Samsung has today announced a new line of solid state drives (SSD) the Samsung 830 Series. The new Samsung 830 Series SSDs builds on the success of Samsung’s 470 Series SSDs and provide full support for SATA’s 6Gbps max throughput. Making the new 830 Series capable of transfer speeds in the region of 500MB/s high sequential reads and 350MB/s write.
Samsung’s 830 Series SSD drives are encased in a brushed metal enclosure and are available in 64, 128, 256 and 512GB storage capacities.
The new Samsung 830 Series SSD come with an optional migration kit which includes a full retail copy of Norton Ghost. Together with Samsung’s Magician for SSD software a DOD compliant ATA level Secure Erase that doesn’t require you to exit into DOS, allowing you to complete an erase if your using the drive as a secondary drive without the need to leave Windows.
The Samsung 830 Series SSDs will be arriving in October 2011 , but unfortunately Samsung hasn’t yet revealed any pricing, but as soon as it becomes available we will keep you updated.
Source: PC Perspective
