ocaholic.ch.english Updated:
2011-10-28 06:34:18
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With the Force GT, Corsair has a Solid State Drive in its portfolio which is based on the latest SandForce SF-2281 series SSD processor. The drive also features SATA-III support and Corsair claims that the it can reach throughput rates of more than 500...
With its SandForce SF-2281 based 120 GByte Force GT SSD, Corsair isn't exactly withing the specs. Regarding write performance the values we get are slightly above what the manufacturer promises. On the other hand read performance is slightly below the...
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The Force GT is the latest in Corsair's range of SandForce based SSDs and features a tweaked architecture which should benefit reading and writing of music and video files (uncompressible data). Today we will be putting the 120GB model through a select...
tarting with the build quality of the Force GT we have the usual high standard from Corsair, a solid casing on the outside protects the high quality branded controller and flash within. There is no flex to the connector and each part fits together well...
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With a review repertoire that has been highly focused upon high performance 240GB drives, we thought it was high time to begin looking at the more affordable 120GB side of the spectrum. The new Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD fit the bill perfectly; it is...
We like reviewing the best of the best and of course people like reading about it. Seeing what the latest and greatest technology can accomplish appeals to our inner geeks but not everyone can afford bleeding edge performance, especially when it comes...
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Let's talk about cars for a moment. While some simply buy and drive them, there are some who wish they could own even the most expensive models. Why? In some cases, they may bring unique aesthetics or a sense of luxury. Much of the time, however, the...
Read/Write Performance, SATA III 6GB/s Interface, Sandforce 2281 Controller, Backward Compatibility with SATA 3GB/s Interface, 3Year Warranty, Synchronous NAND Modules...
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Having tested this drive, it is without doubt that an SSD can potentially give your computer a viable performance boost. In case you are still skeptical, let me put it this way – the upgrade in speed that you get from installing an SSD, like the Corsa...
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What makes one SandForce-based SSD different from the others that appear to be just like it? We round up 10 models with 60 GB of capacity to explore the effects of NAND interfaces. We also stumble across some interesting data related to full drives. Ha...
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After Valentine's Day, SSDs prices fell yet again, and we updated our list to reflect those changes. This month, the best deals are found in the mid-range offering, and there's one bargain in our list for a 240GB SSD that you simply will not want to mi...
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The Force GT is Corsair’s mainstream offering, and that's indicated by its price. The 240GB model reviewed here costs £191. That means it costs around 79p per gigabyte, making it one of the best-value drives around at the moment. The Force GT excelled...
A fine mainstream effort from Corsair...
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In June, 2012 we published a large group test of SSDs with capacities of 120/128 GB and 240/256 GB . Those are still the most popular sizes, judging from what people search for on Hardware.Info. The world of SSDs didn't stand still, and since then a num...
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SSD prices are dropping so quickly that it makes more and more sense to have one in your PC. 120 or 128 GB versions you can find already for £90, and for less than twice that you can buy an SSD with double the capacity. It will still take a long time be...
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The first time I reviewed the original Force GT 240GB, Corsair was elbows deep trying to figure out the BSOD issue that plagued an untold number of users. At the time Corsair was experimenting with different SATA connectors, more compact component de...
We look at a lot of SSDs around here, maybe even more than anyone else in the world. LSI SandForce isn't going to let anyone make a really bad drive... aside from asynchronous drives, but that's another story. The point is, there is a starting point...
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At first glance this drive looks very much like Corsair's Force Series 3 but with a price per GB that's 25% higher. The specs look nearly identical, so how can Corsair demand a premium price for this high-end SATA 6Gb/s drive?It’s certainly not due t...
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Even before the Corsair Force GT arrived at my door, I knew it would be hot. I get a lot of emails from readers and don't mind answering each and every one, but right after of the Force 3 went live I was flooded with emails asking about the Force...
