OCZ’s Colossus desktop SSD gets reviewed: oh yeah, it’s fast

It’s been a long time coming, hasn’t it? OCZ Technology’s Colossus is the outfit’s first in the desktop SSD space, and with capacities scaling as high at 1TB, it’s certainly tempting for performance junkies who just can’t pry themselves away from their tower. The benchmark-minded kids over at PC Perspective were able to get a drive in with final firmware a few weeks back, and they’ve pushed out a full review just prior to these things hitting retail en masse. Needless to say, all the numbers in the world won’t make this any cheaper, but for those willing to spend at least $3.24 per gigabyte on internal storage, there’s hardly a better option out right now. Reviewers found that read and write speeds seriously pushed the SATA 3Gb/sec limit, and the latter were “faster than on any SATA device tested to date.” Sadly, the lack of TRIM support and the inability for end-users to upgrade the firmware put somewhat of a damper on things, but if neither one of those tidbits bother you, pulling the trigger just might be the right thing to do.

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