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Plextor's newest SSD

I sense the pattern as the tools of survival in a market where optical drives are seeing "end of life."

I agree with Zap (below) and again see this as an effort to survive.
 
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Plextor had previous SSD drives which AFAIK had horrid performance (compared to a "modern" SSD). About time they refreshed their lineup, before they become the PCP&C of storage.
 
Zap said:
Plextor had previous SSD drives which AFAIK had horrid performance (compared to a "modern" SSD). About time they refreshed their lineup, before they become the PCP&C of storage.
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lol.. so wait. PCP&C is not considered to be a good PSU maker? I thought their PSUs are very highly recommended(?).
 
Baasha said:
lol.. so wait. PCP&C is not considered to be a good PSU maker? I thought their PSUs are very highly recommended(?).
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So were Plextor optical drives, BITD. Things change fast in the tech world and you gotta keep on top of that change or risk becoming an almost-ran.

PCP&C was probably the first company in the USA to market (not manufacture - they have companies such as Seasonic, FSP and Wintact actually manufacture their PSUs for them) high quality PSUs along with end user warranties. They were slow to change and while quality usually remained good, they stubbornly refused to keep up with emerging trends, instead opting to launch a smear campaign. Basically they had a web page that tried to explain why big fans in PSUs were bad and why multiple rails were bad (neither of which is 100% true, and the drawbacks outweigh the few negatives). They were also slow to embrace "quiet." Their higher end Turbo Cool units were outrageously noisy while their "Silencer" line was somewhat of a misnomer, in that it was quieter than the Turbo Cool, but noisier than what competitors put out.

In the meantime OCZ bought them out. Since that happened, the brand has languished. The only new model was the Silencer 910 (until recently) and it was probably already being worked on prior to OCZ. Once OCZ came into the picture, remaining stock was gradually sold out and they all but disappeared from the market over the past two years.

More recently OCZ re-launched the brand with a few new units that used big fans (which the "old" PCP&C marketed against) and with mediocre quality.
 
Dang, you're right, I do remember the Turbo-Cools being noisy - but damn reliable. Man, I NEVER had one fail on me, had 'em running for years on end without a hiccup. They were the only ones I'd buy for a long time, for 286/386/486/P5 builds, but definitely times do change. OCZ, as everyone knows, owns them now.
 
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