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The Corsair Extreme Series is an internal Solid State drive that uses the state of the art Indilinx Barefoot controller and can reach read/write speeds of up to 240MB/s and 170MB/s respectively. RAID 0 configuration is also supported which lets you run multiple drives together and have them recognized as one big drive, and the available capacities are 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. The MLC NAND design is made from Samsung flash memory and 64MB of onboard RAM is included which helps maintain a stutter-free data stream. These drives come with a two year company warranty and a 100+ year life expectancy and are designated with an X at the beginning of the model number.
MSRP $700.00
Release date July, 2009
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User upgradeable firmware means you can stay up to date with new features as they are made available like the TRIM command in Windows 7 and other operating systems which keeps the drive running at top speed throughout it's lifespan. SSD drives can become slower due to disregarded memory building up over time that was never erased so there is a need for a computer to have a TRIM function. This has been remedied in the second generation Samsung controllers used in the Performance Series which have a feature called Self-Healing built in instead.
Features
- Read: 240MB/second
- Write: 170MB/second
- 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacity
- Samsung MLC (multi-level cell) NAND flash memory
- Form Factor: 2.5"
- Weight: 80g
- Shock resistant to 1500G
- RAID 0 support
- 100+ year lifespan
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Corsair Extreme Series|256GB
• Corsair CMFSSD-256D1 256 GB Extreme Series SSD Indilinx based Internal Solid State Drive
• Extreme X256 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
UPC: 843591006033
EAN: 843591006033
MPN: CMFSSD-256D1
Corsair Extreme Series|128GB
• Corsair CMFSSD-128D1 128 GB Extreme Series SSD Indilinx based Internal Solid State Drive
• Extreme Series X128 128GB Solid State Drive
UPC: 843591005050
EAN: 5052217003614
MPN: CMFSSD-128D1
Corsair Extreme Series|64GB
• Corsair CMFSSD-64D1 64 GB Extreme Series SSD Indilinx based Internal Solid State Drive
• Extreme Series X64 64GB Solid State Drive
UPC: 843591005043
EAN: 843591005043
MPN: CMFSSD-64D1
Corsair Extreme Series|32GB
• Corsair CMFSSD-32D1 32 GB Extreme Series SSD Indilinx based Internal Solid State Drive
• Extreme Series X32 32GB Solid State Drive
UPC: 843591005036
EAN: 843591005036
MPN: CMFSSD-32D1
Competitors
MSRP $700.00
Released January, 2009
Pros
- CF card form factor
- 34MB/s and 19MB/s read/write/up to 16GB capacity
- 4 million hour lifespan
Corsair Extreme Series
vs.
Western Digital SiliconDrive II PATA CF
MSRP $640.00
Released April, 2009
Pros
- 250MB/s and 200MB/s Read/Write
- 15000G's Ultra-shock resistance
- 0°C to 70°C operational temp
- SATA II
Cons
- No USB like the Pelican and Eagle series
Corsair Extreme Series
vs.
Cavalry CASD-P2 Pelican Elite Series
MSRP $500.00
Released July, 2009
Pros
- 230MB/s read, 170MB/s write speeds
- Onboard mobile SDRAM cache
- RAID 0
- Free download of Norton Internet Security 2009
- Uses Indilinx controller
Corsair Extreme Series
vs.
A-DATA 500 Series 2.5" S592
MSRP $2,400.00
Released June, 2009
Pros
- Twice the lifespan of typical SSD drives/3 million mean time hours between failure(MTBF)
- Extended temperature versions available bringing the operational temperature range to -40° C to 85° C
- Proprietary WD technology includes: PowerArmor, SiSMART and SolidStor
- 100MB/s read, 80MB/s write with SATA models
- Built for extreme conditions/good in military applications and business servers
Corsair Extreme Series
vs.
Western Digital SiliconDrive III Series
MSRP $700.00
Released January, 2009
Pros
- 230MB/sec read - 135mb/sec write
- 250MB/sec read - 160mb/sec write with 250GB version
- Seek time
less than 0.1ms
Cons
- has recently lost price/performance ground to the new 34nm mainstream Intel offerings
- high price per GB and much lower capacities than mechanical drives
- high prices (in general, as well as in comparison to other Indilinx based drives)
Corsair Extreme Series
vs.
OCZ Vertex Series
MSRP $350.00
Released June, 2009
Pros
- Read/Write Speeds: 230MB/s and 135MB/s
- Shock resistant to 1500G
- RAID support
- 64MB onboard cache
Corsair Extreme Series
vs.
OCZ Agility Series
MSRP $700.00
Released February, 2009
Pros
- 128MB onboard cache
- RAID support
- 220MB/s and 200MB/s read and write speeds. 200MB/s constant write speed.
- Shock resistant to 1500G. Noiseless operation with no moving parts
- Low power consumption
Corsair Extreme Series
vs.
OCZ Summit Series
MSRP $299.99
Released September, 2008
Pros
- fastest consumer SSD - best random small file reads/writes
- affordable for enthusiasts
- fair capacities
Cons
- not quite affordable for the majority of consumers
- firmware isn't updated as often as competing drives
- capacities cannot compete with mechanical drive alternatives
Corsair Extreme Series
vs.
Intel X25-M Mainstream
Reviews
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Pros
- Uses the Indilinx Barefoot controller
- 240MB/s read and 170MB/s write
- 64MB onboard RAM cache
- RAID 0
- 100+ years life expectancy
Cons
- No Self-Healing feature found on other models
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