14 DAY TRIAL // There is much to be said about the SATA 6.0 Gbps, but most of it is already known, except, perhaps, what products compatible with it have most recently surfaced, like the new solid state drives from Samsung.
Samsung, over the past week or two, has mostly made the news because of the (now questionable) courtroom action Apple started against it, over the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet.
Fortunately, in this case, the company is not speaking of some new injunction or ban lift, but of something that is more of a cause for joy than anything else (not that the preliminary lifting of the sales restriction was not a good omen of course).
The outfit created the 830 Series of solid state drives, announced last week and now given an exact availability time frame (for the consumer version).
It will arrive in October, at which point prospective buyers will get to experience data transfers about double compared to previous-generation SSDs.
With capacities of 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB, all of them have support for the SATA 6.0 Gbps connectivity technology.
"Solid state drives have long been the preferred choice for those seeking the very best in performance," said UnSoo Kim, vice president of memory brand product marketing, Samsung Electronics.
"With the Samsung SSD 830 Series, we are raising that performance to even higher levels, while also delivering unparalleled Samsung design and convenience in the package."
The previous formal release did say that the drives were already available, but that only applied to OEMs.
With this newer development, those who like to scout hardware and create their configurations on their own need no longer worry over not having the possibility to try one or more of these items out. The company even threw in the Samsung Magician software, which ensures performance doesn't deteriorate.
Finally, design-wise, the SSDs have brushed metal casings colored in a deep black tone.