OCZ Unveils 3.5-Inch SSD "Colossus"
OCZ Unveils 3.5-Inch SSD "Colossus"
Posted 06/02/2009 at 1:58pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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Earlier today at Computex OCZ unveiled their latest SSD, the 3.5-inch Colossus.
The Colossus will pack either 512GB or 1TB of storage inside its 3.5-inch enclosure, that has been made to fit in the spaces that you’ve come to know over the years. In order to make a drive of this size, OCZ commissioned a new PCB design with flash chips and SSD controllers rather than slapping together two SSDs into a larger enclosure.
It’s expected that it’ll be available in around eight weeks, but there’s no official word on the price.
Image Credit: OCZ
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mesiah
June 02, 2009 at 8:14pm
My money is on $1500 a piece for 1TB easy. But just think. 10 years from now when you see one in a box of spare parts at joes pc chop shop down on the corner with a sticker that says $4 you can chuckle.... unless you bought one, then you may have to choke back some tears.
jihnn
June 03, 2009 at 4:50am
you are so right same thing is going on right now with high def tv's you buy one now it's probably a mistake but hey to each their own
knexkid
June 02, 2009 at 5:25pm
In one of the recent podcasts, one of the guys said they expected 1TB SSDs in the next 1 to 2 years. Looks like that might be a whole lot sooner! I just find it hard to beleive because we just got TB hard drives not all that long ago! But I agree, a TB SSD would be well over $1000.
Defiant
June 02, 2009 at 5:13pm
This is a sign of things to come for SSDs, I can't wait to see more like this.
metaLtil60
June 02, 2009 at 4:10pm
Dude $300 or below...what are you smoking? Have you even looked at the price for the 250gb models at all? You know its going to be atleast 599 or more just because they had to customize the PCB and the controllers....but i would love to have one anyways
cicicicico1
June 02, 2009 at 5:01pm
Dude $600 or below...what are YOU smoking! There 250gb models are at the low end are $800 at the low end, im thinking at least $1000 if not $1200 for these babys.
metaLtil60
June 03, 2009 at 4:45pm
i was looking on guru3d web today for pics and info from computex 2009 and this is an excerpt from the OCZ booth...
"OCZ launched
its new OCZ Colossus SSD with a storage capacity of up to 1 TB. In
about eight weeks you should be able to buy the new series with 500GB
and 1TB capacity, featuring the standard 3.5'' from factor for
SSDs. Dual Indilinx controllers and a JMicron RAID controller
for a RAID 0 array are making this capacity possible. The rumored price
for the 1TB version is supposed to be around 2500 Euros or roughly 3500
USD."
Keith E. Whisman
June 02, 2009 at 2:52pm
Perhaps a $300 and below price tag and these things will fly off the shelves. Hopefully they have great performance.
skhills
June 02, 2009 at 2:11pm
Count on a colossus price tag with marginal performance gains over a traditional drive.
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