Sunday, October 21st 2012
Intel 335 Series Solid State Drive Appears in Japan
The 330 Series solid state drives are already old news for Intel as the Santa Clara-based company has already begun to roll out the 335 Series drives. The first 335 model, codenamed SSDSC2CT240A4K5, just went on sale in Japan and it features a 240 GB capacity, a 2.5-inch form factor (9.5 mm thickness), a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a SandForce SF-2281 controller, and 20 nm MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory.
Intel's 335 Series SSD delivers read/write speeds of up to 500/450 MB/s, is backed by a three-year warranty, and costs ¥16,980 (about $214). 80 GB and 180 GB models are expected to arrive in Q1 2013.
Source:
AKIBA PC Hotline
Intel's 335 Series SSD delivers read/write speeds of up to 500/450 MB/s, is backed by a three-year warranty, and costs ¥16,980 (about $214). 80 GB and 180 GB models are expected to arrive in Q1 2013.
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Still I am not a big fan of sandforce on any firmware. Having played/owned a few different models using data compression techniques to make the read and write speed look good is cheating. In real Life I have noticed that Samsung 830 and crucials M4 drives were miles ahead. Hell even my X-25M intel blew away my vertex 2. The only good sandforce drive I used was the mushkin chronos deluxe 240GB with toggle flash memory since then it wouldnt be restricted by most of the performance impending crap.