Corsair Neutron GTX SSD Review (240GB): Link A Media Controller Tested
by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 20, 2012 6:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Storage
- SSDs
- Corsair
- Neutron
- Link a Media
Power Consumption
The Neutron GTX consumes a fair bit of power when idle, which is disappointing. At 1.16W doing nothing, the Neutron GTX can have a tangible impact on battery life. Load power consumption is much more competitive. It's not what I would consider low, but it's not unreasonably high either.
The ONFi based Neutron is noticeably more power hungry under load unfortunately. In both of our write tests the regular Neutron gets very close to 5W of power draw. If you're going to use one of these drives in a notebook, make it the Neutron GTX.
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qwertymac93 - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Has more to do with SATA than NAND.SlyNine - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Thats Sata 3 limits. Not NAND flash.surt - Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - link
NAND can go faster. That's why products like the fusionio go to 2Gbps or higher. 500 is just the most you can get across a single sata3 connector.B3an - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
When will the Plextor M5 Pro review be up?I've seen some other reviews popping up and it's looking very good, maybe the best SSD around, but these other reviews are not as detailed as Anandtech reviews.
Kristian Vättö - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Some odd behavior with the M5 Pro came up which has delayed the review a bit. I'll try to have it ready in the next few days, then posting it is up to Anand.B3an - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Thanks Kristian... and i hope you mention what this odd behaviour was in the review.Movieman420 - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Too soon for a review...a pre-view maybe Anand?M5P will do for now tho..;)
jwcalla - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
At this point it seems that there is little, if any, real-world difference in the latest gen drives of similar NAND.seapeople - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Agreed. Crazy how everyone and his brother now has a blazing fast SSD out there that puts the x25-g2 to shame. Just three years ago we were happy when an SSD controller came out that didn't have stuttering issues.maximumGPU - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Agree with some of the previous comments, we need a comparison with the latest Plextor M5 pro.Btw Is the M5 pro the first to use Marvell's new controller, or is it the vertex 4?