Crucial introduced the Crucial v4 Solid State Drive (SSD), designed to deliver substantial yet affordable performance gains for mainstream SATA 2 (3 Gb/s) systems, the primary performance capability of computers purchased before 2011.
The Crucial v4 SSD offers read speeds up to 230 MB/s and write speeds up to 190 MB/s, enabling faster startup times, faster application downloads, faster transfer data speeds, and increased reliability compared to traditional hard drives.
Pricing per drive breaks down as follows:
Crucial v4 SSD 32GB: $50
Crucial v4 SSD 64GB: $70
Crucial v4 SSD 128GB: $100
Crucial v4 SSD 256GB: $190
Crucial’s SSDs are backed by a three-year warranty.
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