Super Talent 128 GB UltraDrive GX Solid State Drive Super Talent offers a wide variety of solid state drives. In fact, you can choose from six different categories : UltraDrive

MasterDrive

Netbook SSDs

DuraDrive

FDM (Flash Disk Modules)

eSATA External SSDs For most consumers, only two categories are of particular interest - the UltraDrive and MasterDrive family of SSDs which can be used to directly replace current 2.5" mobile hard disk drives. The MasterDrive family of mainstream SSDs are designed to offer affordable solid state drives with capacities of 16 GB to 512 GB, while the UltraDrive SSDs are designed to offer cutting-edge performance - just the right stuff for the discerning hardware enthusiast! The Super Talent UltraDrive family of performance-grade SSDs are further divided into two different lines, based on the type of NAND flash used - SLC or MLC. Solid state drives based on single-level cell (SLC) technology are faster and more reliable but they are also more expensive. Solid state drives based on multi-level cell (MLC) technology, on the other hand, offer higher storage capacities at a lower price. Today, we will be looking at the 128 GB UltraDrive GX SSD of the MLC type. Even though it's based on MLC NAND flash, Super Talent promised us that the drive will deliver super-high read and write speeds of 260 MB/s and 195 MB/s respectively, thanks to the inclusion of a fast 64 MB cache. Let's find out if the UltraDrive GX lives up to those claims! For more details, read our Comprehensive Review! To discuss about this review, head over to the forum thread! MSRP  Not Listed Lowest PriceGrabber Price Review  Comprehensive Review Model  FTM28GX25H (128 GB)

Form Factor  2.5" NAND Flash Type  Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Formatted Capacity  128,033,222,656 bytes Cache Buffer  64 MB Internal Data Transfer Rate  260 MB/s (sequential read)

 195 MB/s (sequential write) Maximum I/O Transfer Rate  3.0 Gbits/s Average Access Time  0.1 ms Interface  Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Supported SATA Data Transfer Mode  3.0 Gbits/s SATA Hotplug Capability  Yes Maximum Height  9.5 mm

 0.374 inches Maximum Width  69.85 mm

 2.75 inches Maximum Length  100.2 mm

 3.94 inches Power Requirements  5.0 V ± 5% Ambient Temperature  0 °C to 70 °C (Operating) Maximum Shock  1500 G (Operating) Maximum Vibration  16 G (Operating) Drive Acoustics  0 dBA Non-Recoverable Read Errors  Unknown Data Reliability  Built-in EDC/ECC function Data Integrity  10 years Endurance  Read : Unlimited

 Write : 70.1 years @ 50 GB write-erase / day

 10,000 write-erase cycles per cell (Average) MTBF  Over 1,000,000 hours Warranty  2 Years Limited Warranty Our Review System Tech ARP is committed to developing new ways to improve your experience with us. As part of our continuous efforts to improve the value of our reviews to you, we are implementing a multi-tier review system. This review system is designed to allow you to quickly receive information on the latest hardware or software. This new system also allows you to quickly get the gist of the review without reading through it. This can be very useful, especially in situations where you need to make a quick purchase decision. In this new system, we start with a Product Overview whenever a company sends us a press release about their latest product. We shift through extraneous PR-talk to create a straightforward summary of the product's features as well as specifications. This allows you to quickly find out all the pertinent details about the product, without reading through official press releases. When we receive the product for review, we will quickly take photos of it and create a Pictorial Review. The purpose of a pictorial review is to allow you, the reader, to quickly examine the product visually. It may help you make better purchase decisions, especially if you cannot wait for the full review. After thorough testing, we will post a Comprehensive Review of the product. This adds on to the pictorial review with comprehensive test results and our final conclusion on the product. But no matter whether you are reading a Pictorial Review or a Comprehensive Review, you can always read the summary of the review as well as examine the product's specifications right on the first page. In all our new reviews, we will maintain the first page as a Product Overview page. If the product is listed in PriceGrabber, you can also check out the lowest price online. We hope this new review system will make your experience a lot more enjoyable and informative! Support Tech ARP! If you like our work, you can help support out work by visiting our sponsors, participate in the Tech ARP Forums, or even donate to our fund. Any help you can render is greatly appreciated!

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