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Picking a good hard drive is not an easy task. Everyone likes to focus on the fact that the CPU, Motherboard and RAM and make up the heart of the computer. I would argue that your hard drive is just as important if not more important. If you’re motherboard dies you can buy a new one and be on your way again for less than a hundred bucks. If you’re hard drive dies you may forever lose those precious memories.
Last week we saw the Force GT 180GB with synchronous flash. This week we look at the Force 3 with asynchronous flash, but with the same SF-2282 controller.
A definite plus in the SSD arena these days is the range of configurations available to meet consumer needs. Corsair was one of the first to jump in with its Performance 3 series which is now followed by the Force 3 for those seeking the power of a ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD minus the cost premium seen in enthusiast SSDs such as the Force 3 GT. Today we will be reviewing the Corsair’ Force Series 3 6Gbps 120GB SSD.
A few weeks ago we covered the Corsair Force Series GT drive, a performance tuned model based on Sandforce technology. Today we have the Force Series 3 drive on our test bench, a drive that aims to target a lower price point while still offering excellent performance.
Corsair has upped the ante with their Force Series drives by cutting drive provisioning, allowing 20% more capacity to be used. This helps the price per usable GB but will this hurt performance? Read on to see how the Corsair Force 120GB SSD does compared to the original Corsair Force 100GB SSD! The results might just surprise you!
The specifications Corsair has listed for the Force Series 100GB SSD drive are 285MB/s read and 275MB/s write which is well above the 260MB/s read/write specified by Sandforce. Pretty high expectations are being set by Corsair. We put it through our battery of benchmarks to see if they can deliver.
Typically, just before major technology conventions such as CES or Computex, one can expect that new product releases will be few and far between. Luckily, there are a few companies that leave some products as a teaser before the big show, and with just a few days before the Taiwan-based convention, Corsair has done just that with the release of the Corsair Force LX solid state drive.
There have been a number of incarnations of the Force Series drives from Corsair with the first having the SandForce 1200 series controller. Hence the name. Most have been performance focused and were the Corsair flagship drives for a time, a title currently held by their Neutron GTX line. The new Force LS series is intended more as a budget friendly drive and changes things up with a Phison controller running the show that's supported by Toshiba 19nm NAND. This isn't a configuration we've tested before so it'll be interesting to see how it fares.
Corsair teamed up with Phison to add another level to the Force brand. The new Force LS uses Phison's S8 controller and Toshiba NAND flash.
Corsair is no stranger to Myce’s members. Corsair has a wide product range, including PSUs, RAM, Cases, USB flash drives, AIO liquid coolers and many other high quality PC components. In this review I will be looking at their latest SSD, the Force LS.Corsair’s latest SSD is only available in Europe in three capacities, 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB which I will be reviewing.
Myce members will probably remember the review that Wendy did back in 2012 for the Neutron GTX SSD, again Corsair is looking at things in a different way, instead of using the SandForce controller they decided to use the Phison controller for the heart of their Force LS SSD and 19nm NAND from Toshiba to make an SSD that will come at an affordable price and at the same time try to get the maximum speed of the drive.
The Corsair Force LS SSD is a 2.5 inch drive, with a height of 7mm, which makes it compatible with any Ultrabook. The Force LS is SATA 6 GB/S and backwards compatible, with a three year warranty. As with most SSDs the numbers are measured with ATTO, and when it comes to ATTO tests, you should see figures reaching read speeds of 560MB/Sec and write speeds of up to 535MB/Sec for the 240GB SSD, but later on this review we will have the opportunity to have a more detailed look at the performance of the Force LS SSD.
You can visit Corsair’s website to have a look at the facts and figures, and also spend some time looking at their wide range of high quality PC components, such as PSUs, Cases, RAM, SSD’s and many more can be found here.
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