Patriot Memory Releases Pyro SATA III SSD

Today Patriot Memory has released a new version of its SATA III solid-state drives with the launch of the new Pyro lineup of Solid State Drives. These drives are powered by SandForce’s new SF-2281 SSD processor. The Patriot Memory Pyro series yeilds massive performance increases over the previous lineups of the Pyro Series and what is overall expected from performance class SSD.

The Pyro series utilizes the new SandForce SF-2281 processor enabling it to surpass previous higher end SSD performance scores with up to 550MB/s sequential read and up to 515MB/s sequential write speeds provided through a SATA 6Gb/s interface.

The Pyro series will feature a standard form factor of 2.5-inches and will ship with the latest v 3.1.9 firmware. Pricing for this SSD will cost $120 for 60GB, $209 for 120GB and $449 for 240GB.

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