85C
- Shock Resistance: 1,500G (@ 0.5msec half sine wave)
- Vibration Resistance: 15G / 10 ~ 2000Hz w/ 3 axis
- 4K Random Write IOPS up to 14K / 4K Random Read IOPS up to 5K
- O/S Support: Windows® XP / Vista® / 7 / Mac® OS / Linux
- Warranty: 3 Years
- Dimensions: .93 cm (D) x 6.9 cm (W) x 10.1 cm (H)
Specifications are courtesy of Patriot
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That'll leave me with getting 7.9 from my CPU(7.7). Everything else is already there.
I heard Crucial Real SSDs have 7.9. The bigger ones anyway.
But I'm curious if it's the chipset in my laptop that's not letting it go higher.
After more review I'm debating on waiting or not. Looks like the new controllers due out the beginning of the year have the potential to kick some serious ass.
I don't have data for the C400 real drive yet, but the Sandforce 2000 controller has started production and is expected to have 500MB/s read/writes. I just hope the prices aren't bad. I might still pick up a drive in the mean time.
Additionally, SF-2000 SSD Processors feature:
announced the availability of the SF-2000 Family of SSD Processors optimized for SSDs deployed in mission-critical Enterprise and Industrial computing applications. These chips feature a 6 Gigabit-per-second SATA host interface, industry applauded DuraClass™ Technology, an unprecedented 60,000 sustained random read/write IOPS (Input-output Operations Per Second) and sustained sequential read/write performance of 500 Megabytes per second. In addition to state-of-the-art performance, reliability, security, and Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) connectivity enhancements, the SF-2000 family supports single-level, multi-level, and enterprise multi-level cell (SLC, MLC, & eMLC) NAND Flash families from all major suppliers with its high-speed ONFi2 and Toggle Flash interface.
Support for advanced 30nm- and 20nm-class Flash with Asynch/ONFi2/Toggle interfaces with data rates up to 166 Mega Transfers per second
Enhanced dual-ported SAS bridge support, including non-512-byte sector sizes, e.g., 520, 524, 528, 4K, etc., with Data Integrity Field (DIF) for true Enterprise-class SAS drive behavior and performance
TCG Enterprise security with selectable multi-banded 256/128-bit AES encryption with line-rate double encryption for data written to the drive
Advanced ECC engine correcting up to 55 bits per 512-byte sector to assure high data integrity and support for future generations of Flash memory
Power and performance throttling options to support green computing initiatives
Industrial temperature support (-40 to +85 degrees Celsius)
Was looking at it some more. With the new drives coming out, the inferno is starting to look better as a for now drive.
At least I'm thinking the red would match well with my motherboard.
I know the Vertex 2 puts up a 7.7 as well.
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