1 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:11,639 the Corsair carbide air 540 High airflow Cube case is great for air cooling or 2 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:16,240 liquid cooling check the link in the video description to learn more welcome 3 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:22,320 to an unboxing that's actually more of a teaser for some upcoming content that we 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:24,640 have planned this is the adata sx900 2 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,119 and 1 12 in SATA 3 6 GB per second solid state drive it has ncq smart command 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:32,399 queuing compatible with state of 3 gbit per second it is optimized for ahci mode 7 00:00:30,359 --> 00:00:37,200 and it will run in raid which has something to do with 8 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:40,840 this more on that in a moment okay okay back to this back to this okay uh sand 9 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:44,840 Force driven so it uses a sand Force controller so that means it is very 10 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:48,280 optimized for client type workloads where you a lot of the data that you 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:52,280 work with on a day-to-day basis is going to be compressible as opposed to 12 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:57,359 non-compressible so it uses Advanced algorithms in the SSD itself in order to 13 00:00:54,879 --> 00:01:01,760 not only make it operate faster than the controller or faster than the nand flash 14 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:06,080 itself could operate if it was just writing to it on its own but it also 15 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:11,159 increases the lifetime of it because it actually commits fewer rights to the Nan 16 00:01:08,439 --> 00:01:15,280 so remember every SSD has a built-in maximum overall life cycle that it will 17 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:18,479 eventually wear out in in San Force drives particularly if you work with a 18 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:22,439 lot of compressible data will last longer than another equally built SSD 19 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:26,799 it's shock resistant just like all ssds supports trim and comes with a cronis TR 20 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:30,479 image HD which is actually one of the better uh one of the better cloning 21 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:36,600 applications out out there that we've used as far as included ones with ssds 22 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:39,280 go so kudos to a data for using that all 23 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:43,079 right accessories it includes a spacer because it uses a 7 mm form factor so if 24 00:01:41,399 --> 00:01:47,520 you have a a laptop that's only compatible with 9 and2 mil you can go 25 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:52,159 ahead and install dat spacer on there it includes a 3 and 1/2 in desktop adapter 26 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:57,000 with a data branding on it also has like kind of some texture on it so maybe it's 27 00:01:54,520 --> 00:02:00,439 uh you know reinforced or something there you go so that'll make it 28 00:01:58,119 --> 00:02:04,039 compatible with your desktop and has a beautiful brushed black finish on it I 29 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:08,840 actually really like that it looks very striking so there's a SATA 3 6 GB per 30 00:02:06,799 --> 00:02:13,720 second interface on the back and it is made in Taiwan and apparently someone 31 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:17,480 gets a an acronis True Image HD key good job you get that now so what are we 32 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:23,400 going to be doing what why do we need four of them we are going to be doing a 33 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:27,160 test on the Z87 platform where we take 34 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:28,640 these ssds and run one two and this is 35 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:33,280 where the maximum would have been before on z77 cuz there were only two Intel 36 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:39,760 native SATA 36 GB pers second ports so we're going to try 1 2 3 and four drives 37 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:44,440 in raid zero to see where the benefit 38 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:46,040 actually tapers off in terms of uh of 39 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:50,920 how many drives you can keep adding to a raid zero before you run into a 40 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:55,519 bottleneck that is between the actual SATA chip set itself and the rest of the 41 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:59,319 system whereas because I mean remember you can have as many SATA 3 6 gbit per 42 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:03,159 second ports as you want but if you're actually flooding them all with data at 43 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,959 the same time then there might be another internal bottleneck somewhere 44 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:12,280 else on the board so we're going to find out when we reach that limit and we'll also be using them to do a raid zero 45 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:15,040 setup guide which is really simple but hey it's helpful to have video guides 46 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:19,360 for pretty much anything I like following along with them thank you for 47 00:03:16,959 --> 00:03:21,680 checking out this unboxing and teaser don't forget to subscribe to L's Tech 48 00:03:20,599 --> 00:03:26,879 tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos don't forget to like this video if you like what we're 49 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:30,040 going to be doing with these drives and don't forget to leave a comment if you 50 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:36,239 have any other suggestions for for what we could do with four 51 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:38,159 256 gig ssds that's actually something 52 00:03:36,239 --> 00:03:42,200 else that's unique about these drives is they don't overr provision as much 53 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:46,959 normally you'd find a 240 gig San Force drive and these are the full 256 so you 54 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:51,000 do have to use a higher quality nand if you don't want to over-provision as much 55 00:03:49,159 --> 00:03:54,920 and remember guys that over-provisioning is something that you can do manually 56 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:59,799 simply by creating a 240 gig partition on this drive so it gives you the 57 00:03:56,599 --> 00:04:01,360 flexibility to Short Stroke it or or 58 00:03:59,799 --> 00:04:06,180 over provision it yourself if you want to or use the whole capacity if you do 59 00:04:04,079 --> 00:04:16,620 prefer