The all new Intel 330 series of SSD coming soon to OcUK!

Andrew Moore · 4 Apr 2012 at 13:14

Hello

Intel have just released the all new 330 series of SSD. Based on the SF2281 controller like its bigger brother the 520 series, the 330 series provides nearly all of the 520 series performance but at a fraction of the cost!

These drives the Sync NAND rather than the cheaper Async NAND which means you have Vertex/Force GT like performance for just a few £££s more than the Force 3/Agility 3 making these epic value!

Take a look below for details!

Stock should land on the 14th of April

Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT060A3K5) @ £69.98 inc VAT

Get Fast. Play Fierce.

Faster game and application loads, less lag, smoother visuals.

Stay ahead of the competition when you level up to 6.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) performance

New Level of Performance

- Capacity: 60GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 500MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 450MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 33000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 years

Only £69.98 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT120A3K5) @ £109.99 inc VAT

Get Fast. Play Fierce.

Faster game and application loads, less lag, smoother visuals.

Stay ahead of the competition when you level up to 6.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) performance

New Level of Performance

- Capacity: 120GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 500MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 450MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 33000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 years

Only £109.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Intel 330 Series 180GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT180A3K5) @ £167.99 inc VAT

Get Fast. Play Fierce.

Faster game and application loads, less lag, smoother visuals.

Stay ahead of the competition when you level up to 6.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) performance

New Level of Performance

- Capacity: 180GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 500MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 450MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 33000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 years

Only £167.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Joshct · 4 Apr 2012 at 13:25

Looks good,

Might grab one of those 120GB at the end of the month...

OptimaLnrg · 4 Apr 2012 at 13:37

Wonder if these will be as reliable as the 520 series?

sunama · 10 Apr 2012 at 19:37

Have Intel ever made a bad SSD?
My understanding is that Intel SSDs are the most reliable SSDs ever made.
I might get one of these.

ChrissyT88 · 10 Apr 2012 at 22:05

Might be jumping the gun a bit Andrew, but do you have any benches/day-to-day comparisons to the 520/M4?

Andrew Moore · 10 Apr 2012 at 22:07

SSD mega test thread shows the 520 and the M4.

330 landing soon so can bench to that shortly.

ChrissyT88 · 10 Apr 2012 at 22:17

Cheers. Was planning to buy an SSD in the next couple of weeks - the M4 looked like the best option, but then this and the Vertex 4 came along...

Philtor · 10 Apr 2012 at 23:35

These are excellent value it has to be said. Might even stick a 60GB in my Netbook at this rate!

Zefan · 10 Apr 2012 at 23:38

I'm liking the 180gb option, might just be being rubbish at noticing things but it's the first one I've seen!

The Halk · 11 Apr 2012 at 05:54

They do a 520 180GB, it's just off special offer... you've just missed it for £180. I grabbed one to replace a 100GB Vertex 2 and it'll do me for the 5 year warranty I think.

Kalpsn2000 · 11 Apr 2012 at 22:55

ChrissyT88 said:
Cheers. Was planning to buy an SSD in the next couple of weeks - the M4 looked like the best option, but then this and the Vertex 4 came along...

+1

I have been looking at SSD's for the past few days. Think I will wait for a bit longer and see what these are like. The 180GB is a good price. Was looking at the M4 128GB but might struggle with 128GB.

Kalpsn2000 · 16 Apr 2012 at 15:28

Any news on these? I assume they haven't arrived in stock yet?

Deleted member 76686 · 16 Apr 2012 at 16:19

sunama said:
Have Intel ever made a bad SSD?
My understanding is that Intel SSDs are the most reliable SSDs ever made.
I might get one of these.

Yes the 320 but then they fix them fairly quickly as well.

sunama · 16 Apr 2012 at 17:15

What was wrong with the 320?

spluff · 16 Apr 2012 at 17:53

how does these compare to the x25-m ?

Deleted member 76686 · 16 Apr 2012 at 18:47

sunama said:
What was wrong with the 320?

Capacity bug for the 320, the X25 in the past had a corruption bug if you set a BIOS password. Still as things go Intel tends to produce the most reliable SSDs.

The Asgard · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:43

spluff said:
how does these compare to the x25-m ?

I have the X25-160 G2 and the 520 - 240GB. The 520 is faster no doubt but doesn't seem that much quicker than the 160 in use. I bought the 240GB because I was starting to reach the end stops on the 160 GB. Unless you need the extra space I wouldn't bother. Both amazing drives and I have add zero hassle with both. The 160GB still shows 100% after 2 years of 5 days a week, 10 hours a day developing software. You can't go wrong with Intel drives.

sunama · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:18

The Asgard said:
I have the X25-160 G2 and the 520 - 240GB. The 520 is faster no doubt but doesn't seem that much quicker than the 160 in use.

A lot of people don't quite understand this concept.

When going from a mechanical HD to an SSD, you gain mainly due to the access time. This makes the system more snappy.

When you go from an older SSD (with lower top end transfer rates), to a new SSD (with higher top end transfer rates), the access time remains pretty much the same. Hence, you barely notice any difference.

This is why when people recommend paying extra for an SSD with super high transfer rates, VS an SSD with lower transfer rates, for most people this is bad advice (unless they have money to burn).

Unless you specifically use applications which require super high transfer rates (eg. you open lots of photoshop files or constantly transfer huge files), the transfer rate will make no noticeable difference.

The headline transfer rates are merely used for marketing. And like lemmings most people fall for this.

For most people, the most important qualities in an SSD is reliability and cost/GB. Everything else should be secondary.

This is why if Intel (who release the most reliable SSDs), release an SSD which is slightly slower than the competition, but at a reasonable price, I would always advise buying Intel. No other SSD on the market has a lower failure rate than Intel SSDs. I believe OCZ have the highest failure rates. Their Petrol range of SSDs have the highest 1* reviews of any SSD I have ever read about and it shocks me that they haven't binned that range.

Deleted member 76686 · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:36

Intel were the original SSD that had higher IOPs figures as well vs raw transfer speeds.

Tute · 16 Apr 2012 at 22:08

These are a bit weird as the 520 series hasn't been out very long, yet these trounce it for £/GB, and give just about the same performance.

I would have expected Intel to stick with their 320 series controller for these, so that there's an incentive to the 520 series.

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