[Engadget] - OCZ Colossus refreshed as 'enthusiast' 1TB SSD, not worthy of enthusiasm

[Raptor]

The formula for last year's OCZ Colossus 1TB solid state drive was simple: Two. Two of the company's 2.5-inch solid state drives in one 3.5-inch desktop package, with two Indilinx controllers reading and writing from two-bit MLC memory at up to 260MB / sec, over a thorougly saturated SATA II connection. To improve the drive, the company would likely have had to upgrade to SATA 6G, support TRIM and possibly choose new controllers to boot. That's not what happened. The new OCZ Colossus LT is the exact same drive as its predecessor down to the read / write speeds, but with slightly cheaper 34nm flash memory. If the drive were substantially cheaper as a result, that might be enough, but pricing around the web shows that Colossus' price tags remain intact. You'll pay almost exactly the same -- about $1600 for 500GB, or $4000 for 1TB -- for this hefty SSD.OCZ Colossus refreshed as 'enthusiast' 1TB SSD, not worthy of enthusiasm originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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[Rick Sanchez]

Class if only they where cheaper!

[WRATH OF BOD]

give it 12 - 18 monts and 1tb will be about £80..or by then it will be 2 or 4 tb drive as the norm....i hope