Supertalent SSD masterdrive MX/DX

these are benchmarks of the new supertalent masterdrive DX series 60GB and masterdrive MX series 120GB VS seagate momentus 250GB 5400rpm. done on a ASUS M50SVB1 notebook.

These drives are called SLC for single layer cell and MLC for multi level cell. DX=slc and MX=mlc

HD TUNE: (Read speed only)
Stock(seagate)


Supertalent SSD 32GB old version


Supertalent SSD 60GB rated at 120/70MB/s This SSD repeatedly surpassed the advertised Transfer rate by 21.4MB/s.


Supertalent SSD 120GB rated at 120/40MB/s This SSD repeatedly surpassed the advertised Transfer rate by 21.9MB/s, this is the fastest harddisk performance I’ve seen in a notebook to date.


3dmark scores06
3752-Stock
3730-stock w/ Supertalent SSD 120GB
3724-Stock w/ Supertalent SSD 32GB
3723-stock w/ Supertalent SSD 60GB

pcmark05
6657-Stock w/ Supertalent SSD 60GB
6649-Stock w/ Supertalent SSD 120GB
5364-Stock w/ Supertalent SSD 32GB
5256-Stock

i can post pics of benchmark if requested. or just go to the link

pics of the item and additional review on the notebook can be found here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=245793

nice. Can you tell me where I can get one and how much they are?

drizzt81 said:

nice. Can you tell me where I can get one and how much they are?

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They are on Newegg.

I have to say that I'm considering getting one of the larger ones to house my games. After all, games only need to be written to the drive once. Once they are installed there is almost no writing going on. I'd keep my OS's (XP and Vista) on the Mtron drive for the fast writes, but load the games on the Super Talent as a D: drive.

Waldorf said:

They are on Newegg.

I have to say that I'm considering getting one of the larger ones to house my games. After all, games only need to be written to the drive once. Once they are installed there is almost not writing going on. I'd keep my OS's (XP and Vista) on the Mtron drive for the fast writes, but load the games on the Super Talent as a D: drive.

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that's a great idea, but they are out of stock on newegg

I'm thinking of getting a second OCZ drive for RAID-0, thinking it would really help out with the slow write speeds, what do you think?

heres an interesting link

http://www.dailytech.com/Super+Talent+Cranks+Out+Cheaper+18+SSDs/article11961.htm

look all the way at the bottom:
"Super Talent will officialy launch the MasterDrive MX SSDs tomorrow"
article is dated June 2nd

Also, a 120GB drive will be 680 or so
thats roughly 5.5 per GB, with the most recent VRaptor at 1 per GB
not too far away.

and heres another review
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/715/1/

Megalomaniac said:

heres an interesting link

http://www.dailytech.com/Super+Talent+Cranks+Out+Cheaper+18+SSDs/article11961.htm

look all the way at the bottom:
"Super Talent will officialy launch the MasterDrive MX SSDs tomorrow"
article is dated June 2nd

Also, a 120GB drive will be 680 or so
thats roughly 5.5 per GB, with the most recent VRaptor at 1 per GB
not too far away.

and heres another review
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/715/1/

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Thats a good price per giggage. A lot of people will compare it to the vraptor, but this is apples and oranges.

typo its KX, which was just released the 1.8inch. the MX is the 2.5inch.