In the next two weeks Corsair will have a new flagship SSD based on the SATA 6Gb/s interface and a SandForce SF-2281 processor. The Force Series 3 boasts read speeds of 550 MB/s and writes of 520 MB/s, along with 85,000 IOPS, which is well above the IOPS quoted for the OWC Pro 6G, OCZ Vertex 3 and even the OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS. While it may have taken Corsair a little extra time to get to market with a next-generation SandForce drive, they appear poised to release a very promising SSD – perhaps the fastest client SSD to date.
Update 12/29/2011: Review Posted
In the next two weeks Corsair will have a new flagship SSD based on the SATA 6Gb/s interface and a SandForce SF-2281 processor. The Force Series 3 boasts read speeds of 550 MB/s and writes of 520 MB/s, along with 85,000 IOPS, which is well above the IOPS quoted for the OWC Pro 6G, OCZ Vertex 3 and even the OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS. While it may have taken Corsair a little extra time to get to market with a next-generation SandForce drive, they appear poised to release a very promising SSD – perhaps the fastest client SSD to date.
Corsair Force Series 3 Spec Overview
- SandForce SF-2281 Processor
- SATA 6Gb/s interface
- 550MB/s read speeds, 520MB/s write
- 85,000 IOPS (4K aligned)
- 2.5" form factor (3.5" bracket included)
- 60GB, 120GB and 240GB capacities
Pricing and Availability
Corsair Force Series 3 solid state drives will be available this month at a suggested retail price of $139 for the 60GB model, $219 for the 120GB model and $499 for the 240GB model. The pricing scheme is very aggressive, the 120GB model is $80-100 less than the other SandForce SF-2200 120GB offerings for instance. Corsair is making quite the power play here – we’ll see how the Force Series 3 stacks up in our full review.
