Intel SSD 330 Series SATA III Solid State Drive

Intel announced its new SSD 330 Series of solid state drive using SATA 6Gbps interface, which is designed to provide budget-conscious consumers with a more affordable entry into the accelerated storage performance of SSDs. based on Intel’s 25nm MLC NAND flash memory and using SATA III 6 6Gbps, the SSD 330 utilizing SandForce;s SF-2281 controllers, instead of Intel’s own chip.

The SSD 330 series offers up to 550MB/s sequential read speeds and up to 450MB/s sequential write speeds for faster data transfer, and a random read performance of up to 22,500IOPS and 33,000 write IOPS, boosting overall application and system responsiveness, significantly outperforming a typical consumer hard disk drive. The series comes in 2.5-inch/9.5mm form factor and is available in 60GB, 120GB and 180GB capacities.

Aimed at entry-level, mainstream client users, the SSD 330series is priced at $89 for 60GB, $149 for 120GB and $234 for 180GB.