Corsair Announces the Force LS Series SSD
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 $199.99, respectively.
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Tarun Iyer was a contributor for Tom's Hardware who wrote news covering a wide range of technology topics, including processors, graphics cards, cooling systems, and computer peripherals. He also covered tech trends such as the development of adaptive all-in-one PCs.
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burnley14 Keep releasing these new lineups, SSD manufacturers! Drive those prices down.Reply
Now all we need is an updated "best SSD for the money" article :) -
bharatwd Thats right Burnley14...now we have a SSD 250GB below 200$ at read/write speeds of around 550$...Reply -
bharatwd Thats right Burnley14...now we have a SSD 250GB below 200$ at read/write speeds of around 550$...Reply -
GodforSaken 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..Reply -
GodforSaken 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..Reply