Forget Cherryville, here’s Jaycrest
The Intel 520 and 335 series are very similar, both using the SF-2281 controller with the difference being the flash chips. The 335 uses the newly designed 20nm MLC flash which gives…
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Tag: SF-2281 controller
Kingston updates their SSDNow lineup
Kingston's updated SSDNow V300 uses 19nm Toshiba Toggle NAND and the SandForce 2281 controller with some unspecified enhancements. Kingston has made a name for themselves in the SSD market for offering an…
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If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em; Intel goes Sandforce
While the Intel 320 Series did hold the top spot for quite a while it has been a while since Intel refreshed their SSD line and has fallen behind new controllers in…
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Three new drives from Corsair, a pair of SandForce and a single Marvell
When dealing with data that can be compressed there is nothing like the SandForce controller to get the job done. Corsair went with the SF-2281 controller for both their 180GB and 240GB…
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Sandforce keeps spreading, check out the EDGE Boost Pro
While you certainly have a wide variety of choice when choosing the manufacturer of your next SSD purchase, the internals will likely be identical. If you want the fastest SATA 6GB/s SSD you can get…
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Look for the SSD sweet spot
Making the assumption you are not as rich as Croesus, there is a sweet spot that many look for when it comes to SSDs. If you go too small the channel limitations…
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Solid State Penguin
The majority of reviews of solid state drives have been focussed on the performance of the drives under Windows, thankfully Phoronix can be counted on to differ from that and...
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Kingston joins the SandForce club
Kingston has moved on to the new SandForce 2281 controller and synchronous flash memory with their new series of HyperX SSDs. Like previous models, cables and brackets and sometimes even ghosting software…
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The Good, the bad and the ugly of SSDs
The good and the bad are obvious, unparalleled transfer speeds and a very high price per gigabyte are familiar to anyone keeping up with the new storage medium. The ugly is the…
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For a few dollars more; synchronized SSD shooters draw first
With the latest SSD controller from SandForce, the SF-2281 SATA III, we have been seeing two different types of flash memory used as the storage medium depending on which vendor or product…
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Huda hudda mrphh; Patriot translates the Pyro
Patriot has now split it's SATA 6GB/s SSDs into two lines, the faster and more expensive WildFire series and the new Pyro series, which is intended to be a bit more affordable…
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Patriot tries out the SandForce 2281 controller in the newest Wildfire SSD
120GB is a nice spot for SSDs, enough space for an OS and limited programs but without forcing you to spend $500+. The Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD SATA 6GB/s drive is $300,...
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ADATA digs their toes into the sand and then jumps into SSDs
With SSDs it seems that the brand on the shell tells you very little about the performance of the drive its self and picking up an off brand SSD can net you…
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