What would you like to see OC add too storage?

ndaar · 18 Mar 2014 at 14:04

I know you can contact OC in the new product suggestions area however thought it might be interesting to see a list for this specific area.

Personally Id like to see:

The new product lines added - such as new crucial and Seagate offerings.

Raid packs - Bring back 2xssds (used to be some good deals)

More reviews - OC sometimes do GPU reviews but would like to see some for storage, maybe on the twitch feed.

HDD & SDD bundles - Id like to see some say 2gb storage packs with an 250sdd, or similar offering a discount for system builds or refreshes. WD do a combined storage solution but price wise it doesn't really work.

These were a few quick thoughts, bottom line is storage is necessary for all of us, but its not something that we think about as much as say a graphics card.

altrewin · 18 Mar 2014 at 15:38

Although I'm not currently in the situation to be buying them, it would be nice to see OcUK stock some of the M.2 SSDs out there (M500 and M550 spring to mind). But I can see why they haven't stocked them atm because there's not a huge demand for them. Hopefully when Z97 launches we'll start seeing them as it's already been confirmed at least one of the MSI Gaming boards will have an M.2 slot onboard.

ndaar · 18 Mar 2014 at 15:48

altrewin said:
Although I'm not currently in the situation to be buying them, it would be nice to see OcUK stock some of the M.2 SSDs out there (M500 and M550 spring to mind). But I can see why they haven't stocked them atm because there's not a huge demand for them. Hopefully when Z97 launches we'll start seeing them as it's already been confirmed at least one of the MSI Gaming boards will have an M.2 slot onboard.

Yeah M2 and e-sata are just around the corner so im sure we will see new products added soon.

Bart_Hunt · 18 Mar 2014 at 16:31

PCIe SSD cards to be honest.
Toshiba bought OCZ so they should be still making these right?

ndaar · 18 Mar 2014 at 16:55

Bart_Hunt said:
PCIe SSD cards to be honest.
Toshiba bought OCZ so they should be still making these right?

The old revodrives? You can still buy them from some sources, not sure if assembly stopped when toshiba bought them or not.

There are also options from asus, such as the asus rog RAIDR which I know they used to stock. They do still stock a couple of pci-e ssds

I know pci-e ssds tend to be very expensive compared to normal ssds. With e-sata about to be more mainstream Im not sure if that won out over pci-e ssd for the more mainstream market. Since e-sata is just stealing the pci-e lanes to create a faster sata style connection, but I think it will be at a cheaper price point compared to pci-e alternatives.