Patriot unveils 2TB Ignite SATA SSD
One of the things keeping hard disk drives relevant is the price to gigabyte ratio. While an SSD offers great performance as an OS drive, their often small capacities can make them a poor choice for storage -- depending on needs, of course. While there are larger capacity SSD offerings, they are often too expensive for the average consumer to afford.
Today, Patriot announces a new addition to its SATA-based "Ignite" line of solid state drives. The new member of the family has a wonderfully large 2TB capacity, which could make SSD-based consumer storage a reality. Well, depending on pricing, that is.
"Patriot originally launched the Ignite SSD in January of 2015 with top performing speeds and capacities of 480GB and 960GB. Since then, Patriot has added the addition of a 240GB capacity and now a multi-terabyte capacity to tackle even the most taxing data loads. With the Ignite 2TB SSD consumers can load an entire library of PC games to their rig without having to unload and load games when storage runs out", says Patriot.
The company further says, "continuing to utilize the Phison S10 controller the 2TB Ignite reaches sequential read speeds of up to 560MB/s and write speeds of up to 500MB/s, to diminish lag while loading content to the drive. Designed in a 2.5-inch form factor, the 2TB Ignite has a SATA III 6.0Gb/s interface and is backwards compatible with SATA II making it the ideal upgrade for those looking for a complete solution for a lack of storage space and a PC refresh to breathe life back into an old system".
Unfortunately, cost is not yet known. In order for this drive to be a success with consumers, it must be reasonably priced. Does it need to be equal to a 2TB HDD in regards to pricing? Heck no. However, it mustn't be astronomically higher. The 960GB version is currently $325, so having the 2TB drive be affordable is not likely. HDD is likely here to stay for a while.
Pricing should be revealed as we get closer to its release date, which is far off, sadly. The 2TB variant of the Ignite SSD won't hit retailers until Q4 2016.