Pleese don't whine about SSDs being expencive, if you do you obviously haven't tried one. Most of the mid to high range SSDs of the newest generation can beat a 2-4 disc raid-0 setup of 15k RPM SAS drives when it comes to real world performance. I paid $2000 for 2 32GB Mtron Pro (SLC) SSD's (wich i raid-0) in late august, and i haven't regret it a minute.
I bought them at the same time i bought my gaming rig with a radean 4870x2, phenom x4 9850be, 8gb G-skill ddr2@1066, a 300GB velociraptor, 1TB WD, and some other stuff. $4000 for the rest, and $2000 for SSD = $6000... And as far as i've seen, i'd own new alienware machines for $5000 (not at cpu-related benchmarks, but in real world)
I agree there 100%, and the whole time RuncoreVideos was attacking me for making a valid point, that was my entire point, of them being too damn expensive for the average person, and one who would rather get a good large HD, and some DVD-R's and work just as good, for less money.
fibertech9, the read writes of the current 2.5" SATA, SATA PCI-E, PATA PCI-e are 160/90, 115/80, and 80/55 while an HD is around 30/20 with about 30-50X slower seek time. We have a Hyper Speed SATA SSD that reaches 240/160.
@RuncoreVideos: New normal 3,5" HDDs have about 100MB/s read and write, wich drops to about 60 at the end of the platter. New 2,5" 7200rpm have 60-80MB/s wich drop to 30-40 at the end of the platter. What you beat them throughly at is accesstime and random IOPS, and that gives a great performance-boost for OS and programs.
I just wish you would make PCIe x4 or x8 versions with boot support for desktop acceleration. I'd pay $1000 for 80GB with 10k+ random (read&write) IOPS and 250+ MB/s transfer
It's quick, but i can get standard 500gb drive for around what there 64gb SSD drive cost. I would rather do that then get something like this with such small space. Also Thumb drives and SD/MicroSD HCSD/MicroHCSD cards are cheaper and i think they have a 32gb HCSD out. Most computer will boot off the thumb drives or SD cards. So until they get as cheap as them, forget it. the Asus EEEPC sucks anyways
Clays121 size is not the point of this. You can get plenty of space to store data in many different ways including external HD storage or for a PC internal storage. All you need on the SSD is your OS and applications. The 400% - 800% speed gain is the point of Runcore SSD.
clays121, storage is cheap speed is a value that cannot be measured because it is relative to the user. You feel one way others feel another. I am a business man I don't care in the least about storage space on my machine because storage means nothing to me vs. the speed and ease at which I can get my work done.
when you have used computers as long as i have, and you remember the old 10gig HD's, old soft floppies for that matter, and your trying to download something off the net, and your computer says it's out of space, you really learn what it means to have a good ammount of Storage space on your machine. BTW i get my work done just as fast and just as good :-).
the only bad thing I can think about this card is the fact that a lot of motherboards don't have enough space to put on any additional pci-e cards after installing crossfire or sli graphic cards
holy freaking shiznit. This thing is so fast. As soon as this comes out for desktops,, i'm buying it. I'd pay $200 for a 128Gb version. Just need this as my boot drive and then things will be blazing fast.
You are getting a mini super computer for a few bucks; the 16Gb is only $69.99. For what its worth a 128GB in an Asus like this combined price $700 is the price of an average crappy PC.
Learn about StandBy.
You say that it wrote the contents of the memory to disk, which is not true. This is done in hibernation.
In standby mode, contents of RAM remain in RAM and power is consumed.
This is misleading...
cmavr8 2 years ago
is this a ram add on or a HDD upgrade?
danielsayles 3 years ago
Neither, Its a hard drive. New ones called Solid state drives (SSD) as opposed to Hard disk drives (HDD). ridiculous read/write speeds.
cool stuff im sure wiki has something on it.
TheWhiteRabbit1990 3 years ago
thanks ;)
danielsayles 3 years ago
he touched albert quite a bit, bless him.
faralith 3 years ago
I have a 32 gb in my eeepc900, and it is fantastic! :D
1walkgirl 3 years ago
I have a 16GB Runcore SSD in my EEE 901 running Windows 7. Works great!
Jayayess1190 3 years ago
holy crap that was fucking fast standby!
TheDarkFalcon 3 years ago 5
Pleese don't whine about SSDs being expencive, if you do you obviously haven't tried one. Most of the mid to high range SSDs of the newest generation can beat a 2-4 disc raid-0 setup of 15k RPM SAS drives when it comes to real world performance. I paid $2000 for 2 32GB Mtron Pro (SLC) SSD's (wich i raid-0) in late august, and i haven't regret it a minute.
gulllars 3 years ago
lol... well you should regret it, for 2000 bones you coulda gotten a nice alienware rig.
le2key 3 years ago
@le2key:
I bought them at the same time i bought my gaming rig with a radean 4870x2, phenom x4 9850be, 8gb G-skill ddr2@1066, a 300GB velociraptor, 1TB WD, and some other stuff. $4000 for the rest, and $2000 for SSD = $6000... And as far as i've seen, i'd own new alienware machines for $5000 (not at cpu-related benchmarks, but in real world)
gulllars 3 years ago
Alienware sucks.
