Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe PCIe Solid-State Drive is launched

Published 2013-09-14 09:09 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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GhostXL

2013-09-14 20:59

This is...just...wow. I bet this is going to cost a pretty penny. Those speeds are amazing for a single drive. 4 Sandforce controllers on this thing...yeesh crazy...

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icedman

2013-09-15 23:57

ill be interested in stuff like this when cost finally comes down

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Extraordinary

2013-09-16 00:11

Yea cost is ridiculous for SSDs - Slowly coming down for low capacity drives, but for drives that are worthy of being C:\ sizes, they are still selling them in fantasy land prices, and I am certain it costs more to produce a mechanical HDD than it does for an SSD in terms of material and process

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Darkest

2013-09-16 01:09

I'd take one of these babies over a Titan personally.

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PhazeDelta1

2013-09-16 01:38

Prices range from $559 to $2100

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IcE

2013-09-16 01:41

Yea cost is ridiculous for SSDs - Slowly coming down for low capacity drives, but for drives that are worthy of being C:\ sizes, they are still selling them in fantasy land prices, and I am certain it costs more to produce a mechanical HDD than it does for an SSD in terms of material and process

Oh you're certain, are you? Why is that? Do you have some proof somewhere breaking down the manufacturing cost? Are you an industry insider?

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PhazeDelta1

2013-09-16 02:32

Economics 101, pass the R&D costs down to the consumer.

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kosh_neranek

2013-09-16 11:44

Let me know when these babies will cost no more than a 1Euro per GB.I might start thinking of buying one then...

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StealBalls

2013-09-16 11:51

Yea cost is ridiculous for SSDs - Slowly coming down for low capacity drives, but for drives that are worthy of being C:\ sizes, they are still selling them in fantasy land prices, and I am certain it costs more to produce a mechanical HDD than it does for an SSD in terms of material and process

Economics 101, pass the R&D costs down to the consumer.

Agreed, it's a joke.

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schmidtbag

2013-09-16 17:17

Yea cost is ridiculous for SSDs - Slowly coming down for low capacity drives, but for drives that are worthy of being C:\ sizes, they are still selling them in fantasy land prices, and I am certain it costs more to produce a mechanical HDD than it does for an SSD in terms of material and process

heh that's why I don't waste SSDs on Windows. I'll do a RAID setup for Windows but that's about as far as I'll go. Anyways, based on the picture, this card just looks like a RAID controller with 4 m-SATA ports. I guess it's not really a problem, but I'd rather buy 4 separate SSDs and put them in in a good RAID controller. Save myself some money.

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WindtalkerCS

2013-09-16 17:42

Agreed, it's a joke.

A joke? These companies should develop their processes and designs for free and give you the product for the cost of raw materials? That sounds like excellent business sense!