Corsair Force Series 3 SSDs Hit 550r/520w MB/s
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Do you have the need for speedy storage?
Corsair has introduced the Force Series 3 family of solid-state drives to its lineup. These SATA 6.0 Gb/s drives feature the SandForce SF-2281 SSD controller with out-of-box read and write speeds of up to 550 MB/s and 520 MB/s respectively, and an impressive 85000K IOPS.
The Force Series 3 package also include a 3.5" adapter for those who wish to anchor the drive inside their desktops.
Force Series 3 solid state drives will be available worldwide this month from Corsair's network of authorized retailers at a suggested retail price of $139 USD for the 60GB model, $219 USD for the 120GB model and $499 USD for the 240GB model.
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Or if one prefers not putting all their eggs in one basket two drives are less likely to both fail compared to a one.
I think I'll keep the 120GB version in my sights though.
On the other hand, running with two drives also means you're twice as likely to encounter drive failure. And if you're doing RAID 0 losing one drive will result in losing both.
then they must drop their ridiculous prices.
when SSD's prices come down to about $1 per GB then and only then SSD's will be "found" on every PC.
85000K IOPS that is quite impressive!
Yeah I like this alot. Sounds like Corsair is using the same controller or something similar to Vertex 3. I'll prolly snag one in the fall.
...not to be negative but that is pure speculation.
people seem confused and want larger and larger drives. media files on SSD's are completely pointless, and run perfectly fine on HDD's. a 120gb SSD is more than enough for an OS, most or all your programs, and probably a few games too
my media files are the ones that take up the most space on my HDD... probably like 60%, and im on a 150gb raptor