News - Third generation Intel SSDs available in China?

[HEXUS]

All new drives appear for sale ahead of early 2011 launch.

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[sadbuttrue]

You've got a typo on the 160gb price. 2,600 yaun = £244, not £225.

I'm disappointed with these prices tbh. Even without the UK ripoff fee, they are still more expensive than existing SandForce drives. With Intels reluctance to lower previous generation prices, they're likely to stay high. In the meantime, other companies are getting closer to the magic £1/gb mark with faster drives.

[Lanky123]

I'm disappointed with these prices tbh. Even without the UK ripoff fee, they are still more expensive than existing SandForce drives. With Intels reluctance to lower previous generation prices, they're likely to stay high. In the meantime, other companies are getting closer to the magic £1/gb mark with faster drives.

online auction site Taobao has listings for what appear to be several of the third generation SSDs.

The prices are from an auction site, someone has probably just got hold of some pre-release review samples or something and is trying to make a quick buck. I don't see how the price they've listed them at would be at all indicative of the price intel will launch them at.

[zoomee]

250 read! - that it? - grrrrr.

My current G2 does 260! - I suppose there is a good drop in price and a 100MB/s increase in write speed.....

[latrosicarius]

250 read! - that it? - grrrrr.

My current G2 does 260! - I suppose there is a good drop in price and a 100MB/s increase in write speed.....

The benefit of Intel's 3rd generation technology is not so much speed as it is capacity. While not as fast as Sandforce 2 controller drives, these will still be very fast.

I doubt you will notice any speed difference for practical purposes. I have several PCs for myself and my family members and each one uses an SSD (of varying brands) for the primary OS drive. If I can recall, I think I have 1 Crucial, 2 Vertex2's, and 3 X-25M's. They are all certainly fast compared to disk drives, but I really can't tell a difference between them.

[Agent]

250 read! - that it? - grrrrr.

My current G2 does 260! - I suppose there is a good drop in price and a 100MB/s increase in write speed.....

You're missing an important point on the write speeds though. Intels write speed will actually be capable of 170MB/s reasonably consistently if their last drives are anything to go by, unlike Sandforces that will have a big hit in write speed if you do anything they don't like (like use non compressible data)

[badass]

You're missing an important point on the write speeds though. Intels write speed will actually be capable of 170MB/s reasonably consistently if their last drives are anything to go by, unlike Sandforces that will have a big hit in write speed if you do anything they don't like (like use non compressible data)

I don't suppose you could have a look at this?
http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...ml#post1990308

[Ciber]

I'd really like to see next gen drives from OCZ and Crucial etc this year. I want another one as my 60gb fills to quickly, but I want 3rd gen speed and price.