The solid
state disk (SSD) market is really starting to heat up. Super Talent threw down
the gauntlet with its low-priced
MX series SSDs. OCZ then returned the favor with its Core
Series SSDs.
OCZ held
the upper hand with not only lower pricing for its Core Series SSDs, but also
the advantage of faster read/write performance. Super Talent's MX SSDs clocked
in with read speeds of 120MB/sec and write speeds of 40MB/sec. OCZ's Core SSDs
feature read speeds of 120 to 143 MB/sec and write speeds of 80 to 93 MB/sec
depending on the capacity of the drive in question.
With OCZ
breathing down its neck, Super Talent worked a little magic on its MX drives.
The 15GB and 30GB models now feature read speeds of 120MB/sec and write speeds
of 60MB/sec. The 60GB and 120GB have the same read speeds, but now have write
speeds of 80MB/sec.
"Our
expert engineering team is constantly discovering new ways to improve our
products, and this is one improvement that will be well received by power
laptop users", said Super Talent Director of Marketing, Joe James.
"We continue our relentless drive to add performance, features and value
to our SSDs while driving the price down."
In
addition to the speed bumps, Super Talent also recently posted a new $40
rebate to make SSDs more price competitive with OCZ's core lineup.