SSD Reviews Thread

[onethreehill]

SSDs in the sweet spot: Modern contenders at 120-128GB

Today, 120-128GB SSDs can be had for around $200, putting them right in the sweet spot typically occupied by our favorite CPUs and graphics cards. Since we don't yet have a real favorite among the current class of solid-state drives, we've spent weeks running nine SSDs through an expanded storage test suite on new Sandy Bridge hardware. Over the following pages, we'll take a closer look at Corsair's Performance 3, Force 3, and Force GT; Crucial's m4; Intel's 320 and 510 Series; Kingston's HyperX; and OCZ's Agility 3 and Vertex 3 SSDs to see which ones deserve a spot in your notebook or desktop PC.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/21672

Samsung SSD 830 256GB Review
http://www.******.net/articles_pages..._review,1.html

Samsung SSD 830 512GB Review
http://www.techspot.com/review/443-s...30-ssd-series/

ADATA S511 60GB SSD Review
http://www.guru3d.com/article/adata-...gb-ssd-review/

[onethreehill]

OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240GB SSD Review
http://www.bjorn3d.com/articles/OCZ_...240G/2129.html

Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD Review
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...roduction.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/P...ldfire_120_GB/

Seven SandForce SSDs Roundup: Corsair, Kingston, Patriot and OCZ
http://www.futurelooks.com/futureloo...emory-and-ocz/

Samsung SSD 830 256GB Review
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/201...256gb-review/1

MemoRight FTM Plus 240GB SSD Review
http://www.kitguru.net/components/ss...view-sata-iii/

[onethreehill]

Corsair Force GT 240GB SSD Review
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/432...iew/index.html

Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120GB SSD Review
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/432...ew/index1.html

Crucial m4 512GB SSD Review: FW0009
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/434...iew/index.html

[hnosyalnif]

Thanks for these reviews. Concentrated myself on the Corsair Force series, OCZ Agility and the Crucial M4. After reading the issues I think I will go with the Crucial drive, avoids the issues that might occur with Sandforce whilst still having good speeds and an 'extra' 8GB of space. The Corsair drives are cheaper but I don't want to take the risk for what will be a main OS/games drive.

BTW how do you thank people? I can't see any icon for it.

[onethreehill]

You are welcome

OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G Review
http://www.storagereview.com/owc_mer...ress_6g_review

Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD Review
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1723/1/

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Solid State Drive Review
http://www.eteknix.com/reviews/stora...-drive-review/

OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 1TB HDD/SSD Review
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...roduction.html
http://www.guru3d.com/news/ocz-revodrive-hybrid-review/
http://www.kitguru.net/components/ha...hddssd-review/

Intel 320 Series SSD 300GB Review
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/I...20_SSD_300_GB/

Corsair Force Series GT 240GB SSD Review
http://www.storagereview.com/corsair...t_review_240gb

[peterb]

<---snip

BTW how do you thank people? I can't see any icon for it.

Thanks button appears after 15 posts (used to be 25)

[hnosyalnif]

Cheers Peter, I'll have to go back and thank people when I get to that point then.

[onethreehill]

Silicon Power Velox Series V30 120GB SSD Review
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/435...iew/index.html

SSD scaling outside the sweet spot
http://techreport.com/articles.x/21843

[peterb]

Cheers Peter, I'll have to go back and thank people when I get to that point then.

Didn't take long did it!

[hnosyalnif]

Didn't take long did it!

Nope it didn't Lots of things to be said

Went with a Crucial M4 128GB btw.

[onethreehill]

Patriot Pyro SE 120GB SSD Review
http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/...0gb-ssd-review

Plextor PX-256M2P 256GB SSD Review
http://www.cdrlabs.com/Reviews/plext...ate-drive.html

[onethreehill]

OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 Review Update

Over the summer we reviewed a pre-production version of the 480GB OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 SSD. Even though the hardware and firmware were not final builds, the RevoDrive 3 X2 was still incredibly impressive, given the speedy PCIe interface and four SandForce SF-2281 processors. We've finally been able to log enough time with the production version of the RevoDrive 3 X2 and our excitement over the platform has done nothing but grow. In fact, the performance of the card rose so signficantly that we had to adjust the scale of our benchmark charts to compensate.
http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_rev..._review_update

[onethreehill]

Plextor PX-256M2P 256GB SSD Review
http://www.storagereview.com/plextor...d_review_256gb

MemoRight FTM Plus 240GB SSD Review
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/439...iew/index.html

[onethreehill]

Solid State Drive Roundup 2011
http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?id=541

OCZ Synapse Cache SSD Review
http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_syn...che_ssd_review

Corsair Force GT 240GB & Crucial M4 256GB SSD Update
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Corsa...Update/?page=1

[onethreehill]

Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD Review
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/artic...SD-Review/1428

ADATA S511 240GB SSD Review
http://www.storagereview.com/adata_s511_review_240gb

[onethreehill]

OCZ Octane 512GB SSD Review
http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_octane_ssd_review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5147/t...e-review-512gb
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...roduction.html
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/OCZ-O...-Drive-Review/
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage...turned-Everest