Corsair Launches Reactor, Nova SSDs
Now you can get an SSD that could match your Corsair RAM in your rig.
Early last month we learned the Corsair has prepared two new lines of 2.5-inch SSDs. Now, those SSDs, the new Reactor Series and Nova Series, are available immediately from Corsair’s authorized distributors and resellers worldwide.
The Reactors have 128MB of onboard cache with its second-generation JMicron JMF612 controller, and read and write speeds are quoted at 250MB/s and 110MB/s, respectively, for the 60GB drive, and the larger 120GB offering will hit 250MB/s and 170MB/s.
Those who want more speed and are fond of the Indilinx Barefoot controller with 64MB of cache can turn to the slightly more expensive Nova series, also in similar capacities as the Reactor. The quicker model features read speeds of up to 270MB/s and write speeds of 130MB/s on the 60GB model and 190MB/s on the 120GB model.
Both Reactor Series and Nova Series SSDs fully support the TRIM command in Microsoft Windows 7.
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Nice! Will have to check prices on these.
Reactor 60/120: £142/£276 (both ebuyer)
Nova 64/128: £154 (scan) Can't find the larger Nova.
Nova is £295.99 on overclockers mi1ez
As the price diferance is quite small, would it be better to use two 60GB in raid 0 instead of one 128GB?
They've been Overclockers for about a month.
How do they compare to the Extreme range? Still unsure where to go with my SSDs but for a long while I was looking at a pair of Corsair X64s in RAID 0.
The Novas look on par with the Extremes.
The problem with RAIDing SSDs of course, is losing native TRIM. I'll be sticking with a single, larger drive for this reason.
Not long before I get one of these! Also one for a laptop too.
The problem with RAIDing SSDs of course, is losing native TRIM. I'll be sticking with a single, larger drive for this reason.
Well this is the thing for me as well, plus a single 128GB drive is usually cheaper than 2 of the 64GB brother anyway.
Roll on TRIM for RAID!