Straight from the horse's mouth (posted by one of GSkill people on their forums):
Power Consumption
i. Standby: 0.2A @ 5V, 1W
ii. Sustained Read/Write: 650mA @ 5V, 3W
iii. Average RMS: 600mA @ 5V
iv. Maximum Peak: 1.5A @ 5V
Does anybody know what is the typical power consumption for regular drives?
Ah this would explain the poor battery performance...The typical is .2 idle to 1.3 at maximum. Check this article on Tom's Hardware which explains the whole thing. Seems that SSDs only have two states (idle and maximum), so SSDs end up at the maximum state more than traditional hard drives.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-battery,1955-2.html
He stated not to use a USB enclosure
THAT IS FREAKING RIDICULOUS.Open the Titan 256Gb box, and find out they sent me a 128GB regular SSD. Not even the Titan version.
I don't doubt that write latency might not be the greatest, but I rarely feel stuttering. I think I have seen some while running a VM, but VM perf is no worse than on a spinning drive.
I still don't understand how people say their machines are running hot with a SSD in themMine right now is running between 36-42 Deg. C I have a Macbook Pro 15" with 2.53 CPU in it. My Vertex SSD has been cool so far.
My previous issue was that, when the drive was installed in the MBP, it would not be recognized. It would see the drive, if it was connected via USB enclosure. I read on the OCZ forums that one issue is that the drive is Windows formated, and the Mac has some issue reading the MBR on the drive.
They recommend using Disk Utility to erase the drive, by writing zeros to the drive. If the MBP doesn't recognize it then, use MBRWizard a windows program to completely wipe the drive. I didn't have to get that far to use MBRWizard. The Zeroing out the drive in Disk Utility worked.
My final process to get OSX 10.5.6 installed was very weird.
Maybe your usb enclosure is rubbish. You should be able to attach the drive via usb, format the drive, and copy the data across (e.g. using Disk Utility) and then install the drive into your MBP.
Hey everyone,
First off I want to thank you guys for all the information so far. I have a question about the G.Skill Titan though -- is the freezing/sleep issue with the Titan present on ALL unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros?
I have a Unibody MacBook that I just purchased (2.4GHz) and I am interested in an SSD, and the Titan looks great, except that lots of reviews on Newegg posts here indicate a problem with this drive and Unibody Mac notebooks.
Has G.Skill elucidated the problem at all in terms of which computers it will actually well with?
I have the G. Skill 256GB Titan, in my MBP 17" Uni. I don't have any freezing, stuttering, or sleep issues. After my ordeal with the Titan, I can't recommend it. It is cheap, but it sucks the battery. I used to get at least 6 hrs with the 320GB 5400rpm HD. I get 4 1/2 hrs now. The speed is great, but at a cost, even though it has the best bang for buck. I'll be selling this one, and upgrading to a better quality SSD when prices drop.
I ended up going with the OCZ Vertex. There's a 4 page thread on here about the 250GB Vertex and it's got nothing but great things to say, so I went with that one. Thanks for the help.