Asus Launches the ROG RAIDR Express PCIe SSD

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The Asus ROG RAIDR Express is aimed at “hardcore gamers and PC enthusiasts demanding a more reliable computer experience.”

Asus has announced the ROG RAIDR Express, the first PCI-Express SSD to offer DuoMode BIOS support that includes two BIOS chips and a hardware switch that allows it to be compatible with both legacy and modern UEFI BIOS.The SSD features a dual LSI SandForce controller, Toshiba 19 mm 16K MLC NAND flash memory that provides a capacity of 240 GB, sequential read and write speeds of 830 MB/s and 810 MB/s, respectively, and is rated for 100,000 4K read/write IOPS.

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  • msahni
    Hey...
    Why is this PCIE 2.0 I thought with Haswell we were moving to PCIE 3.0 with a muh greater bandwidth and speeds....

    Or did ASUS forget to launch this last year....

    Cheers....
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  • Asus has NOT launched the ROG RAIDR. If they had then someone, somewhere would have bought one and we would know the price. This product was suppose to be on the shelves 3 months ago. They have given no indication of then it will be available so how can they say the product has been launched? Its just taking too long....just tell us that the product will be available in stores in December or some time in 2014
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  • osamabinrobot
    11260332 said:
    Hey...
    Why is this PCIE 2.0 I thought with Haswell we were moving to PCIE 3.0 with a muh greater bandwidth and speeds....

    Or did ASUS forget to launch this last year....

    Cheers....
    because it cant saturate a pcie 2.0 pipe let alone a 3.0
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  • Pinhedd
    11260332 said:
    Hey...
    Why is this PCIE 2.0 I thought with Haswell we were moving to PCIE 3.0 with a muh greater bandwidth and speeds....

    Or did ASUS forget to launch this last year....

    Cheers....

    Intel has only implemented PCIe 3.0 on their Sandybridge-E, Ivybridge, and Haswell microprocessors. All other implementations, including Intel's 6, 7, and 8 series chipsets remain at PCIe 2.0.

    Since this SSD uses a 4x PCIe 2.0 connector it seems likely that users will want to connect it to the PCH to avoid a DMI bottleneck (which is itself just a derivative 4x PCIe 2.0 link between the CPU and PCH) while keeping PCIe 3.0 links on the CPU available for GPUs.
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  • physical
    If the product was launched, you could theoretically go into a store, observe it's price, pick it up, and purchase it.
    This is not a launched product.
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  • Genzo
    Wished this one has a decent SRP.
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  • master_chen
    >SandForce

    I've pretty much stopped reading after that and facepalmed heavily. 2014 almost at the door, ladies and gentlemen...sheesh...
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  • ikyung
    Meh, the reviews on this is pretty dismal at best. The only perk I can see for this is the aesthetics.
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  • Branden
    it'd be nice to start seeing some pci-e ssd's (that go beyond sata3 speeds) that aren't outrageously priced. here's hoping this drive is affordable (<$1/GB), not holding my breath though.
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  • sylvez
    Asus may need a better marketing team.. saying 'cool red led' doesn't make it cool.
    The consumers KNOW it is cool, but once you mention it it sounds cheesy.
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