Intel adds 240GB 330-series SSD, confirms price reductions

[thelostswede]

The rumours about Intel’s SSD price drop have proven to be true – albeit a bit earlier than expected – as today the company announced that it is lowering the suggested reseller pricing on its SSD 320, 330 and 520-series of SSDs.

In addition to that, the company has added a 240GB SKU to its SSD 330-series, although no pricing or specifics to the 240GB model were announced, but we’d estimate that it’ll end up around the $200 mark, considering that the 180GB SKU is $50 more than the 120GB with the new pricing in place, so another $50 on top of that should most likely get us close to the 240GB pricing.

Source: Intel

 

[mxm619]

so these prices take effect today? or in a few days?

whats the different between the 330 series and other ssds from other companys?
speed? i'm going to be getting a SSD for my upcoming hackintosh build and would like to know.

thanks

 

[thelostswede]

Yes, today, Newegg has already dropped the price.
Firmware... pretty much and the fact that Intel has first pick of its own NAND flash...

 

[ApexDE]

d'oh.

 

[magnamaduin]

It looks as though the write speeds on the Intel SSDs are much lower than cheaper drives, many of which boast near-equal read/write speeds.

Is this just a case of Intel being more honest with the numbers than other vendors, or do their drives simply suffer unequal performance?