OCZ Announces New, More Affordable SSDs

Today, OCZ released their plans to push out their new Core Series SSD lineup. The new disks, available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities, will sell for $169, $259 and $479 respectively, the cheapest we’ve seen so far. All of the drives will also have a two-year warranty.

The nice thing about these drives is their uncompromising speed. Read speeds are rated at 120 to 143MB/s, with write speeds at 80 to 93 MB/s. Though the technology is still fairly new, the SSDs are estimated to last for about 1.5 billion hours, rectifying the major complaint with the technology.

As SSDs continue to drop in price, we’ll slowly but surely see more products begin to adopt them. Given the alloted time frame thus far, it’s only a matter of time until we’ll see these products phase out traditional hard drives.

OCZ is looking to trump Super Talent push down-market with faster SSDs at even lower price points. The company today announced its new Core Series 2.5" SSDs which are the most affordable, large-capacity SSDs that we’ve seen to date. The 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB models are priced at $169, $259, and $479 respectively — the drives also feature a two-year warranty.