AMD Radeon R7 SSD now official, starts at $100

Not too long ago, AMD announced its plan to enter the SSD market. Today, the chip maker has officially debuted the Radeon R7 SSD which comes in three storage capacities with the lowest one only having a USD100PHP 5,869INR 8,475EUR 95CNY 728 price tag.

The three new SSDs under the Radeon R7 lineup is designed and manufactured by OCZ which is owned by Toshiba. All of these drives use Barefoot 3 M00 controller, similar to one found on the Vertex 150, which give it slight performance advantage over the cheaper ARC 100 which uses M10 controller.

The new Radeon R7 SSD comes in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities and are priced at $100PHP 5,869INR 8,475EUR 95CNY 728, $164PHP 9,624INR 13,899EUR 156CNY 1,194 and $299PHP 17,547INR 25,340EUR 285CNY 2,176 respectively.