Let me step back for a minute and share a struggle that I'm having. I wasn't expecting Team SandForce partners to ship three divisions of drives this year. So far I've praised and ridiculed the new async drives and even now I really can't define whe...
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With the Force GT, Corsair has a Solid State Drive in its portfolio which is based on the latest SandForce SF-2281 series SSD processor. The drive also features SATA-III support and Corsair claims that the it can reach throughput rates of more than 500 MB...
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It was back in January 2009 that Corsair first announced plans to dabble in the SSD market and it did so with an S128 drive capable of read and write speeds of 90MB/s and 70MB/s, respectively. Doesn't seem that long ago, does it? Perhaps not, but a lot...
We've witnessed a surge of second-generation SandForce SSDs in recent months, but it's clear that the recipe behind these high-performance drives isn't derived from a single set of ingredients. While an identical SF-2281 controller acts as the central...
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Discuss This Review...
The Force GT 240GB is a slightly different animal than the 120GB model; it posts significantly better write performance across the board and was especially noticeable in our real-world benchmarks. The Force GT 240GB goes for about $460 street, makin...
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It seems like it has been a while since we have reviewed a solid state drive, the last time we looked at one was ! Well today we are taking a look at a solid state drive this will not disappoint! The drive I am talking about is the Corsair Force...
Single fastest drive we have tested, 85K IOPS, 3 year warranty, Awesome red color...
None that I found...
Corsair has really pulled out all of the stops with this drive. It really earns the its “GT” name. It is the single fastest drive we have tested in ATTO with a read score of 557MB/s. Also it performs right up to the advertised 85K IOPS, in our testi...
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Though Corsair stumbled out of the gate a bit getting their Force 3 drives out in good order, they promptly made good with their customers and have now bolstered their Force 3 line with the GT version. With the GT suffix, you'd expect this to be a s...
Corsair tweaked their successful Force 3 drives in the creation of the GT version to eke out a bit more performance. The question is, does the red and black color scheme and minor speed improvements justify the extra $75?...
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The Corsair Force Series GT ($248 list) is a 120GB solid-state drive (SSD) that packs a maximum read speed of up to 555MB/s and a max write speed of 515MB/s through a 6Gbps SATA connection. The SSD also features support for SATA 2 connections, and pack...
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In the world of SSDs, "fast" never seems to be fast enough. Whenever a new technology is introduced ... something new will come up. Though plagued by a rocky release, the hottest SSDs at the time of writing this article are SandForce series 2000 base...
Any Sandforce 2200 series based product to date manages to shock and awe. This conclusion however will be a tad more complex as the Force 3 compared to the Force GT in terms of overall performance is much closer than you think, sometimes a little slower e...
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SandForce technlogy has effectively dominated the SSD market for the last year, and even while the OCZ and INDILINX merger could provide additional competition in the future, the SandForce controller is still for the most part unchallenged. The reason...
Our testing showed time and again that the Corsair Force GT can deliver transfer speeds nearly twice that of the fastest SATA 2 drives. However, read and write ratings of over 500MB/s are becoming standard in the SSD market as more manufacturers are ad...
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Corsair has always been one of the biggest players in the computer memory market, consequently it was only natural for them to join the solid state disk segment of the market since SSD’s are essentially made of flash memory chips. Today we are having...
There is little to say about the performance of the Corsair Force GT drive when the numbers speak for themselves. In synthetic benchmarks the Force GT drive offers two times better performance than that of drives based on the previous, short lived Sa...
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itp.net Updated:
2011-11-07 12:37:41
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Although Corsair earned its reputation as the go to company for high performance and reliable products via its range of memory modules, it has diversified its product range and now offers USB sticks, cases, power supplies and more. The Force Series GT...
If you want superb storage performance, Corsair's Force Series GT has your name on it. It is the fastest SSD we've ever tested...
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rwlabs.com Updated:
2011-11-13 07:45:01
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With the current price levels of Solid State Drives hitting an all-time low finally pretty much everyone can now afford that level of technology. Of course the price/capacity ratio is nowhere close to that of normal mechanical drives (still) a...
