Patriot has unveiled a new SSD that it hopes will make a large splash in the extremely competitive SSD market. The company’s latest solid state drive is called the Torqx 2 series and they are aimed at notebook and desktop computers looking for the most performance with a SATA II 3Gb/s interface.

The SSDs use that Patriot calls the “newSSD” controller with high performance 3x-nm NAND flash memory inside that allows for impressive read and write performance. The SSD has read speeds up to 270MB/s and write speeds up to 230MB/s.

“We recognize there are a lot of users with desktops and notebooks that want the SSD performance experience but lack SATA III 6.0 Gb/s compatibility to fully take advantage of our higher-end drives,” says Meng Jay Choo, Patriot Memory’s Flash Memory Product Manager. “With the new Patriot Torqx 2 series, we are able to deliver a significant performance boost at attractive prices.”  

The SSD line also uses TRIM technology for maximum performance and will come in 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB capacity with a 2.5-inch form factor.

Crucial also launched a new SSD family this week called the m4.