Mini PCI-E SSD's on a standard computer?
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Mini PCI-E SSD's on a standard computer?
Lots of the netbook manufacturers are offering system drives in SSD form (we all know this) but of interest is both Asus and Dell offering them in Mini PCI-E format. And now this format is gaining ground in the retail world as well, Newegg lists 5 different models of Mini PCI-E drives.
My question is thus - This appears to be a PCI-E 1x channel; any chance one of these could be plugged into a standard PCI-E slot to operate as a system drive?
Seems that they are relatively cheaper than the SATA versions of SSD's. Might make a good drive for a SFF machine where internal space is at a premium. Possibly open up some otherwise congested air paths.
My question is thus - This appears to be a PCI-E 1x channel; any chance one of these could be plugged into a standard PCI-E slot to operate as a system drive?
Seems that they are relatively cheaper than the SATA versions of SSD's. Might make a good drive for a SFF machine where internal space is at a premium. Possibly open up some otherwise congested air paths.
Re: Mini PCI-E SSD's on a standard computer?
You can use a PCI-e <-> mini-PCI-e adapter like this:psyopper wrote:Lots of the netbook manufacturers are offering system drives in SSD form (we all know this) but of interest is both Asus and Dell offering them in Mini PCI-E format. And now this format is gaining ground in the retail world as well, Newegg lists 5 different models of Mini PCI-E drives.
My question is thus - This appears to be a PCI-E 1x channel; any chance one of these could be plugged into a standard PCI-E slot to operate as a system drive?
Seems that they are relatively cheaper than the SATA versions of SSD's. Might make a good drive for a SFF machine where internal space is at a premium. Possibly open up some otherwise congested air paths.
How fast are they? They might not be much cheaper than a MTRON SSD on eBay. I got a 32 GB MTRON SSD for ~$200 (on eBay).
http://hwtools.net/Adapter/MP1.html
How about $119 for a MLC drive, reportedly 40/70 mbs write/read.
http://cgi.ebay.com/RUNCORE-32GB-MINI-P ... 6110QQcmdZ
http://cgi.ebay.com/RUNCORE-32GB-MINI-P ... 6110QQcmdZ
Personally I wouldn't go that route. Newegg has the OCZ 1SLD30G for $70. It's an MLC drive with the JMF602 control chip. 160/90 MB/s sequential speeds. It's been working great for me. It does slow down quite a bit during unzipping or other times of lots of small writes, but for $70, I'm not complaining.
Yeah, it depends on how you look at this. I know that stuttering would drive me nuts. My nerves are worth much more than $50 price difference and for this reason, I advice to avoid this, though I know some are satisfied.wsc wrote:Personally I wouldn't go that route. Newegg has the OCZ 1SLD30G for $70. It's an MLC drive with the JMF602 control chip. 160/90 MB/s sequential speeds. It's been working great for me. It does slow down quite a bit during unzipping or other times of lots of small writes, but for $70, I'm not complaining.
I'd rather wait for OCZ Vertex / Super Talent than buy the PCIe one though. Similar price and much better performance..
BTW RunCore lists them as 45/65 MB/s.
http://www.runcore.com/prodshow.asp?ID=161
The thought on this was not really to replace a system or storage drive.
I was more along the lines of "Hey - is it really PCI-E compatable"? In that if you found them on the cheap you could pop them into any spare PCI-E slot on your computer for some extra storage without having to add extra drives.
FWIW - my current system drive is a WDC 150BB. That's right, an 8 year old ball bearing PATA drive. And testing it shows that it doesn't best these numbers...
I was more along the lines of "Hey - is it really PCI-E compatable"? In that if you found them on the cheap you could pop them into any spare PCI-E slot on your computer for some extra storage without having to add extra drives.
FWIW - my current system drive is a WDC 150BB. That's right, an 8 year old ball bearing PATA drive. And testing it shows that it doesn't best these numbers...
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