Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2016-07-07
For the Neutron XTi, Corsair has picked up a controller we have seen with other low-cost TLC SSDs manufactured by PHISON, paired it with quite a bit of DDR3 RAM cache (1GB) and has also used Toshiba 15nm MLC NAND Flash in order to obtain sustained performance, no matter the file sizes we are transferring to it.
On the sides, Corsair has placed some small warranty stickers:
As we have seen with the previous SSDs we have reviewed, this model too does come with a design which does not employ screws. After dismantling the chassis, we will get to see the PCB of the drive, which does take about 2/3 of the total available space inside:
On the frontal area of the PCB, we will get to see four MLC NAND Flash chips, a central PHISON controller but also a RAM memory buffer:
A closer look at the MLC chips reveals the TP79G5LASA code name, which tells us that we are dealing with Toshiba 15nm MLC BGA Flash packages; this exact type of package can be also found in some Corsair USB 3.0 Flash Drives:
As with the Silicon Power S55 240GB, the Neutron XTi does have at its heart the PHISON PS3110-S10-X controller, which is a quad-core, eight-channel SATA III part:
The buffer RAM is composed from a NANYA 512MB DDR3 1600MHz chip:
On the back side of the PCB we will get to see four more Toshiba MLC NAND chips, along with a secondary NANYA 512MB buffer:
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