Corsair has just unveiled their new line of solid state drives (SSD) to boost as amongst the fastest drives available today. It sits Indilinx Barefoot controller, Samsung flash memory, and a generous onboard cache technology to record read speeds of 240MB/s and 170MB/s write speeds.
Corsair Extreme Series SSD:
- Fast – Games and apps load faster, Windows is more responsive
- Compatible – The Extreme Series uses the proven Indilinx Barefoot controller, found on SSDs installed in tens of thousands of systems worldwide
- Stutter free – Samsung controller ensures smooth performance, unlike that of cheaper SSDs
- Silent – No moving parts means zero noise and high reliability
- Low Power – Longer battery life for laptop users means greater productivity
- Backed by Corsair – A respected name with a passion for great service and support
Features
- Maximum sequential read speed up to 240MB/s
- Maximum sequential write speed up to 170MB/s
- Indilinx Barefoot controller and Samsung MLC NAND flash for maximum performance
- 64MB DRAM cache for stutter-free performance
- No moving parts for increased durability over standard hard disk drives
- Decreased power usage for cool and quiet operation and increased laptop battery life
- 100+ Year Life Expectancy (MTBF)
- User upgradeable firmware
- Two year warranty
Apparently, this line of SSDs is absolutely not the fastest drives we have seen, but knowing WD’s new line with record speeds at 100/80MB/s read and write have not met half close-even to the new Corsair extreme line speeds. In addition, Intel’s incoming second generation 320 GB SSDs will have a great benchmark to match this kind of drives.
Corsair Extreme Line of SSDs will be in 32/64/128GB capacities but there are no words for availability and pricing yet, but we can expect that it will come with expensive price tags.
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