Corsair Launches Reactor, Nova SSDs

[Marcus Yam]

Now you can get an SSD that could match your Corsair RAM in your rig.

Corsair Launches Reactor, Nova SSDs : Read more

 

[industrial_zman]

We want pricing!

 

[mianmian]

[citation][nom]industrial_zman[/nom]We want pricing![/citation]
the price you do not want to know.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I'll bet it will be expensive. Wonder what will happen when the competition really heats uo.

 

[helldog3105]

Expensive. Good enough pricing information? No? Okay based on their speed in regards to other company SSD products on the market and Corsair's own pricing scheme with their current models we can expect a price of approximately 299.99-399.99 USD for the 60GB slower model and probably 499.99-599.99 USD for the 128 GB model. The faster Nova series will probably be approximately 50-100 USD more per size category. This is purely speculation, but I would guess somewhere in that range on pricing.

 

[Guest]

When will SSD boxes start displaying random read and write speeds? Which of course everyone knows are way wwaaayyy more important than sequential.

 

[babybeluga]

I could already do what the title says!

gSkill!

 

[greymanx]

Current pricing on Newegg:
Nova 64GB: $199
Nova 128GB: $339

Reactor 60GB: $185
Reactor 120GB: $349

 

[frakn]

;_______; I WANT ONE SO BADD

 

[micky_lund]

prices...they need to come down to $1.5/gb or lower before i will touch them...

 

[anamaniac]

Intel x18-m (repackaged by Dane-Elec)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820157021&cm_re=x18-m-_-20-157-021-_-Product
$179.99
Read of 250MB/s, write of 70MB/s.
1.8"
Comes with 1.8" to 2.5" kit and external enclosure.

Otherwise, I'll just continue to wait for the Gen3 1.8" Intel drives, thank you very much.

While the Reactor is only $5, it has a smaller capacity, the drive is larger, and the only benefit is write speeds.
Tell me, is there any reason I should get this over the old as hell Intel SDD?
Or is it that the x18-m is one of the most awesome SSD's made to date?

 

[snotling]

its A SSD not AN SSD...

 

[hillarymakesmecry]

[citation][nom]snotling[/nom]its A SSD not AN SSD...[/citation]

Technically you can do it either way because there are two schools of thought.

SSD is not an acronym that can be verbalized like NASA or OPEC. So you'd use either of the follow:

Since S is a "vowel sounding letter" (the pronunciation of the letter "S" is ess, which starts with a vowel, I would use an.

It is far less common to use the first letter to decide between an and a, as you're suggesting, but it's accepted in some places.

Maybe they do it differently in your country, but 99% of people in the USA would use an.

 

[AdamB5000]

[citation][nom]snotling[/nom]its A SSD not AN SSD...[/citation]
I see where you're coming from, but it depends on how you read it. If you read it "Ess ess dee," then you're incorrect, but if you read it "Solid state drive," which you are, then, well, you get the point.

It's kind of like when I say "an HDtv (aich dee tee vee)," instead of, "A high definition television." Anyway.. now I'm rambling.

 

[AdamB5000]

Oops. That's what I get for sitting on this story for 30 minutes before reading it. hillarymakesmecry (more than a user handle - but eve a life lesson) already addressed it!

 

[AdamB5000]

*even

Bring us edits!

 

[gilbertfh]

[citation][nom]snotling[/nom]its A SSD not AN SSD...[/citation]

I guess trolls do come from Canada.

 

[davendork]

How about a chart with the reviewed brands, sizes, I/O, when the future release dates are and $$$(MSRP) ? I would love you TH.
Ups to greymanx for filling in the details.

 

[davendork]

I mean a running chart.

 

[fonzy]

With all these SSD's coming out you would think prices will fall.??

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]frakn[/nom];_______; I WANT ONE SO BADD[/citation]
me too.. just can't justify it

Just last week i upgraded my laptop HDD... i went with a 320 gig 7200 RPM for under $100

 

[brendano257]

Definitely waiting for a decent price on SSD's.

As for the grammer argument, I'm tempted to say AN SSD, because of the pronuciation. Whereas I WOULD say A Solid State Disk/Drive. Think what you want, but I will say what sounds better

 

[sliem]

Too expensive.
An SSD because you pronounce it "An ess ess dee"
Otherwise A solid state drive.

 

[redplanet_returns]

[citation][nom]greymanx[/nom]Current pricing on Newegg:Nova 64GB: $199Nova 128GB: $339Reactor 60GB: $185Reactor 120GB: $349[/citation]

why is the larger nova cheaper than the reactor?

 

[Gin Fushicho]

They are affordable! =D