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    News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    These 7mm 2.5-inch form factor drives are launching in 128GB and 256GB capacities.
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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Nothing new really can already buy drives of this size /speed etc cheaper elseware so don't really see the point

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    £96.29 on scan for the 256gb drive..... would spend a little extra for a lot more performance

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    I think it's time to upgrade my OCZ Agility 3 boot drive ( I know! Taking my life into my own hands ) to something a little more 2014! It has served me well though, and it still remains relatively nippy compared to all my friends hard drive powered machines.
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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Quote Originally Posted by makavien478 View Post
    Nothing new really can already buy drives of this size /speed etc cheaper elseware so don't really see the point
    Some people, me included, feel certain brands have an air of quality about them. Especially corsair in my books as not a single item I have bought from them has died to date! Also for that price glad to see theres still a three year warranty

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    •Intel 0,59%
    •Corsair 2,17%
    •Crucial 2,25%
    •Kingston 2,39%
    •OCZ 2,93%
    failure rate of ssd from a web site don't see the point of this drive as ive said its offering nothing new for price

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Quote Originally Posted by makavien478 View Post
    •Intel 0,59%
    •Corsair 2,17%
    •Crucial 2,25%
    •Kingston 2,39%
    •OCZ 2,93%
    failure rate of ssd from a web site don't see the point of this drive as ive said its offering nothing new for price
    What site was this? I'm just wondering where Samsung fit into this list, and San Disk. And Plextor too xD

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Quote Originally Posted by Jack1991 View Post
    £96.29 on scan for the 256gb drive..... would spend a little extra for a lot more performance
    yeah these don't really seem like much of a bargain, lower performance yet still being priced at the same sort of price as better performing models from other manufacturers....

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Quote Originally Posted by Jowsey View Post
    What site was this? I'm just wondering where Samsung fit into this list, and San Disk. And Plextor too xD
    Same here - both my PC's are Samsung SSD'd (830 on the laptop I'm using to type this, 840EVO's on the gaming PC), so I'd be very interested in their failure rate.

    Maybe these new Force's will put more pressure on pricing - which has to be good thing. That said, I'm still waiting for the affordable 1TB drives - £350-400 is too much for me at the moment.

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Nice prices...but i really don't want a snot green colour trim in my orange & black co-ordinated case.

    ..in fact one of the most awkward bits of a PC to colour co-ordinate is the SSD drive (if you have a case with them on show of course)

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Either your price estimates are wrong, or the two people publically listing these (Scan and OCUK) are way overcharging for them

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Quote Originally Posted by Bagpuss View Post
    Nice prices...but i really don't want a snot green colour trim in my orange & black co-ordinated case.

    ..in fact one of the most awkward bits of a PC to colour co-ordinate is the SSD drive (if you have a case with them on show of course)
    Bagpuss, surely given their near non-existent heat, you could easily colour code them by wrapping them in the fablon colour of your choice. Costs like £1 a roll

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Odd one by the looks of things. I would either go for a cheaper Crucial M500 at £78 or spend a little more on a Samsung... well I would spend a little more, but a Samsung EVO Basic on Amazon is actually waaay cheaper than these things. SO I guess I wouldn't buy one of these "budget friendly" SSDs at all.

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Quote Originally Posted by Sim0n View Post
    Either your price estimates are wrong, or the two people publically listing these (Scan and OCUK) are way overcharging for them
    remember vat needs to be added on the listed prices.. the 256Gb works out around £96 like on scan

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    If I would have to go for a cheap SSD, I'd go for a Sandisk Ultra Plus, rather than the Force LX.
    They're cheaper (at least in Germany), faster (not by much), readily available and use a Marvell 88SS9175 Controller, which is very similar to the Marvell 88SS9174 used in the good old Crucial M4.
    Not to mention I'd trust a Marvell controller based SSD much more than any of the cheap cr*p like SMI/Silicon Motion, JMicron, Sandforce, Phison and Indilinx (is Indilinx even still around..? or dead like OCZ finally?)

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    Re: News - Corsair launches budget-friendly Force Series LX SSDs

    Yep, i agree, the Sandisk Ultra plus ssd is pretty good and I have it installed on another system and it is much cheaper than the other brands.

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