You keep saying the new drives aren't as fast as the Samsung but the 950 Pro doesn't shine in random. You can easily argue that even Intel's offering is better , depends on usage. Then there is the price, just days ago the 400GB Intel had a deal at some 250$ similar in price per GB to the best deals for the 950 Pro , we'll see how the new drives are priced.
I much prefer the AIC form factor to the m.2 form factor. It gives the room to use more channels and enhance performance. It's annoying we don't see more consumer level drives in this form factor. All we see in AIC form factor are enterprise drives, until this one. I hope they're a reasonable price.
If you wanted to get a couple of these to RAID in a home system, what would be the common motherboard configuration to use? Most consumer boards don't have x4 slots, and the lower end boards have an x16 slot and several x1 slots. I suppose the most commonly found consumer boards that could work would end up having three x16 slots? I, of course, am speaking of the physical size, not the actual channels used.
The people who would use those low end boards wouldn't be using a PCIe SSD like this. The systems that would use this would be like a full ATX Z170 board, with two x8 slots, with x16 connectors, from the CPU and a x4/x8 slot, with a x16 connector, coming from the chipset, probably sharing PCIe channels with an m.2 slot. It might have PCIe x1 slots as well, but those don't usually see use. The only slots that really matter these days are the x16 ones. (The system integrators like Dell and HP don't seem to get this part. Don't expect their systems to support such things.)
Zotac doesn't make SSDs. Phison sells turnkey SSDs to customers such as Zotac, who then simply brand the drive and handle distribution, marketing etc. That's why so many non-storage brands have SSDs nowadays, and this is also why all Phison based drives perform practically the same.
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jjj - Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - link
You keep saying the new drives aren't as fast as the Samsung but the 950 Pro doesn't shine in random. You can easily argue that even Intel's offering is better , depends on usage.Then there is the price, just days ago the 400GB Intel had a deal at some 250$ similar in price per GB to the best deals for the 950 Pro , we'll see how the new drives are priced.
dgingeri - Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - link
I much prefer the AIC form factor to the m.2 form factor. It gives the room to use more channels and enhance performance. It's annoying we don't see more consumer level drives in this form factor. All we see in AIC form factor are enterprise drives, until this one. I hope they're a reasonable price.jardows2 - Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - link
If you wanted to get a couple of these to RAID in a home system, what would be the common motherboard configuration to use? Most consumer boards don't have x4 slots, and the lower end boards have an x16 slot and several x1 slots. I suppose the most commonly found consumer boards that could work would end up having three x16 slots? I, of course, am speaking of the physical size, not the actual channels used.dgingeri - Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - link
The people who would use those low end boards wouldn't be using a PCIe SSD like this. The systems that would use this would be like a full ATX Z170 board, with two x8 slots, with x16 connectors, from the CPU and a x4/x8 slot, with a x16 connector, coming from the chipset, probably sharing PCIe channels with an m.2 slot. It might have PCIe x1 slots as well, but those don't usually see use. The only slots that really matter these days are the x16 ones. (The system integrators like Dell and HP don't seem to get this part. Don't expect their systems to support such things.)TennesseeTony - Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - link
Any spare 16x/8x/4x slot can be used.TennesseeTony - Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - link
I replied to the wrong comment. sorryKristian Vättö - Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - link
Zotac doesn't make SSDs. Phison sells turnkey SSDs to customers such as Zotac, who then simply brand the drive and handle distribution, marketing etc. That's why so many non-storage brands have SSDs nowadays, and this is also why all Phison based drives perform practically the same.JellyRoll - Friday, January 8, 2016 - link
And just who do you think you are? Kristian Vatto or something?