Corsair Launches Reactor, Nova SSDs
Now you can get an SSD that could match your Corsair RAM in your rig.

Early last month we learned the Corsair has prepared two new lines of 2.5-inch SSDs. Now, those SSDs, the new Reactor Series and Nova Series, are available immediately from Corsair’s authorized distributors and resellers worldwide.
The Reactors have 128MB of onboard cache with its second-generation JMicron JMF612 controller, and read and write speeds are quoted at 250MB/s and 110MB/s, respectively, for the 60GB drive, and the larger 120GB offering will hit 250MB/s and 170MB/s.
Those who want more speed and are fond of the Indilinx Barefoot controller with 64MB of cache can turn to the slightly more expensive Nova series, also in similar capacities as the Reactor. The quicker model features read speeds of up to 270MB/s and write speeds of 130MB/s on the 60GB model and 190MB/s on the 120GB model.
Both Reactor Series and Nova Series SSDs fully support the TRIM command in Microsoft Windows 7.
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.
the price you do not want to know.
the price you do not want to know.
gSkill!
Nova 64GB: $199
Nova 128GB: $339
Reactor 60GB: $185
Reactor 120GB: $349
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?
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.
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.
Bring us edits!
I guess trolls do come from Canada.
Ups to greymanx for filling in the details.
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