Having gotten back to the Rep and asked further questions, I'm forced to
agree - the rep doesn't know what they're talking about.
It does look like the Intel based 40G Kinsgston may not yet be available
in australia.
What a drag. :-)
T
On 6/01/2010 10:46 PM, Al Hopper wrote:
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Eric D. Mudama
<edmud...@bounceswoosh.org> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 6 at 14:56, Tristan Ball wrote:
For those searching list archives, the SNV125-S2/40GB given below is not
based on the Intel controller.
I queried Kingston directly about this because there appears to be so
much confusion (and I'm considering using these drives!), and I got back
that:
The V series uses a JMicron Controller
The V+ series uses a Samsung Controller
The M and E series are the Intel Drives
I'm 99.999% sure that the 40GB V drive is based on the Intel
architecture and that the kingston rep was wrong.
+1
The Kingston rep is wrong. Obviously Kingstons part numbering scheme
is totally foobarred. The 40gb drive is "half an x25m". I stand by
the part numbers I posted originally:
Desktop Bundle - SNV125-S2BD/40GB
Bare drive - SNV125-S2/40GB
When purchasing this drive, verify the manufacturers part number and
ignore the description and product picture(s).
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3667&p=4
The label in the picture clearly shows a bare letter 'V' and 40GB
markings, and the board/layout is identical to the X25-M with only 5
NAND TSOPs instead of 10 or 20.
Either way though, the Intel-branded 40GB MLC drive (X25-V) is now
available on newegg as well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167025
Currently $129.99 in retail packaging (with aluminum sled so it can
bolt into a 3.5" drive bay, etc.), no idea if they'll sell 'em for the
$85 that newegg briefly had the kingston branded version.
--eric
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Eric D. Mudama
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