Technology|July 6, 2011 4:26 am

Corsair’s speedy, flaming red Force GT SSD goes on sale this month for $149 and up

Corsair’s Force GT solid-state drives held a eye progressing this year, as well as their glow engine-red shells were usually half a reason. These bad boys additionally guarantee up to 85,000 pointless write IOPS as well as have been rated for considerable review / write speeds of 550 MBps as well as 525 MBps — a shade aloft than a specs being bandied-about when Corsair showed it off behind in March. The expostulate additionally supports SATA 3, is backward-compatible with SATA 2, as well as ships with a 3.5-inch adapter that’ll work with both desktops as well as laptops. Look for it this month in dual sizes: 60GB ($149) as well as 120GB ($279). No word, alas, upon a 240GB chronicle which was strutting a things upon a uncover building in Hanover, Germany. PR after a break. Show full PR textCorsair Announces Shipment of Force Series GT Solid-State Drives
– New high-performance line takes full value of SATA 6Gb/s record –

FREMONT, California – Jun 30th, 2011 – Corsair®, a worldwide engineer as well as retailer of high-performance components to a Personal Computer gaming hardware market, now voiced a initial shipments of a Force Series™ GT line of solid-state drives.

The latest Force Series GT is written for enthusiasts who direct a fastest opening available. It uses a latest SandForce SF-2280 SSD Processor, with local await for SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3), total with ONFI during a same time peep memory. Force Series GT SSDs broach superb read/write opening as well as significantly faster complement response, foot times, as well as focus bucket times than SATA 2 solid-state drives, with out-of-box opening of up to 85K Random Write IOPS, review speeds of up to 555 MB/s, as well as write speeds of up to 525 MB/s. The operate of during a same time peep mental recall creates a Force GT Series quite skilful during celebration of a mass as well as essay non-compressible data, such as video as well as song files.

All Force Series GT models have been additionally back concordant with SATA 2, as well as embody an easy-to-use 3.5″ adapter for operate in both cover as well as desktop PCs.

“With a fast embracing a cause of systems with SATA 3 support, enthusiasts have been perfectionist SSDs which can pull a extent of SATA 3 bandwidth,” pronounced Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products during Corsair. “The latest Force Series GT line delivers extraordinary speed underneath a many perfectionist conditions, creation them preferred for high-performance systems.”

Force Series GT SSDs have been now shipping to Corsair’s network of certified distributors as well as retailers worldwide as well as will be accessible in Jul during a US referred to sell cost of $149 USD for a 60GB indication as well as $279 USD for a 120GB model. Note which settled capacities have been unformatted as well as tangible capacities will change depending upon a formatting as well as handling complement used. For some-more report upon Force Series GT solid-state drives, greatfully revisit a Corsair web site.

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