So after reading all the results i am sure many of you are wondering about which SSD is currently the best one in the market. Well if you can afford the extra premium then the RevoDrive3 240GB is without doubt faster than every other SSD in thi...
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The SSD market is growing rapidly with each passing day and became even more attractive after the recent catastrophe in Thailand which caused the prices of mechanical drives to rise significantly. One of the leading SSD providers is Corsair, which ma...
Even if only slightly more so, Corsair managed to make the fastest 2.5” SATA SSD drive available even faster. The performance difference over the smaller 120GB model may be slight, which was to be expected from a drive using the exact same controller...
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maximumpc.com Updated:
2011-12-01 01:47:43
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Corsair’s Force GT comes in a bright red chassis, which by Ork logic (in the Warhammer 40K universe) would make it the fastest SSD ever. So is it? The Force GT consists of a 6Gb/s SATA bus, SF-2281 controller, and 16 64Gb Micron 25nm synchronous NAND m...
Most benchmarks put it right at the top; pretty red color.
Write speeds (and writedependent tests) lag behind peers.
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xbitlabs.com Updated:
2011-12-09 01:10:14
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Our recent comparative review of solid state drives based on the SandForce SF-2281 controller proved that there are performance-relevant factors other than the controller itself. The choice of NAND flash memory and its architecture can also be highly i...
If you are choosing among SSDs based on the SandForce SF-2281/SF-2282 controller, you should consider not only its flash memory type but also its storage capacity as a performance-related factor. A larger-capacity SSD contains more flash devices, whic...
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As the landscape of SSD drives continues to evolve, it becomes more difficult for consumers to discern the good drives from the not so good and which ones offer a good value. To make it tougher, many manufacturers have several different lines of dri...
Whether you prefer the consistent performance of a Marvell controlled drive or the raw speed of SandForce drives, Corsair has you covered with the Performance Pro and Force GT series of SSDs at capacities that suit your needs and wallet...
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Storage speeds make a mockery of the famous Moore's Law.It was relatively recently that we moved from IDE to SATA and the speed benefits that brought. Yet within a very short timespan we've gone from 1.5Gbp/s SATA through 3.0Gbp/s to the 'available on...
One of the things you have to be constantly on guard about when reviewing hardware is the tendency to become a little jaded. To accept exceptional performance as the norm, because we're fortunate enough to get to play with some very high performing stuff...
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At first glance this drive looks very much like Corsair's Force Series 3 but with a price per GB that's 25% higher. The specs look nearly identical, so how can Corsair demand a premium price for this high-end SATA 6Gb/s drive?It’s certainly not due t...
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hitechlegion.com Updated:
2012-05-06 01:10:02
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There is perhaps no other color perceptible in the visible spectrum with as wide range of symbolic association as the color "red". It is both a symbol of aggression and love as well as life and death. Banners of various political and religious ideologi...
3 year Warranty, SandForce SF2281 Controller, Synchronous MLC Micron 25nm NAND, Bundled 2.5 inch to 3.5" adapter, SATA 6Gb/s, High sequential rates...
None, HTL Editor's Choice Award, Discuss this review in our forums...
The Corsair Force GT Series 180GB SSD is aimed for the next-gen "prosumers"; enthusiasts who demand the best hardware beyond the high-end and flirting with the reliability of business-level products for their home systems. While Asynchronous NAND SSDs...
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As with most SSD reviewers, StorageReview is typically sent a 240GB capacity drive from a new family of SSDs for review. There are several reasons for this, but in the SandForce world, it's generally because the 240GB capacity is the fastest due to NAND d...
It's not only fun to get a chance to break down the entire line of Corsair Force GT SSDs, it's pretty revealing as well. When we look at 2MB large block sequential file movement for instance, we see near parity in terms of read/write performance with repe...
