OCZ To Launch New Petrol SATA 3 SSD Line

[The SSD Guy]

Just when we think thngs might slow for the holidays, OCZ sneaks in yet another SSD release which has to be part of their new Octane family. The OCZ Petrol will be the second ‘Indilinx Infused’ SSD release by OCZ based on their Indilinx Everest platform. The Petrol will be available in capacities of 128, 256 and 512GB and is SATA 3 with the 512GB reaching max speeds of 370MB/s read and 250MB/s write transfer speeds. They will also carry a warranty of three years. Pricing in the US has yet to be released, however, initial estimates in the Asia’s list the 128GB at $180, 256GB at $399 and the 512GB version at $837.

[HeaveN_AkirA]

I hope to see review of those soon. Its very affordable and of the spec speeds are stable this will be my 1st SSD

[Computurd]

hey heaven, nice to see you around again!

[HeaveN_AkirA]

I had a serious heath problems, but its nice to be back,thank you!

[Sean]

I see that Dabs Ireland now has the Petrol series listed, but their prices are no better than the equivalent Agility 3 capacity SSDs. The Petrol 128GB is just €2 cheaper, the Petrol 256GB is the same price and the Petrol 512GB is €7 dearer.

As the Petrol specifications are much lower than the Agility series, especially for the 120GB model, I wonder if OCZ will sell many at all. Unless they perform better than the Agility with compressed data, probably the only buyers will be those who want to avoid SandForce-powered SSDs, unless these Petrol series prices come down.

[FiftyOne]

My guess is that OCZ is aiming to stretch the legs of its new controller in a similar market as the Agility to start with. They would probably be saving money on the proprietary controller too. You'd imagine their long term goals would be to dev their own chips that could be a comparable to SF & Micron's. I suppose that the first step in the plan is to get some drives out there & see what they do first

[The SSD Guy]

Personally, I don't think they will have any hesitations at all with bringing to market the best that there is whether it be there own or a that of the joint effort with Marvell, which by the way, I believe will do them very well. Really the only company we see today that stays in house is the monster we know as Samsung and they can afford to do that simply because they build it all. So...at the end of the day, unless OCZ intends on finding a way to market their own NAND or buy into the present business partnership between Intel and Micron, IMHO they will seek the best selling solution available, all the while increasing enterprise share piece by piece.

[FiftyOne]

In your personal opinion Les, how would you rank the SF-2x's, Micron, Marvell, Indilinx & Samsung controllers? In a general way