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  • Adam-James - Thursday, June 16, 2016 - link

    Oh look, another SATA III drive! It's good that you're still using outdated and inferior technology, SSD industry, you should definitely keep that up.
  • Michael Bay - Friday, June 17, 2016 - link

    Oh look, another dumb fanatic. Outside of very specific usecases, SATA3 is exactly what`s needed in current general purpose PC.
  • SavageDamage - Friday, June 17, 2016 - link

    Oh look, it's Michael Bay! When is your next movie coming out?
  • Charleaux - Friday, June 17, 2016 - link

    I second this comment. I am excited for my desktop to get a large SSD. I don't need Enterprise performance since SATA3 gives me plenty for my useage.

    Besides my Brix doesn't have any of the fancy connectors Adam-James wants
  • Samus - Saturday, June 18, 2016 - link

    I'm still using a SATA 3Gbps (SATA2) Intel SSD320 600GB as my boot drive. I think its peak performance is around 245MB/sec read.

    Still ridiculously fast in my Xeon E3-1275v3. Couldn't even tell the difference between my Samsung 840 Pro if I tried.
  • leexgx - Sunday, June 19, 2016 - link

    people are too focused on Sequential read and write speeds when random read and write consistently and Low speed response times (some SSDs can get held up still but realistically you never notice it unless your looking for it)
  • Flunk - Friday, June 24, 2016 - link

    A PCI-E SSD like the Samsung 950 Pro is massively faster and noticeably faster in every-day use, the PCI-E bus and NVMe signalling make a big difference.

    It doesn't mean there is no reason to sell SATA SSDs as a low-end option or to upgrade old PCs. But the tech is really amazing, if you try it.
  • Captain Praggot - Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - link

    No it's not. I have one and I didn't notice any difference in desktop usage. In fact, it was a pretty big disappointment compared to my 840 Pro.
  • JeffFlanagan - Friday, June 17, 2016 - link

    You're either posting from the future, or are completely out of touch.
  • Byte - Saturday, June 18, 2016 - link

    Yep, can't wait for Xpoint! Boot up in 3.9 seconds instead of 4!
  • Eden-K121D - Saturday, June 18, 2016 - link

    nvdimms allow to boot up instantly if you will
  • iamkyle - Sunday, June 19, 2016 - link

    How many HDD's exist currently?

    This is just another step towards SSD ubiquity.

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