PhotoFast G-Monster PCIe SSD

[Alexxx]

Fusion-io aren’t the only people who can put massive amounts of solid-state memory into a desktop PCIe card, as Japanese firm PhotoFast announce their G-Monster PCIe SSD.

It looks like another company is offering a PCIe SSD, which the launch of the new PhotoFast G-Monster PCIe SSD.The PhotoFast G-Monster PCIe SSD will come in a variety of sizes, including 256GB, 512GB and 1TB, and will offer read speeds of 750MB/s and write speeds of 700MB/s.

After the new G-Monster-V4S and IDE-V2 2.5-inch SSDs, Photofast offers the G-Monster PCIe SSD storage.
The G-Monster PCIe SSD uses PCI-Express x8 interface and has hardward-based RAID controller. The SSD offers 750MB/s read speed and 700MB/s write speed.

PhotoFast G-Monster PCIe SSD is available in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB capacities:

1. 256GB GM-PCIE256GSSDM
   
   
2. 512GB GM-PCIE512GSSDM
   
   
3. 1TB GM-PCIE1TBSSDM

[Faint]

Available in capacities up to 1TB, the card boasts read speeds of up to 750MB/s. Three models are available, the smallest being 256GB, a mid-tier 512GB and finally the 1TB big-daddy.

Unlike rival systems, the PhotoFast G-Monster is bootable for Windows XP or Vista, so you won’t need a separate OS drive to go with it. Each is rated for 1,500,000 hours use. No word on pricing as yet (think expensive), but they’ll arrive in April.

[Kraker999]

So SSD’s don’t have the longest lifespan…ok their lifespan is substancially shorter than a tranditional spinning hard drive. But what they lack in life, they make up for in pure speed and durability (shock resistance). If you have a PCIe slot just sitting unused and unloved on your computer, the PhotoFast G-Monster would love to call it home.

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The big letdown for now is that their is no pricing information. I guaruntee that all of the capacities, especially the 1TB will cost you pretty close to an entire limb and maybe even part of an internal organ. But for geeked tech lovers such as us, organs are but trivial things…