Newegg has the Zalman S Series SSD0128S1 2.5" 128GB USB 2.0/SATA II MLC Internal/External Solid State Drive for $130 - $70 rebate [Exp 7/31] + $0 shipping = $60 shipped. Features read speeds up to 260MB/s, write speeds up to 210MB/s and a MTBF (mean time between failure) of 1,000,000.
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I would be very cautious of a huge rebate like that today. Too many companies like Xigmatek who are screwing people out of rebates continuously.
Zalman is nothing like Xigmatek. Anyway, OOS.
Nice price but big risk with such large rebate.
Something VERY fishy here, and the fact it went out of stock instantly means they had only a few they were trying to get rid of for some reason. Zalman support is poor and with such a huge rebate I wouldn't chance it. Stick with the Samsung 830. By the way, NEVER buy a Xigmatek product as they are currently being investigated my the New York attorney general for rebate fraud. Doubt anything good will come of it.
Xigmatek, burn in Hell...
Fishy deal on a drive that will barf your data. Be glad the deal is dead.
IIRC these use the old JMicron controller and are QUITE slow for an SSD, far slower in actual use than even the low 260MB/s read and 210MB/s write speeds would suggest. I couldn't recommend one even for $50 without any rebate involved.
Actually it uses the newer JMF616, and is supposedly a rebranded Adata S596 Turbo. If you check out this review of that drive, it's not bad: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2010/09/16/adata-s596-turbo-ssd-review-jmicron-616/1
This drive's DirtForce controller cleverly uses the latest lossy compression techniques to fit 128GB of data onto only 64GB of flash silicon, As long as your data isn't so uptight to need all the bits kept in Exactly the same order, this is a great drive.
OOS