OCZ is offering new SSDs for the mainstream desktop and laptop PC.
Monday OCZ Technology Group revealed its new OCZ Onyx 2 series, a 2.5-inch SandForce-driven line of SSDs designed for mainstream desktops and laptops. The company said that the new series delivers outstanding performance with a lower price per gigabyte than what's seen with other comparable SSDs on the market.
According to OCZ, the Onyx 2 series provides up to 270 MB/s max read speeds, up to 265 MB/s max write speeds, and up to 10,000 random write IOPS (4k aligned). They're also encased in a durable, lightweight housing, provide TRIM support, and come in both 120 GB and 240 GB capacities. The drives are also rated at 1.5 million hours before failures.
"While we are constantly looking to push the envelope in solid state drive performance, we are also dedicated to making the technology more affordable to consumers," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of the OCZ Technology Group. "The new Onyx 2 Series SSDs give customers the very best of both worlds when it comes to performance and value, and they are an ideal solution for mobile and desktop users that want to take advantage of all the benefits that SSDs offer over traditional rotational based drives."
Currently the new Onyx 2 SSDs aren't listed on Amazon or Newegg, and OCZ did not offer pricing or availability in Monday's announcement. However the original OCZ Onyx 2.5-inch 128 GB SSD is listed for $254.97 on Amazon.
Then why is the title of the article "New Onyx 2 SSDs from OCZ Spell Affordability"?
Shouldn't there be some info on pricing before making the claim that these are "affordable"?
Then why is the title of the article "New Onyx 2 SSDs from OCZ Spell Affordability"?
Shouldn't there be some info on pricing before making the claim that these are "affordable"?
It's not a lot to go on, but it's at least a price assigned to the current drives, rather than the previous iteration of the Onyx SSDs.
No...that would make too much sense.
120GBs Right now on newegg:
Vertex 2 - $240.00
Agility 2 - $205.00 after rebate
Agility - $180.00 after rebate
Yep. $2/GB pretty much sucks right now.
So, you want SSDs at that price. OCZ,you hearing? Never give this person cheaper drives!
10 cents /GB please
Because current controllers do not take advantage and performance per drive does not take advantage of this bandwidth then the controller on the boards is facing a bottleneck depending on how many pci-e lames it is given and the effective bandwidth to the cpu is even less. Eventually there will be SATA-4 standard a few years down the line depending on the growth and popularity of SSDs. You don't get 6gbs on these controllers as performance is less than what is advertised. It has been this way since the stone age even floppies don't deliver the performance that they are advertised much like every thing else. We don't see 433mbs of usb 2.0 but if you are lucky 33mbs.