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Corsair Announces the Force LS Series SSD

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Corsair’s LS Series of solid state drives feature a 7 mm thickness, Toshiba 19 nm NAND flash and Philson SATA 6 Gb/s controllers.

Corsair has unveiled its new range of LS Series SSDs which feature a 2.5-inch form factor, 7 mm thickness, Toshiba’s 19 nm NAND flash memory and, interestingly, use Phison SATA 6 Gb/s controllers instead of the LSI SandForce controllers utilized in the rest of the company’s SSD line-up.

The LS Series offers read and write speeds of 555 MB/s and 535 MB/s, support for TRIM, garbage collection, SMART functions, and features built-in dynamic and static wear-leveling algorithms.

The Corsair LS Series of SSDs are backed by a 3 year manufacturer warranty and will be available with capacities of 60 GB, 120 GB and 240 GB that retail for $69.99, $109.99 and $199.99, respectively.

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    burnley14 , August 22, 2013 4:08 PM
    Keep releasing these new lineups, SSD manufacturers! Drive those prices down.

    Now all we need is an updated "best SSD for the money" article :) 
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    bharatwd , August 22, 2013 4:24 PM
    Thats right Burnley14...now we have a SSD 250GB below 200$ at read/write speeds of around 550$...
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    bharatwd , August 22, 2013 4:25 PM
    Thats right Burnley14...now we have a SSD 250GB below 200$ at read/write speeds of around 550$...
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    eklipz330 , August 22, 2013 4:52 PM
    prices must be coming down now... seeing that msrp of the 120gb gives me hope
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    GodforSaken , September 5, 2013 2:33 AM
    I purchased the new Corcair 240gb Force LS SSD and ill test it out on sunday, ill let u guys know how it holds up..
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    GodforSaken , September 5, 2013 2:34 AM
    I purchased the new Corcair 240gb Force LS SSD and ill test it out on sunday, ill let u guys know how it holds up..