Vista Tutorial - OCZ unveils 128GB solid-state drive priced at $479

OCZ Technology Announces Core Series SATA II 2.5 Solid State Drive Delivering the World’s First Truly Affordable High-Performance SSD for Consumers at Price Points Less Than 50% of Comparable High Performance SSDs


SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (LSE:OCZ), a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the OCZ Core Series SATA II 2.5” Solid State Drives (SSDs). OCZ has gained momentum in this pioneering technology, which uses NAND flash instead of rotating platters as the storage medium, and is a high-performance, highly reliable and energy-efficient alternative to conventional hard disc drives.

The OCZ Core Series delivers the performance and reliability of the latest SSDs at a 50% less price per gigabyte than other high speed offerings currently on the market. For the first time, OCZ is putting SSD technology within reach of the average consumer, and delivering on the promise of SSDs as an alternative to traditional hard drives in consumer targeted mobile applications.

“SSDs offer higher performance, reliability, and energy efficiency than conventional HDDs but the cost variance has limited adoption of vastly superior SSD technology, until now,” said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. “It is our mission to deliver the highest performance products to consumers at reasonable prices, and with the release of the Core Series SSDs we have done exactly that.”

OCZ Core Series Solid State Drives enable enhanced productivity in everyday computing and intensive multi-tasking applications. Perfect for notebooks, the Core Series is ideal for energy-efficient mobile computing to extend battery life, increase access time, and provide a durable alternative to conventional hard disc drives with superior shock resistance. High capacities and low power consuming NAND flash technology provide the necessary performance and battery life boosts generated by the proliferation of mobile gaming and new ultra-thin laptops. With fast access and seek times combined with excellent reliability, the OCZ Core Series SSDs are the answer for consumers demanding this latest storage technology.

The drives feature a durable yet lightweight alloy housing, and because OCZ SSDs have no moving parts, the drives are not prone to damage from common mishandling. Designed for ultimate reliability, these SSDs have an excellent 1.5 million hour mean time before failure (MTBF) ensuring peace of mind over the long term. All Core Series SSD drives come backed a two year warranty and OCZ’s legendary service and support.

Core series SSD drives are available in capacities of 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB and deliver incredible 120-143Mbs/ 80-93Mbs read/write speeds and seek times of less than 0.35ms, making the Core series up to 10x as fast on a seek-time basis and up to 40% faster on a R/W basis that the best performing 2.5” HDDs on the market, all while consuming 50% less power. MSRPs at time of launch are USD $169, $259 and $479 for 32GB, 64GB and 128GB models respectively.

Source:- OCZ Technology Announces Core Series SATA II 2.5 Solid State Drive Delivering the World's First Truly Affordable High-Performance SSD for Consumers at Price Points Less Than 50% of Comparable High Performance SSDs

Product page:- http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...ata_ii_2_5-ssd

I know it's not really Vista news, but I want one

I want 5 - at 500 GB each :P

Wow, that *is* a price drop:

SSD SATA - Google Product Search

Well these have just hit my local PC store:- OCZ 128GB Core Series Solid State Disk - Aria Technology

I'm very tempted, but I think it may have to wait until next month

The only thing I'd use these for would be my OS and programs. I'd keep all my media on good old HDDs.

It would be a waste doing anything else

BTW, just ran across this this afternoon - it makes the OCZ that much more appealing:

Flash SSD Update: More Results, Answers : An Apology First – And One New SSD To Prove Us Right - Tom's Hardware

I had a read of that yesterday myself, but if you read the comments after the article it seems that the drive they tested is a different and more expensive version.

The cost of SSD's has been astronomical for the $ per GB rate, but of course as everything does this will come down as the technology matures. It's interesting in Tom's Hardware review that many mechanical HDD's have better performance per watt ratings than the SSD's do at this time, but as it's quite obvious by the OCZ results...this won't be the case for much longer.

Still, for 128GB of storage capacity at $479 it will be some time before I go looking at SSD's to replace my 500GB Wetern Digital Caviar 7200 RPM SATA II @ $93...shipped

Thats $3.75 / GB
I bought a 1Tb for $.14 / Gb (you can find 'em cheaper)
I'll stick to my Seagate

I might be replacing them as soon as a year- I mean, think about it - care to compare prices on a WD Raptor, since that SSD will be offering performance levels much *better* than your average mechanical HD?

The price is a lot better when comparing Raptors to SSDs because of the closer performance margin....