Corsair Puts SandForce to Work Again, Shows Force Series 3 SSDs

Corsair may already have a complete bunch of solid state drives running around the worldwide market, but this did nothing to stop it from unleashing yet another collection, known as Force Series 3.

In the history of solid state drives, SandForce is one company that will be remembered for a long time as the creator of what is one of, if not the strongest series of SSD controllers.

In fact, the company was very quick in making chips capable of using the fast SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, this being the same technology employed in the new Corsair drives.

Basically, Corsair put together a set of three storage solutions built out of MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips and using the SF-2281 controller.

Said three capacity options are 60 GB, 120 GB and 240 GB, all of them 2.5-inch drives which are bundled with 3.5-inch adapters, so that one might place them in standard drive bays.

That said, all three are capable of 85,000 IOPS and can reach sustained read and write speeds of 550 MB/s and 520 MB/s, respectively.

“We are pleased to have our SandForce SF-2281 driving the leading-edge performance of the Force Series 3 family,” said Jeremy Werner, Director of Marketing at SandForce.

“Corsair, and its newest Force Series 3 drives, is poised to ride the wave of SATA 3 adoption by offering compelling pricing and enthusiast-level performance.”

Speaking of pricing, the 60 GB, 120 GB and 240 GB newcomers should start selling by the end of the month, priced at $139, $219 and $499, respectively.

“With the rapid market adoption of SATA 3, there’s strong demand for affordably priced SSDs that can take advantage of the enhanced performance it provides,” said Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair.

“Our new Force Series 3 SSDs provide the performance that enthusiasts demand, at price points approaching the current generation of SATA 2 SSDs.”