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A few months back, we rounded up a half dozen SATA III solid state drives in this article. In that showdown, we had drives based on SandForceSF-2200 series and Marvell controllers represented, with both synchronous and asynchronous memory types. We ult...
Both the Corsair Force GT 240GB drive and Crucial M4 with its v009 firmware exhibited excellent performance throughout out battery of tests. Overall, the SandForce-based Corsair drive proved to be a somewhat better performer, especially in terms of wr...
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One of the common enthusiast complaints that we hear frequently from our readers is that there is no "personality" to the latest crop of SandForce SSDs. It seems that many SandForce SSDs from a wide multitude of vendors can behave similarly, especially if...
At the time of publication on Amazon;The 60GB Force GT retails for $79.99 and 180GB is $179.49, with none of the tested competitors offering similar products at these capacities.The 90GB Force GT retails for $110.99, and the 90GB HyperX 3K is for $99.99.T...
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Corsair India sent a Force GT drive for evaluation. The drive comes with Sandforce 2281VB1 controller and 25nm Micron Flash NAND! Comes with a red hot paint job, lets see if this burns other SSDs in the benchmark records.1. Introduction 2. Packaging, Spe...
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We’ve opened our last few SSD round-ups with comments regarding the break-neck pace at which the solid state storage market has advanced these last few years. At the risk of repeating ourselves, the SSD market continues to show no signs of slowing down...
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Behardware.com Updated:
2014-08-10 10:55:49
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At last! After many long weeks of work, here’s our new SSD report. For 2012, we have decided to focus on the flagship 120 and 128 GB models and limit our selection to SSDs with an SATA 6 Gbps/s interface. We have tested no fewer than seventeen models:...
Tieing up a 24-page roundup in a few lines isn’t easy, especially as the cost of flash memory is currently dropping, meaning that the price of 120 to 128 GB SSDs is changing almost daily, with some manufacturers responding faster than others. Pricing i...
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Let's be honest. In the PC world, size matters. This is true not only for the height of ATX towers, but also for the thickness of ultrabooks. The size of one's SSD is important, too. In addition to defining how many applications, games, and data can enjoy...
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Ever since I started reviewing PC components here at TR, my relationship with hardware has become increasingly promiscuous. The Ikea shelving unit that serves as my test rack plays host to an endless stream of new systems—at least one every week, and when...
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The latest generation of SSDs is out in full force. Drives are widely available from a multitude of vendors, firmware issues have for the most part been resolved, and competition has driven prices dangerously close to dollar-per-gigabyte territory. If you...
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A couple of days ago we looked at a pair of SSD's from Patriot. Next up is a pair of SSD's from Corsair. These are another two SandForce controlled units, but this time it's Async IMFT flash vs. Sync IMFT flash:We'll carry the Patriot Pyro (IMFT A...
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Presently, 120 GB solid state drives offer the best compromise between price, performance and capacity. For most people, they offer enough storage space to be used on their own in a laptop or PC without needing to have a mechanical hard drive as well f...
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Today we are looking at the Corsair Force GT 60GB, which is a LSI-SandForce SF-2281 based solid state drive (SSD) that uses Synchronous ONFi NAND. Previously we reviewed the Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD that used asynchronous NAND and found that while less e...
Overall, the Corsair Force GT 60GB SSD is fast, and can put out significant speeds with compressible data. The 4K random speeds are pretty decent but I have to pause here. On one hand, the synchronous NAND is a nice performance bump, especially with seque...
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The SSD market is finally at price levels I would call palatable. There are 120GB SATA2 SSDs for $179.99 or less and SATA3 SSDs for $184.99 and above. This will undoubtedly impact sales for smaller 20-64GB SSDs used in conjunction with Intel Smart Respons...
36 Flares 36 Flares ×, SandForce's Reign of PPPerformance, The SandForce 2281 controller is the key component when communicating with the storage controllers found on motherboards and HBA cards. The current theory is that some where in that communication...
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