New intel ssd's?

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Leila87

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Thinking about buying the current 160gb g2 or i better wait for g3?
Anyone know if these are coming soon? and about price?
 
Apparently, you're supposed to be able to get twice the storage for the same price as today's drives.

Ex. 120gb today is ~$200, g3 should net you 240gb for ~$200.

These are just tidbits I've picked up looking around about next gen SSDs.

I know Crucial's C400 (next gen) is supposed to come out in April. Not sure about Intel's or other manufacturers.
 
Intel G3 was originally set for February 2011 if i recall correctly, but there were some rumors about a delay. I think in one or two months they should be on the shelves. I hope Intel will have stockpiled quite a few of these, since i can imagine they would sell like candy.

The Intel G3 sequential write should be 160MB/s+, that's fairly limited when looking at other competitors, but a decent step up from the 75-100MB/s the G2 can get. Not sure about the X25-V G3 though; only that it comes in 80GB or 160GB capacity; but uncertain if both would have 5 channels like the X25-V G2 or other configuration.
 
Dizon248 said:
Apparently, you're supposed to be able to get twice the storage for the same price as today's drives.

Ex. 120gb today is ~$200, g3 should net you 240gb for ~$200.

These are just tidbits I've picked up looking around about next gen SSDs.

I know Crucial's C400 (next gen) is supposed to come out in April. Not sure about Intel's or other manufacturers.
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I got the idea that Crucial's C400 might ship next month from an article that's only 4 days old.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4086/microns-realssd-c400-uses-25nm-nand-at-161gb-offers-415mbs-reads

Near the end of the article.

Anyway, I have one SSD now but I'm waiting for it and/or SF 2000 to come out, when one or both do I'll probably pick up my second SSD drive, move the one I have now to a spare PC.
 
I think the G3 was originally slated to ship at the end of 2010 but was pushed to Feb 2011. Intel was worried about the early availability issues that plagued the G2s.
 
Dizon248 said:
Apparently, you're supposed to be able to get twice the storage for the same price as today's drives.

Ex. 120gb today is ~$200, g3 should net you 240gb for ~$200.
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Keep dreaming. That is not going to happen.
 
Price reductions of 10 - 20% in the next few months are likely. But half the current price per GB will take a while. I'd guess 12 - 24 months.
 
mattchapman said:
Micron has already revealed MSRP on its 256gb C400 at $425 which is about $100 less than the current C300 model. So...prices are dropping...
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I'm looking to get another Micron drive for a RAID0 setup.

If the C400 256gb is 425.00 that'll drop the bottom out of the used market.

Should be interesting. :)
 
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