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Expresscard SSD

Thiol

Thiol

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Jan 26, 2008
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We've discussed the FileMate SolidGo Expresscard SSD here a little bit already. The 24 and 48 GB versions seem to be among the fastest out there. I was about to grab one, but then I became concerned about the durability of the product based on some reviews:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820161325
http://www.amazon.com/Wintec-FileMa...iewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

Can those who have used this for a while comment on how well it has lasted against the test of time?
 
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dont buy it....


there is no cooling for the little thing....i burned up 3 in total before finally throwing in the towel on the filemates.

2x24 and 1x48gb

which have very good speed's , i ran virtual machines off them.
 
Hrm. Doesn't sound super reliable. Do we have any alternative that may be reasonably fast? I need to edit large text files of ~100 MB to ~1 GB.
 
It seems pretty neat. Internal is always the way to go, but I suppose based on the reviews that this product is quite good.
 
I have an internal SSD. Just wanted extra storage without losing the DVD drive...
 
In theory this sounds like a great use of the expresscard slot but given some of the responses, I'd be a little concerned about spending the money only to see it go up in smoke
 
cderalow said:
random question, but what the hell are you using that results in a 1GB text file.
Click to expand...

I'm a scientist. It's millions of DNA sequences that I need to run through my own scripts for analysis.
 
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