Fujitsu SSD, anyone here used one?

[Gorthan]

So I made an interesting discovering while looking for a new SSD. Fujitsu have a Sandforce based offering out now. It looks like it's only available in the APAC (Asia Pacific) so far but the price is what got me interested.

I can pick up a 240GB model for $214.50AU shipped (call it $215 US). This is ridiculously cheap, an OCZ Agility 3 240GB is $270AU on the same site. So my question is, does anyone here know anything about these drives? Google searches turn up very little except for one Chinese forum with benchmarks. If you're curious it's here Fujitsu 120GB SSD benchmark

If no one has any info on them, I may just have to volunteer to be a guinea pig at this price.

 

[Eug]

Hmmm... The Agility 3 120 GB was CAD$55 here last week.

 

[Gorthan]

Hmmm... The Agility 3 120 GB was CAD$55 here last week.

We get completely shafted on tech prices here in Australia. The 120GB Agility 3 here is ~$140 US. That said, supposedly our government is looking into it, doubt they'll do anything though.

 

[Charlie98]

Depends on which SandForce controller they used. It's SATA III, so I'm guessing it's the 2281, the same one used in the Agility3, but I didn't decode all that gobbledy-beloved patriot on the link. Much of the stability of the SF controllers depends greatly on the firmware... without any relative feedback I wouldn't waste my money (even though I think Fujitsu makes pretty good consumer stuff.) It may not be a bargain at all...

 

[Gorthan]

Depends on which SandForce controller they used. It's SATA III, so I'm guessing it's the 2281, the same one used in the Agility3, but I didn't decode all that gobbledy-beloved patriot on the link. Much of the stability of the SF controllers depends greatly on the firmware... without any relative feedback I wouldn't waste my money (even though I think Fujitsu makes pretty good consumer stuff.) It may not be a bargain at all...

Actually that's a really good point. I forgot SF based drives are dependent on manufacturer firmware. Hmm, well I'll check back later to see if there's any more feedback, but it looks like I may just steer clear for the reason you mentioned.