By: Chris Ramseyer
Introduction
Just a few days ago we looked at the
SSD720, Transcend's flagship SSD offering with SanDisk 24nm Toggle Mode NAND
flash and a LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller. Today we're looking at the little
brother, the Transcend SSD320.
The SSD320 uses
the same SandForce controller, but pairs it with asynchronous flash. Users get
the same accessory package, a nice gift and one that we rarely find with
asynchronous flash drives these days. You also get the same three year warranty,
just like what's offered on the SSD720. The only difference between these two
drives is the flash, the price and the performance.
Since its release
I can't calculate the number of times I've seen shopping sites mention the
Transcend SSD320. These drive goes on sale all of time at large e-tailers for
really low prices. When it happens I usually get a couple of emails from readers
asking if I know anything about them and, "Are they any good?" Unfortunately at
the time of writing there wasn't any price buster sale, but I'm sure it'll
happen again before too long.
As we mentioned
the SSD320 uses asynchronous flash, something we are not too fond of for
performance reasons. We'll put that to the side today and start over, although I
can't guarantee the same result this time around.
Let's take a look
at the specs and get into some details about this
product.
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