FortunexenutroF 3 years ago 2
i dunno i don't think they suck, just overpriced .. they're cases are cool.
le2key 3 years ago
SSD still a too expensive investment for most.
colinfirst002 3 years ago 5
I agree there 100%, and the whole time RuncoreVideos was attacking me for making a valid point, that was my entire point, of them being too damn expensive for the average person, and one who would rather get a good large HD, and some DVD-R's and work just as good, for less money.
clays121 3 years ago
Gilmour, there are no moving parts in the solid state drive where there is a platter and a moving arm in the Raptor. Correct me if I am wrong guys.
urbandaredevil 3 years ago
read speeds are okay but what about write speeds?
fibertech9 3 years ago
fibertech9, the read writes of the current 2.5" SATA, SATA PCI-E, PATA PCI-e are 160/90, 115/80, and 80/55 while an HD is around 30/20 with about 30-50X slower seek time. We have a Hyper Speed SATA SSD that reaches 240/160.
RuncoreVideos 3 years ago
@RuncoreVideos: New normal 3,5" HDDs have about 100MB/s read and write, wich drops to about 60 at the end of the platter. New 2,5" 7200rpm have 60-80MB/s wich drop to 30-40 at the end of the platter. What you beat them throughly at is accesstime and random IOPS, and that gives a great performance-boost for OS and programs.
I just wish you would make PCIe x4 or x8 versions with boot support for desktop acceleration. I'd pay $1000 for 80GB with 10k+ random (read&write) IOPS and 250+ MB/s transfer
gulllars 3 years ago
gulllars, all I can say at this time is stay tuned;)
RuncoreVideos 3 years ago
It's quick, but i can get standard 500gb drive for around what there 64gb SSD drive cost. I would rather do that then get something like this with such small space. Also Thumb drives and SD/MicroSD HCSD/MicroHCSD cards are cheaper and i think they have a 32gb HCSD out. Most computer will boot off the thumb drives or SD cards. So until they get as cheap as them, forget it. the Asus EEEPC sucks anyways
clays121 3 years ago
Clays121 size is not the point of this. You can get plenty of space to store data in many different ways including external HD storage or for a PC internal storage. All you need on the SSD is your OS and applications. The 400% - 800% speed gain is the point of Runcore SSD.
RuncoreVideos 3 years ago
For the money, You crap cost, I want Storge Space. Cause in the long run that is more value, to more people, then the speed.
clays121 3 years ago
clays121, storage is cheap speed is a value that cannot be measured because it is relative to the user. You feel one way others feel another. I am a business man I don't care in the least about storage space on my machine because storage means nothing to me vs. the speed and ease at which I can get my work done.
RuncoreVideos 3 years ago
when you have used computers as long as i have, and you remember the old 10gig HD's, old soft floppies for that matter, and your trying to download something off the net, and your computer says it's out of space, you really learn what it means to have a good ammount of Storage space on your machine. BTW i get my work done just as fast and just as good :-).
clays121 3 years ago
That's faster than my desktop!
Elemenopee129 3 years ago
holy shittt
joaonaldo1 3 years ago
w.o.w. super fast ! should have been sata
zkjgrty 3 years ago
HOLLLLLLLY!
leo1337hs 3 years ago
OMG!!!!! THAT IS FAST!!!
saintlavin 3 years ago
The standby time was the fastest I have ever seen.
SonAvitch 3 years ago
holy fraeking asifhaugnnaviodanindioanvuangao that is FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
make a 32GB one for $100 and IM IN!
V3NOMDAWG 3 years ago
Holy SHIT! That's ridiculously quick!
Saaduk92 3 years ago
That is disgustingly fast considering it's on a 904 Eee PC. I've never seen that kind of standby on any desktop.
milesforwin 3 years ago
the only bad thing I can think about this card is the fact that a lot of motherboards don't have enough space to put on any additional pci-e cards after installing crossfire or sli graphic cards
AzNsEnSaT1oN 3 years ago
holy freaking shiznit. This thing is so fast. As soon as this comes out for desktops,, i'm buying it. I'd pay $200 for a 128Gb version. Just need this as my boot drive and then things will be blazing fast.
tester3000 3 years ago
wicked yo!
LETHLSS 3 years ago
omfg!!
I WILL be buying one of them!
Look how fast my credit card comes out of my wallet... BOOM!
parkourpeter112 3 years ago
haha thankyou sir for making my day.
AzNsEnSaT1oN 3 years ago
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.
SSat155 3 years ago
wow nice
kennyozakie 3 years ago
All I can say is Damn that is fast!
robotmafia000 3 years ago
I gotta have it
DrZarkloff 3 years ago
Way too expensive, like most things there, gotta wait years for fair prices on this stuff.
ToricoUK 3 years ago 2
You are getting a mini super computer for a few bucks; the 16Gb is only $69.99. For what its worth a 128GB in an Asus like this combined price $700 is the price of an average crappy PC.
RuncoreVideos 3 years ago
Yea, it is über impressive, no doubt about it.
ToricoUK 3 years ago
pretty impressive tech
hbaber 3 years ago
im thinkin SSD's will replace hard drives in consumer pc's soon
asilayloathing 3 years ago
is there a difference between a raptor and a SSD?
gilmourProductionZ 3 years ago
Price and lack of moving parts?
Glasseh 3 years ago 2