This month, there were several new SSD lineup released coming from different companies, and one of them is from SanDisk Corporation. The company has recently announced their new SanDisk Ultra II SSD featuring an enhanced SSD Dashboard. The new drive is designed to deliver a cost-effective and easy upgrade solution for PC owners looking to improve performance, battery life, and power efficiency. The enhanced SSD Dashboard provides visibility into the drive’s performance, security, and available firmware updates, to maintain peak performance at all times. Check out the rest of its features, specifications and price below.
SanDisk Ultra II SSD Features
According to Dinesh Bahal, vice president of retail product marketing at SanDisk: “We live in an era where we expect to have information at our fingertips anytime, anywhere, with technology that keeps us connected to both our personal and work lives on devices that won’t fail,” “The new SanDisk Ultra II SSD, together with the improved SSD Dashboard, provides consumers with an easy, affordable way to ensure that their PC can keep pace with their increasingly connected, information-driven lifestyle.”
Everything You Do On Your Computer, Faster
With the new SanDisk Ultra II SSD you can upgrade your hard disk drive-based PC to experience up to 28 times performance improvement1 and up to 15 percent longer battery life2. The drive features sequential read speeds of up to 550 MB/s* and write speeds of up to 500 MB/s*, allowing for faster boot up time and shorter application loads. Based on X3 NAND Flash technology, the SanDisk Ultra II SSD comes equipped with nCache™ 2.0 technology that utilizes a two-tiered caching architecture to optimize drive speed and endurance. The drive is also shock resistant, which keeps data safe even if the computer is bumped or dropped.
Easy to Use SSD Dashboard Monitors Drive Status and Management
The SanDisk Ultra II SSD comes with the enhanced SanDisk SSD Dashboard, which displays the drive’s performance, manual or scheduled TRIM, available firmware updates and tips on how to maintain the drive at its peak operation. Users can choose from 17 different languages and get assistance from “Live Chat” and “Ask a Question via Email” buttons. Additional value-added software features of the SanDisk SSD Dashboard include:
- Cloning – Ability to create an exact replica of an old drive onto the new SanDisk Ultra II SSD in three easy steps with Apricorn’s EZ GIG IV. With the cloning software, there is no need to re-install the operating system, programs or settings.
- Antivirus – Easy-to-use security for what consumers do most online – email, socialize, and browse with Trend Micro™ Titanium™ Antivirus+.
- Theft Recovery – Created by Absolute Software, Absolute® LoJack is the leader in consumer data protection and theft recovery, providing a persistent solution that can locate a device if stolen and return it to the rightful owner.
According to Mike McCandless, vice president of sales and marketing, Apricorn, Inc: “Consumers upgrading their PC for a faster experience with the SanDisk Ultra II SSD want the data migration process to be easy,” “We’re excited to partner with SanDisk to provide the Apricorn EZ Gig cloning software to SanDisk customers for simple data migration from slower hard disk drives. EZ Gig is available either through the new SanDisk SSD Dashboard software suite or within the SanDisk SSD Conversion kit and works with all SanDisk client SSDs.”
SanDisk Ultra II SSD Specifications
Capacities: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB
Dimensions: 2.75 x 3.96 x 0.28 in. (69.85mm x 100.5mm x 7.0 mm)
Shock: Resistant up to 1500G
Vibration: Resistant 5 gRMS, 10-2000 HZ / 4.9 gRMS, 7-800 HZ)
Temperature: 32ºF to 158ºF (0ºC to 70 ºC)
Interface: SATA Revision 3.0 (6 Gb/s)
Endurance: MTBF: 1.75 million hours
Warranty: United States: 3-year limited warranty. All other regions: 3-year warranty
| Specifications | 120GB | 240GB | 480GB | 960GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controller | Marvell 88SS9187 | Marvell 88SS9187 | Marvell 88SS9187 | Marvell 88SS9187 |
| NAND Flash | SanDisk 2nd Gen 19nm TLC | SanDisk 2nd Gen 19nm TLC | SanDisk 2nd Gen 19nm TLC | SanDisk 2nd Gen 19nm TLC |
| Sequential Read | 550MB/s | 550MB/s | 550MB/s | 550MB/s |
| Sequential Write | 500MB/s | 500MB/s | 500MB/s | 500MB/s |
| 4KB Random Read | 81K IOPS | 91K IOPS | 98K IOPS | 99K IOPS |
| 4KB Random Write | 80K IOPS | 83K IOPS | 83K IOPS | 83K IOPS |
Price and Availability
The SanDisk Ultra II SSD series are available in four capacities with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $79.99 for the 120GB, $114.99 for the 240GB, $219.99 for the 480GB, and $429.99 for the 960GB. The Ultra II SSDs comes with a 3-year warranty and will be available online and through SanDisk’s worldwide network of authorized distributors and resellers in September.
UPDATE: The SanDisk Ultra II SSD series are now available. Price starts from $69.54 for the lowest capacity and up. You can order one here.
