Intel 320 SSD aka G3

[Anvil]

Is now listed in several Norwegian webshops

Availability is unconfirmed March 13th?

40GB SSDSA2CT040G310
80GB SSDSA2CW080G310
120GB SSDSA2CW120G310
160GB SSDSA2CW160G310
300GB SSDSA2CW300G310
600GB SSDSA2CW600G310

Prices arent that bad actually, a bit cheaper than the G2.

The 600GB is listed at $1000-$1100

Link to Anands 2010 article on the G3

[F@32]

Is now listed in several Norwegian webshops

Availability is unconfirmed March 13th?

40GB SSDSA2CT040G310
80GB SSDSA2CW080G310
120GB SSDSA2CW120G310
160GB SSDSA2CW160G310
300GB SSDSA2CW300G310
600GB SSDSA2CW600G310

Prices arent that bad actually, a bit cheaper than the G2.

The 600GB is listed at $1000-$1100

Interesting that Mf # is 40GB SSDSA2CT040G310. Are these really G3/320? I wonder how gimped 40GB version is in terms of # of channels as compared to 80Gb.

[Anvil]

SKU's ending with
10 = Brown box
K5 = Reseller box
B5 = Retail box

The G3 part is more interesting

I expect there will be more info on this shortly, the only thing I know is that it is 3Gb/s.

[alfaunits]

Can't find them via Google on any site other than forums - what are the prices?
600GB for 1000-1100$ is not bad! Frankly, I think I know where this month's paycheck is going

[Anvil]

These are all estimates, they might be a bit high, they normally are due to the "new" factor.
40GB -> $90
80GB -> $160
120GB -> $210
160GB -> $300
300GB -> $550
600GB -> $1100

[alfaunits]

Top 2 seem nice in prices, and if those fall in price somewhat it'll be quite good. I doubt we'll see 600GB version however, the same way we didn't see 320GB G2
Are you sure those prices are in $, not in EURO and not 1000-unit prices? I wonder what the prices in this part of the world will be... (East Asia)

[Anvil]

Using the same conversion factor the Intel 510 250GB should cost ~ $600
Newegg lists the 510 250GB at ~$615

So, the conversion factor looks ok, we'll just have to wait and see.

edit:
You don't think we'll see the 600GB?

I've already ordered it.

[lowfat]

Sure doesn't look like the ground breaking price drops everything thought they would.

[Anvil]

If the prices are correct we are looking at a price drop from ~$400 -> ~$300 for the 160GB, I think that is pretty good.

Now, lets get/find some more info about performance.

Anand listed
Up to 50'/40' iops - read/write
Up to 250/170MB/s sequential throughput
30-60TB 4K random writes.

[alfaunits]

edit:
You don't think we'll see the 600GB?

I've already ordered it.

Here's to hoping we'll see it and at even lower than that price I sure want a few of 'em. That'll finally completely remove the need for HDDs for me.

[Etihtsarom]

Why is random performance measured in TB now? What ever happened to the xxMB/s like Crystal Disk Mark shows?

[czesiu]

Could you post links?

[Anvil]

It's still measured in iops, the TB part is all about endurance.
The G2 specs are 7.5-15TB of 4K random writes and so this is quite an increase.

[czesiu]

http://www.netshop.no/Search.aspx?q=...SSD+320+SERIES

[Anvil]

Prisjakt is a better link
(some Norwegian translation : Pris = Price, jakt = hunting, so "Price hunting")

[felix_w]

Prisjakt is a better link
(some Norwegian translation : Pris = Price, jakt = hunting, so "Price hunting")

According to that, 80GB is 152€....Postville 80GB is still 190€ here...

(OT : "Jakt" in Norwegian--> "Jacht" in Dutch...yesterday i wondered about the origin of the word "yacht" and i searched for it...interesting thing, how similar these two languages are...)

[alfaunits]

Ah c***... that's ~1025EUR not 1025$ There goes my hope of good prices

[czesiu]

600gb ssdsa2cw600g310 -> 6392nok -> 1128usd

[Anvil]

No, you need to deduct the vat 25%, the prices I estimated are correct.

examples
G3 600GB > 7990 NOK - 25% tax = 6392 NOK / 6 ~ $1065
510 250GB > 4500 NOK - 25% tax = 3600 NOK / 6 ~ $600

The current exchange rate is 5.63, I used 6 as there is some slowness involved.

edit:
I see czesiu answered, partly

edit2:
The prices are generally quite high when first announced, my guess is about 5% lower once things settle down.

[zalbard]

You don't think we'll see the 600GB?

I've already ordered it.

Ummm, but why? Not rather use a bunch of smaller drives in RAID?

[Anvil]

I need the capacity for my laptop.
I've been waiting for larger drives for a long time.

[zalbard]

I see; that makes sense!
Hope you'll give it a go in your desktop first and post some results.

[One_Hertz]

I am personally wanting large capacity SSDs to replace my 1TB storage drive. It is a bit too expensive to hold all my media on SSDs still. I don't think I am willing to pay much over $1000 for 1TB. Hopefully someone starts making budget SSDs for this purpose.

[alfaunits]

Screw that, can't exactly avoid VAT without going to the states
6400 NOK = 1135$ at current exchange rate. For EU prices (with VAT), that would be nice. For US prices (no tax), that's high
For smaller drives it might get reduced fairly fast, but I highly doubt we'll see as fast price changes for the 600GB one - provided it comes out really

No, you need to deduct the vat 25%, the prices I estimated are correct.

examples
G3 600GB > 7990 NOK - 25% tax = 6392 NOK / 6 ~ $1065
510 250GB > 4500 NOK - 25% tax = 3600 NOK / 6 ~ $600

The current exchange rate is 5.63, I used 6 as there is some slowness involved.

edit:
I see czesiu answered, partly

edit2:
The prices are generally quite high when first announced, my guess is about 5% lower once things settle down.

[czesiu]

Screw that, can't exactly avoid VAT without going to the states

oh sure, in this sense 1025$ does ~equal 1025€ :-)
Anyway it seems that the new drives should make a jump to lower prices comparing to current 34nm SSDs