** CORSAIR FORCE 3 SSDs ** PRE-ORDER NOW!!

[Andrew Moore]

The new high speed SandForce based Corsair Force 3 range of SSD is coming to OcUK.


PRE-ORDER yours now to ensure you get yours on release!

Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) @ £184.99 inc VAT

Step up to SATA 6Gb/s performance with a Corsair Force Series 3 SSD. Your system responds better, boots quicker, and loads applications faster. Ideal for notebooks, Corsair SSDs run cooler and quieter than traditional hard drives, using less power.

- 120GB Capacity
- Sequential read speeds of up to 550 MB/s
- Sequential write speeds of up to 510 MB/s
- SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3) connectivity
- High performance SandForce SF-2200 SSD controller
- Native TRIM support (O/S support required)
- RAID Support
- BGC (Background Garbage Collection)


Only £184.99 inc VAT.

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Corsair Force Series 3 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F240GB3-BK) @ £411.98 inc VAT

Step up to SATA 6Gb/s performance with a Corsair Force Series 3 SSD. Your system responds better, boots quicker, and loads applications faster. Ideal for notebooks, Corsair SSDs run cooler and quieter than traditional hard drives, using less power.

- 240GB Capacity
- Sequential read speeds of up to 550 MB/s
- Sequential write speeds of up to 520 MB/s
- SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3) connectivity
- High performance SandForce SF-2200 SSD controller
- Native TRIM support (O/S support required)
- RAID Support
- BGC (Background Garbage Collection)


Only £411.98 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[Andrew Moore]

According to Corsairs website it is 85,000 IOPS (4K aligned).

That is correct based on a 8GB LBA/s test but a 90% full drive (ie what you could end up with after some use + games etc) will be a little less.

Is that any good? (SSD noob)

Its up there with the best, edging out on the Agility 3 but (based on a used drive with OS etc) and a smidge behind the Vertex 3 with uses a different type of NAND.

 

[Andrew Moore]

60GB is unknown as yet but I wouldn't rule it out.

As for controller..

All the same as Vertex 3 and Agility 3.

nand in these is the same as the Agility 3 (Asyncronous) where as Vertex 3 is Syncronous.

 

[Andrew Moore]

What NAND does it use?

I know the Vertex 3 Max IOPS is back on 32nm which I suspect is more to do with reliability.

Its uses Asyncronous rather than Syncronous

 

[Andrew Moore]

Are these manufactured by Corsair?

I do believe they are yes,

 

[Andrew Moore]

All i can find is that they will be available worldwide this month. As this month is almost over you would expect them to go on sale next week, although most of the other manufacturers new releases were delayed so don't get your hopes up.

Corsair and disti seem to think ll be next week for stock to you, the customer