Patriot Addresses Controversy Surrounding Viper VPN100 M.2 SSDs

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Patriot Memory was recently caught with its pants down when some owners of its Viper VPN100 M.2 SSDs realized that they came with the smaller Phison E12S controller and 512 MB of DRAM cache instead of what was promised on its original specifications sheet (E12 controller, 2 GB of DRAM cache). Patriot Memory has now issued a statement to address the controversy, blaming the swapping of hardware on supply shortages. Despite the difference in hardware, Patriot promises that the revised VPN100 operates similar to the original release and is capable of hitting the same performance specifications in sequential read/write and random IOPS. The new version of Patriot’s VPN100 m.2 SSD is also said to feature the same endurance...

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[Space_Ranger]

I mean, if the table SAYS that the performance is the same between then 2 devices, then it HAS to be so! Tables don't lie!!!

 

[THUMPer]

what about price? same price?

 

[Space_Ranger]

what about price? same price?

Basically, they sold the E12S version at the same price as E12 version...