1.8" ZIF PATA SSDs available

Comprehensive list of 1.8" ZIF PATA SSDs in this niche market ranked by 4kb random read feels faster performance.

Recommended for value: COLOR=high perf+TRIM, COLOR=native PATA SSD - balanced battery life+perf.

1.8" ZIF drive+order linkController+stp^1Price64GBPerf@UDMA5Win7trimlowpwrNotes4kbseqMtron Mobi 3000.SLCMtronN/A2883/74n/anoReview.
64GB never made.Renice K3VLARIndilinx BF+Marvell$2002288/75yesnoReview.
Great value.Runcore Pro IVIndilinx BF+Jmicron$2202183/76yesnoReview.
Good value.
NOTE: issues.Solidata Z6Indilinx BF+??$2602?8?/7?yesnoSabertooth ZTIndilinx BF+??$2902?8?/7?yesnoHana Micron ForteIndilinx BF+??N/A1792/61yesnoBench.
SLC variants.
Sold in Asia only.Photofast GMonster.V3Indilinx.BF+SunplusN/A1786/56yesnoBench.
Intel X18M G2Intel+DIY.US$15$1901589/66yesnoBench/review.
A low power sata SSD.Photofast GMonster.V4EastWho EWS720$4001591/73noyesReview.
SLC variants.Renice K3VLAR-EEastWho EWS720$1901591/52noyesReview.
30/60GB has 33% slower writes.Mach Xtreme MX-NanoEastWho EWS720$1901389/61noyesBench.
Order details.Sandisk UATA 5000Sandisk?N/A1564/28noyesBench &.KingspecSM2233G$1501380/45nonoReview/Bench.
Sabertooth Z4SM2233G$1901380/38nonoGMonsterV2SM2233GN/A1276/35nonoBench.
Samsung ZIFSamsungN/A1356/33noyesBench.Runcore Pro 1.8" JMF602?N/A1063/63nonoBench.
5400rpm HDDPATAN/A035/35nonoBench4200rpm HDDPATAN/A024/23nono Bench.
240GB Toshiba MK2431GA.Comparative: 2.5" sata SSD with stpMtron 3500.SLC-sataMtron-1984/56n/ano Bench.OCZ Vertex 60GBIndilinx BF-1888/66yesnoBench with Marvell stp caddy.Runcore Pro IV SATAIndilinx BF-1584/65yesnoBench from here with Jmicron stpIntel SATA X25M G2Intel-1589/56yesnoBench-Marvell.
Bench-Sony.Samsung SATA mlc/slcSamsung-1068/55nono Bench with Sony stp.
N/A: discontinued or not sold in English markets.
Can check ebay for s/h units.
n/a: SLC SSDs don't require TRIM.
^1 Requires a sata-to-pata (stp) adapter.
Eg: DIY solution.
As a comparison, sata-to-pata bridge in optical drive bay adapter measured here found to add 0.8-1W overhead to do the translation.
DIY may be lower since it doesn't need to do 5V to 3.3V voltage regulation.


NotesSome SSDs don't have TRIM support, meaning they rely on garbage collection to maintain write performance.
Use Tony Trim or sdelete to help GC along.
Note too that XP doesn't support TRIM.
Only Vista and Win7 do.
flashfire accelerator increases small file writes on older or Jmicron SSDs.
a US$10-delivered adapter can allow use of a ZIF SSD in a 2.5" sata system.
Seeing ICH8M and ICH7M.
The ZIF PATA interface doesn't provide AHCI's NCQ, so multiple streamed read/writes cannot occur in parallel.
This means that ZIF SSDs work better with a SSD controller optimized for single queuing.
For example, on an sata AHCI interface, Intel X25M G2 has faster 4kb multithreaded read performance than a Indilinx-based SSD, but when using the pata interface (queue=1) the Indilinx SSDs have faster 4kb multithreaded read performance.
Some example Bench here.
If you have a pata optical drive, could also do a DIY: Adding SSD or HDD storage using an optical bay caddy using a 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD.
Can see native sata Intel X18-M, Samsung PB22-J(Corsair Pxxx) and 100/80 SLC and OCZ Vertex performance here.
Please post any new ZIF details/Bench so can be include in the table.