Corsair Neutron & Neutron GTX: All Capacities Tested
by Kristian Vättö on December 19, 2012 1:10 PM ESTPower Consumption
With more NAND, you get higher performance but there are also more dies that require power. The difference isn't substantial when compared to the performance increase, though, because for example the 480GB Neutron GTX draws only ~10% more power under load than the 120GB model. At idle there is essentially no difference between smaller and larger Neutron capacities. For some reason the 240GB Neutron stands out with its surprisingly high power constumption; it's noticeably higher even compared to the 480GB Neutron GTX. Power consumption in general is something I hope LAMD and Corsair can address thorugh a firmware update. Load power consumption is bearable but at idle I don't think any SATA SSD should draw more than 1W, preferably no more than 0.5W.
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Oxford Guy - Thursday, December 27, 2012 - link
So, you're saying Anandtech is unable to verify Samsung's power usage claims — completely.That's very interesting.
Oxford Guy - Thursday, December 27, 2012 - link
"That line of thinking is flawed. If you're only catering to desktop users, why even present the power consumption figures at all?"Of course. This is a very interesting line of thinking, isn't it?
1. Samsung provides only extra special "mobile" figures that are extremely low at .13 (830 512 GB) and .14 (840 512 GB).
2. Samsung, if Anandtech is to be believed, is providing not particularly interesting data, since their charts apparently don't apply to mobile usage.
3. According to Anandtech, desktop users don't care about SSD power usage and so Anandtech only cares about desktop SSD power usage (hence the existence of charts/comparisons/commentary).
It's all quite fascinating.
Movieman420 - Thursday, December 27, 2012 - link
from article:"While 240/256GB is undoubtedly the most popular capacity at the moment...'
Most 120/128's outsell their larger stablemates almost 2 to1 in some cases. 240/256's are the most popular to be REVIEWED cuz they pump out the best numbers. That may change n the future...say another year...year and a half.
ashjas - Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - link
Can anybody who have dealt with manufacturers claiming for warranty.. what does warranty actually mean?Like we all know that the ssds fail without notice and without any reason,, so if i ask the manufacturer for a replacement of the ssd within the warranty,.. will they replace the drive?
Performance does not matter to me all that much,,, but reliability of ssds not failing.. atleast for like 2-3 years of good use.. is what concerns me.. and ofcourse if manufacturers would replace failed ssds.
Thanks