OCZ Reveals the New Petrol SATA 3 SSD Series

[hannibal]

[citation][nom]Cormag[/nom]I think those may be MSRP prices and they are not too bad. IF they start offering the silly rebates like everyone else then these drives will be on the more affordable side.[/citation]

Yep, I think so allso! Does any one know what are "real" msrp prices for OCZ Agility and Samsung M4? It would give us somekind of picture of the real price of these Petrol products. If, as it seems to be, the Petrol SSD are going to be below Agility line, the price will be cheaper than those also.

 

[dalauder]

[citation][nom]tuch92[/nom]Even if price drops, still won't buy OCZ with their reliability issues. Samsung's where it's at.[/citation]Too bad Samsung HDDs are now Seagate. And Seagate's had worse reliability with their 7200.11's than OCZ's ever had.

 

[tuch92]

[citation][nom]dalauder[/nom]Too bad Samsung HDDs are now Seagate. And Seagate's had worse reliability with their 7200.11's than OCZ's ever had.[/citation]
I just meant SSDs in my post. Samsung SSDs are designed and built in-house. For HDDs I was partial to Western Digital

 

[hannibal]

reduces SSD deployment cost by 30 percent.

Early pricing of the Petrol in stores have the 64 GB listed at $113

Corsair force 3 60GB : $105
OCZ Agiltiy 3 60GB : $110

If its 30% cheaper, then there must be an additional 30% markup somewhere along the supply chain.

See the MSRP prices

Petrol 64 GB mrps $113, 128
OCZ Agiltiy 3 60GB mrps $134.99
Crucial M4 MSRP: 64GB Model $150

So Petrol 64GB is about 20$ cheaper than Agility. Not a cheap, but not so bad neither.

 

[mart666]

Too expensives for that performance. Forget me for that series of SSD. Advise me if they cut their price about 50-60%...

 

[shqtth]

The prices are coming down finally


I don't like sandforce controllers as data recovery is a bitch, also blue screen of death issues.
So its nice to have other options. And flash is coming down in price. Just picked up a 128GB petrol for $120