Active Media Products today announced the launch of a new solid state drive series, based on 2.5" form factor. The Active Predator-X7 line of SSDs are built with the new Jmicron JM612 controller, and boast of up to 256GB storage capacity. Thanks to an improved controller and 128MB of DRAM cache the drive is able to achieve sequential read speeds up to 230MB/sec and sequential write speeds up to 180MB/sec.

"One big advantage of this controller is its support for a USB 2.0 port, which can be used for cloning the contents of your old hard drive onto the Predator X7. The mini USB port makes installation and setup a lot faster and easier." stated Active Media Products' VP of Sales, Jerry Thomson.

It is now available for $149 (32GB), $219 (64GB), $349 (128GB), and $699 (256GB).