Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced worldwide retail availability of the 480 GB Force Series GT SSD and 180GB and 480GB Force Series 3 SSDs.

As solid-state drives reach wider adoption rates, Corsair's new SSD models address growing market demand for fast, high-capacity drives. The 180GB Force Series 3 targets consumers and IT professionals who want an affordable step up from 120GB, and the 480GB models are ideal for high-performance notebook PC users who require massive SSD storage capacity in a single drive. The top of the line 480GB Force Series GT SSD is designed for video editing, competitive gaming, and other applications for which extraordinary performance is required.

"As one of the leaders in high-performance solid state drives, we're pleased to offer a full range of SSD models to address customers' needs for high performance, high-capacity storage.", said Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair.

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Lite-On, a global leader of optical storage solutions, is releasing three new optical disc drives to its product line-up: the external 12X Blu-ray Writer (eHBU212), the external slim 6X Blu-ray Combo (eSEU206), and the internal 12X Blu-ray Combo (iHES212).

The external 12X Blu-ray Writer, eHBU212, reads and writes blu-ray disc at a blazing speed of up to 12X. It also supports the latest plug-and-play USB 3.0 Superspeed. The eHBU212 is the true companion for BD fanatic and a must have for PC-based home theatre.

Also released are the external slim and internal blu-ray combo: eSEU206 and iHES212. These drives are capable of blu-ray playback, and burns DVD and CD disc. The eSEU206 is portable and lightweight due to its slim design; making it a perfect for notebook and netbook users or people constant on-the-go. The iHES212 is a half-height design for PCs; making it a great companion for home PCs.

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CDRLabs has put together a brief review of Verbatim's Store 'n' Go SuperSpeed USB 3.0 portable hard drive. Available in bright colors like Caribbean Blue and Hot Pink, this USB powered portable hard drive sports a stylish, slim design and features a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface which allows transfer speeds up to 10x faster than USB 2.0. The Store 'n' Go also comes preloaded with Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials as well as Verbatim's Green Button energy-saving software and is covered by a 7 year warranty.

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Links International announced this week that Plextor's new M2P Series SSDs will be released in Japan on October 8th. Originally unveiled at Computex 2011, the PX-128M2P and PX-256M2P are powered by a server-grade Marvell 88SS9174 controller and share many of the same features found on the M2S Series, including a SATA 6Gb/s interface, TRIM support and Plextor's own Instant Restore technology. The M2P Series even appears to use the same Toshiba 32nm Toggle Mode NAND flash chips found on the PX-128M2S and PX-256M2S.

Despite the similarities, the M2S and M2P Series are quite different. Along with a totally redesigned 2.5-inch PCB and new features like Plextor's True Speed technology, the M2P Series has gotten a considerable speed increase. The 128GB PX-128M2P comes equipped with a 256MB DDR3 cache and is capable of delivering up to 500 MB/s sequential read and 300 MB/s sequential write speeds. The PX-256M2P packs twice the cache (512MB) which helps the drive reach a sequential write speed of 440 MB/s.

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