OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD With SandForce

OWC has this week launched a new range of solid state drives, expanding its SSD line-up with the launch of its new OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD. The new Mercury Electra are built using Tier 1/Grade A NAND which provides the drives with sustained data rates of over 500mb/s.

The Mercury Electra 6G SSD can provide up to 284MB/s sustained reads and 268MB/s writes in the “3G’s” 300MB/s max speed bus, and  provides up to 556MB/s sustained reads and 523MB/s writes through the “6G’s” 600MB/s max speed bus.

They are also equipped with SandForce Duraclass processor providing it with best in class error correction capabilities and ultra-efficient block wear with performance and endurance.

The new range of OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD are available in three storage sizes 120GB, 240GB and 480GB that are available for around $230, $480 and $930 respectively.

Source : OWC