Intel G3 SSDs now "320 Series", Coming March

Spyhop · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:16

Forget the recently announced 34nm "510 Series", the 25nm "G3"s are still coming, now known as the "320 Series", in March 2011.

Intel SSD Product Selection Guide (Jan 2011):

VaderDSL · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:18

Nice

Prices will be interesting! My 34nm is still going strong after a year or so.

Razor Time · 13 Feb 2011 at 17:05

Any info on speeds?

Predicament · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:00

Any info on price?

RSR · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:23

Hmmmmm Intel G3 300 / 600GB or new Crucial C400 512GB drive....

I'll be interested on prices...

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fordypaul · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:35

I was expecting 80GB to be the smallest size!

Monkeynut · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:56

Will be nice to see lower prices.

jbloggs · 14 Feb 2011 at 12:57

Predicament said:
Any info on price?

Bit of a guess but I reckon the 160GB will be around £180 to £190 at time of release...

MikeHiow · 14 Feb 2011 at 13:19

OCZ has already shown they have not reduced the price of their 25nm drives. Do not be surprised if no one else reduces their prices, either.

madindehead · 14 Feb 2011 at 13:26

Nice. These should be sweet. On price, weren't the G3s intended to be good on pricing? That was the winner, not the speed, but the good price. Hope we get more info soon, would love one!

Duff-Man · 14 Feb 2011 at 15:40

Great news

I'm in the mood for a new SSD - my 60Gb Vertex2 is just too small to hold everything I want it to. I've been itching for a new ~250Gb drive for a while now, but with 25nm around the corner I've been holding off.

I'm hoping for a good price-per-Gb from the intel drives. SSDs are so much faster than mechanical drives that I'm not so interested in performance specs any more. I'm sure that they will be at least as fast as the G2 drives, so I'll be looking to see how close the various manufacturers get to the magic £1/Gb.

Destination · 14 Feb 2011 at 15:46

Good to see SSDs getting up to a decent size point now.

Prices will eventaully tumble, but at £600 per half a terabyte, and kowing you could buy 20TB in samsung F3's for similar, they are still rather costly.

Cleanthes · 14 Feb 2011 at 15:58

Neph09 · 14 Feb 2011 at 16:52

If i can get the 160GB for about £200 i would be super happy

Cleanthes · 14 Feb 2011 at 17:00

Tweaker · 14 Feb 2011 at 18:33

Intel could really take a chunk more market share with these, looking to say goodbye to a HDD in my PC.

Spyhop · 14 Feb 2011 at 21:02

However much they are, I just hope they come out of the gate at a reasonably stable retail price. Can't be doing with worrying about whether I'm being suckered with early-adopter gouging.

paradox929 · 14 Feb 2011 at 23:18

Can't wait to get hold of a 160GB G3 now - first SSD for me.

I found a roadmap for the upcoming Intel drives if anybody is interested:

Source: http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2011/2011020802_Intel_SS_server_roadmap_for_Q2_Q3_2011.html

sithlord · 15 Feb 2011 at 00:06

These interest me a bit more than some of the other Sand Force compression-controller based drives.

paradox929 · 15 Feb 2011 at 03:47

paradox929 said:
I found a roadmap for the upcoming Intel drives if anybody is interested:

Does this roadmap make any sense? To me it seems to say that the G3 will be released in 80, 120 and 160GB capacities with 34nm architecture, but also released in 80, 160, 300 & 600GB capacities with 25nm architecture.. I guess it's just showing the old G2 drives as well..?