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Transcend TS8GIFD25 2.5" 8GB IDE Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail

Transcend TS8GIFD25 2.5" 8GB IDE Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail

9 reviews

Apr, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 9 reviews of Transcend TS8GIFD25 2.5" 8GB IDE Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail. The average rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Transcend TS8GIFD25 2.5" 8GB IDE Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by : Neil Mohr (pcplus.co.uk)

PC Plus review: Transcend 8GB Flash IDE drive

Good idea, but not there yet.

Jul, 2006

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

8 gb SSD

over all i think the drive was worth the money

highly resistant to fisical shock, runs cooler and quieter than standered disk & the machine boots quicher than a standard disk seems to speed machine up when the compurer uses the dirve for its vertual memory

a little slower on the install than a standard disk but not unreasonable

Jun, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

You do know...

Guys.. you do know that for laptop applications they have a 2.5" ATA-Serial and ATA-6 adapters that interface into a Compact Flash Card right? Same exact things for Serial and IDE. I mean there's you solid state right there... But make sure you are...

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Cost. Better alternitive below.

Jun, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

not too bad

in regard to the vfat file system, the drive comes with a dos partition table and vfat file system. i have no idea why, i dont think anyone uses that anymore. (ntfs, hfs+, ext3, reiser ?) i installed this on my ibook g4. put a mac partition table on it...

less heat and quiet, havent tested the power consumption yet

not that fast, but this isnt top of the line SSD either, so i didnt expect it to be fast. (i got it for less power consumption, heat and noise)

Dec, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

A Cooler & Quiet Laptop

It needs a built in cache in future editions to enhance performance. The cost does not justify the performance gain (if there was any). However, the cost does justify the elimination of any hard drive noise (which is, in most cases, 99% of the noise...

The nature of solid state drives means there is no noticable heat coming from the drive. Since this is enclosed in my laptop, I practically feel no heat other than the heat from my laptop's CPU. In addition, there is literally no operating noise. So...

There is no real performance gain other than random read performance. Windows menus pop out faster, programs are a little more snappy. No noticable disk write enhancements. It's about the same speed or slower write speed for program installs. I have...

Jul, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good for some things

I bought this device to run my Linux firewall system. I expect it to excel in that task since my primary criteria there is reliability. However, being the curious technical sort I decided to experiment a little first. I installed it in my test mule...

Low power ; No noise ; High reliability ; Shock resistant ; Quick access time

Low throughput ; Small capacity ; Expensive

Jul, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good for some things

Low power - No noise - High reliability - Shock resistant - Quick access time

Low throughput - Small capacity - Expensive

Jul, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

I question the previous review

VFAT is a filesystem. A computer's BIOS doesn't know what filesystem is on a drive. It only knows it's an IDE drive of a certain raw size. If you want a different filesystem, repartition the drive if necessary, then reformat it to whatever filesystem...

Jun, 2007

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