1.8” ZIF HD/SSD & SD/SDHC Notes
1.8” HD (My Samsung Q1U takes a ZIF connector)
- My current current Toshiba 60GB (MK6008GAH) – starts out at an unremarkable 22MB/s reads for small files and dwindles down to 10MB/s for large files; Random access = 19.1ms; capped by the 100MB/s PATA interface that it’s not even coming close to touching… i wonder if this is all to blame on the tablet’s low end hardware…
- Toshiba makes a 240GB (MK2431GAH) but it’s not PC boot compatible
- Next one down that seems to be PC compatible is the 120GB MK1214GAH, $90 @ eBay
- I don’t get it, i can’t find any numbers on actual transfer rates for these drives… everywhere just quotes the PATA interface rate (100MB/s)
- Very decent looking 1.8” enclosure (and soft pouch) with ZIF to USB interface for dirt on eBay ($2.42 + $7.00 shipping)
SSD
- 128GB = ~$400 eBay – KingSpec = 67MB/s reads, 51MB/s writes
- 64GB = ~$200 eBay - KingSpec
SD
- Currently have a Transcend 16GB Class 6 - flat 16MB/s across the board reads; 1.2ms random access
- Folks are definitely running 32GB capacity SDHC’s in the Q1U
- Fastest 32GB SDHC is “SanDisc Extreme III” 30MB/s reads (“Class 10”), Amazon = $190 (this one makes no sense at all… totally overshadowed by 64GB SSD size & speed for that price)
- Next fastest 32GB SDHC “SanDisc Ultra II” 15MB/s reads (Class 6), NewEgg = $88 (and this doesn’t make much sense either, might as well just get the $90 120GB Toshiba HD)
