Super Talent MasterDrive MX 60GB SSD Review

Is it an economy drive with great performance or a performance drive with budget pricing? TweakTown takes a look at one of Super Talent’s latest MLC (Multi-Level Cell) memory-based Solid State Drives, the MasterDrive MX 60GB, and compares performance with a Western Digital Raptor 150GB and a Samsung SATA-II 32GB SSD SLC (Single-Level Cell):

The Super Talent MasterDrive MX is a great performer for its targeted audience, the enthusiast / privileged home user. Overall performance is better than all typical hard drives and the price is starting to let up, making the technology affordable for more users. I think notebook users will get the most benefit out of an imminent jump to the Super Talent MasterDrive MX; my testing showed a gain of nearly 45 minutes battery life (results coming in a later article). Desktop users may feel a little pinched with only 60GB of space for a boot drive, but Super Talent does offer a 120GB version if you would like to give it a whirl.

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