PCIe Solid State Drives

[Linkedblade]

I just wanted to see this forum thinks of these. I also have to ask if there are any that are reasonably priced.

[Fuzzykins]

I think they were made to bypass SATA 2 and never really caught on because we have SATA 3 now...

[Milkshake86]

I believe they are extremely fast and expensive.

[Fuzzykins]

I believe they are extremely fast and expensive.

Revodrive is no faster than a high end SATA SSD and significantly more expensive. Though that's just one example.

[Kouki]

OCZ RevoDrive 240gig 280bucks.

Its extreemly fast, the more expensive ones are nearly 2k and go as high as 500gigs.

[Linkedblade]

OCZ RevoDrive 240gig 280bucks.

Its extreemly fast, the more expensive ones are nearly 2k and go as high as 500gigs.

Well SATA III has 6 gb/s transfer rate, while PCIe 2.0 has a transfer rate of about 8 gb/s.

However between Intel 510 250gb and OCZ Revodrive 240gb I think the OCZ takes the lead. OCZ might be a bit more expensive and a bit less storage, but the speeds of the OCZ would make it the better choice, right?

[Cyanotical]

the better ones are 2-4 times faster then a sata3 SSD, but cost much more for that price, the fastest drive in the world is PCIe-x16, 6GB/s (yes Bytes)

But most that are cheap enough for a consumer (ie <$1500) are terribly unreliable and have low MB compatibility

[Moucalgeon]

I'm waiting for this
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820227745

to come down a bit, the speeds are unreal!

These types of drives are often faster than 2 ssd's in raid, are more reliable(than most, intel is king here), and have a TRIM type support.

[moguri]

I think they were made to bypass SATA 2 and never really caught on because we have SATA 3 now...

FusionIO ioDrive Octal

Interface: PCI-Express x16 Gen2.0
Available Capacities: 5.120TB
Price: Contact FusionIO
6000MB/s read
4400MB/s write
Random 512B Write: 1.18M IOPS

O.o

[Cyanotical]

FusionIO ioDrive Octal

Interface: PCI-Express x16 Gen2.0
Available Capacities: 5.120TB
Price: Contact FusionIO
6000MB/s read
4400MB/s write
Random 512B Write: 1.18M IOPS

O.o

and only for the low low price of $103,000.00 USD

[Rennadrel]

FusionIO ioDrive Octal

Interface: PCI-Express x16 Gen2.0
Available Capacities: 5.120TB
Price: Contact FusionIO
6000MB/s read
4400MB/s write
Random 512B Write: 1.18M IOPS

O.o

Make a 750GB model and I would buy it up, that would load Steam games in an instant.

[Deleted]

Make a 750GB model and I would buy it up, that would load Steam games in an instant.

You have 750 gigs of steam games? :O

[Fierae]

PCIE SSDs are much quicker, and also much more expensive, no need for them in standard PC's I don't think.

[Deleted]

PCIE SSDs are much quicker, and also much more expensive, no need for them in standard PC's I don't think.

Yeah, they're more aimed towards professionals who want very high data transfer rate. Like video editors.

[Cyanotical]

Yeah, they're more aimed towards professionals who want very high data transfer rate. Like video editors.

no, even the IO Duo is about $15,000, FusionIO drives are meant for VMware servers and datacenters, they are not really meant for workstations, and their steep price puts them way out of range for almost all enthusiasts

[Linkedblade]

Yeah, I agree these prices are a little out of the league for almost all enthusiasts. If there were more companies, there would be some competition and lower prices.

Also THIS OCZ 3.2 TB makes me drool.

[Cyanotical]

Yeah, I agree these prices are a little out of the league for almost all enthusiasts. If there were more companies, there would be some competition and lower prices.

Also THIS OCZ 3.2 TB makes me drool.

well, when you consider that your average 5Tb SAN is $50K, and a 256Gb SSD cache system from dataram is another $65k, the fusionIO octal doesn't seem that bad, and it makes a huge improvement on virtualized environments

[emidas]

You have 750 gigs of steam games? :O

I've only had my gaming rig for about a year, and I'd wager I'm close to that with 100-150 games (not sure how many exactly). Think of all the games that take up between 10-20gb, and realize that at my lowest prediction (100 games) the average game only needs to take up 7.5 gb to meet that amount.

[inux94]

You have 750 gigs of steam games? :O

Almost