Lexar, a brand of flash memory solutions, mostly known for their SD Cards has today announced two new internal solid-state drive solutions to rejuvenate old laptops or PCs. The new Lexar NS100 2.5″ SSD and Lexar NS200 2.5″ SSD
Lexar Announces New NS100 and NS200 SSDs Hitting Budget Market
The entry-level NS100 SSD is aimed for those looking affordable upgrade, like casual users who want more performance than their hard drives can provide. It provides faster boot-ups, application load times, and data transfers, this is aimed at turning your old computer from dinosaur to something usable in todays computing environment with sequential read speeds of up to 550MB/s. The NS200 SSD is ready for gamers and professionals looking to refresh their system with a quicker internal drive solution, giving the speed needed to take multitasking on an old PC or laptop to respectable levels. Or as a secondary drive to throw your games onto.
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Users will be able to power through the day with sequential read speed of up to 550MB/s and and sequential write of up to 510MB/s, faster app response times due to lower latency and better overall performance for gaming, photo, and video editing, or other multimedia applications. Both Lexar NS100 and NS200 are shock and vibration resistant, due to them using flash and not being mechanical parts. It may also be an upgrade to someone using an older generation SSD that may want a upgrade on the cheap.
“The outlook for the solid-state drive industry remains strong and continues on a path to become more broadly used. We’re excited about adding an internal SSD category to our product portfolio as we continue our commitment on delivering innovative and fast-performing storage solutions. The NS100 and NS200 SSD delivers Lexar quality to accelerate your computer’s performance with optimized speed and reliability,”
Joel Boquiren, Director of Global Marketing.
Pricing And Availability
The Lexar NS100 2.5″ SATA III (6Gb/s) solid-state drive will be offered in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB capacities, and the Lexar NS200 2.5″ SATA III (6Gb/s) solid-state drive in 240GB, 480GB capacities, with a three-year limited warranty. The new NS100 is available in the coming weeks at MSRP $29.99 USD (120GB), $49.99 USD (240GB), $89.99 USD (480GB), and the NS200 is also available in the coming weeks at MSRP $79.99 USD (240GB), $109.99 USD (480GB). For more information visit www.lexar.com
