Friday, June 17, 2011

OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSDs boast big speeds, price to match

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/16/owc-mercury-electra-6g-ssds-boast-big-speeds-price-to-match/

OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD
Other World Computing may specialize in upgrading aging Macs, but you don't have to own one to jam one of its new Mercury Electra 6G SSDs in your computer. The high-end SandForce Driven line of NAND drives range in size from 120GB to a far more impressive 480GB and, with the aide of 6Gb/sec SATA 3.0, can sustain write speeds of 523MB/sec and read speeds of 556MB/sec. Of course, this sort performance doesn't come cheap -- the smallest of the trio will set you back $230, while the massive 480GB model weighs in at a wallet-sapping $930. You can pick them up now from OWC if you've got a serious need for speed, and plenty of disposable income. Check out the PR after the break.

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