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Corsair expands SSD line with new Extreme series

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On July 16, 2009, 12:45 PM EST

Corsair is once again expanding upon its SSD product line with the all-new Extreme series. Available in 32, 64 and 128GB capacities, the aptly-named drives combine an Indilinx Barefoot controller, multi-level cell storage from Samsung, and 64MB of on-board cache to deliver “blistering, stutter-free performance.”


Corsair is quoting sequential read and write speeds of up to 240MB/s and 170MB/s respectively, for its X128 drive, while the lower-capacity X64 and X32 variants promise sequential read speeds of up to 220MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 135MB/s. In addition, the company notes that all Extreme series SSDs are backed by a two-year warranty and feature end-user upgradable firmware to allow for new features to be added, such as the upcoming TRIM command for Windows 7 and other operating systems.

Although Corsair doesn’t mention pricing details on the press release, a quick search online seems to suggest that the 128GB model will retail at around $413.99, the 64GB for around $242.99, and the 32GB for $159.99.

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SilentJJ
on July 16, 2009
1:44 PM

Looks like Corsair also has a 256GB SSD in their Performance Series ( http://www.corsair.com/products/ssd_performance/default.aspx ) although the site has no avialable stores to purchase them from yet. I can't wait till the price drops on these units.

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license27kill
on July 16, 2009
6:41 PM

i can't wait till kingston have their own set of ssd.

probably it would be cheaper

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peas
on July 17, 2009
11:49 PM

cool, but flash HD prices need to drop by a factor of 10

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