OCZ Unveils 3.5-Inch SSD "Colossus"
Posted 06/02/09 at 04:58:05 PM 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
but hey at least u will get
Submitted by cicicicico1 on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 6:16pm
but hey at least u will get bragging rights for a year or so
Submitted by mesiah on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 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.
Submitted by knexkid on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 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.
Submitted by Defiant on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 5:13pm
This is a sign of things to come for SSDs, I can't wait to see more like this.
Dude $300 or below...what
Submitted by metaLtil60 on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 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
Submitted by cicicicico1 on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 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.
Submitted by metaLtil60 on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 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."
Perhaps a $300 and below
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 2:52pm
Perhaps a $300 and below price tag and these things will fly off the shelves. Hopefully they have great performance.
Submitted by skhills on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 2:11pm
Count on a colossus price tag with marginal performance gains over a traditional drive.
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