SSD reviews from around the web

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Don’t forget to read my post on why a SSD should be your next upgrade.

You may also be interested in my SSD checklist for Windows 7 and my experience with my first SSD.

Also be sure to check out AnandTech’s benchmark, with every SSD they’ve tested!

Get help with your buying decision:

Storage Review’s Leaderboard

Which SSD should I buy? (AnandTech Forums)

Tom’s Hardware Monthly Buying Guide

Other articles worth reading:

A SSD Primer by The SSD Review

Examining the SSD Industry by The SSD Review

A guide to SSD reviews and Real World vs. Synthetic tests by SSD Freaks

Solid-state revolution: in-depth on how SSDs really work by Ars Technica

Guide: SSD Freaks has an excellent guide on how to migrate your Windows 7 install from a HDD to a SSD with built-in tools.

NAND: Reviewers rank NAND in the following order (good, better, best): Async, Sync, Toggle.

Hybrid

Update November 2011: In November 2011 Seagate released an upgraded version (2nd generation) of its Momentus XT hybrid drive. The upgraded version doubles the SSD portion of the drive to 8GB and the spinning platters can now store 750GB in total. The product number of this drive is ST750LX003.

Check out the review on AnandTech (thorough as always).

PC Perspective has done a hybrid storage roundup, and gave the Momentus XT a gold award.

The information below is for 1st generation drives.

Do you think SSDs are too expensive? Try Seagate’s Momentus XT, a hybrid drive combining the size of a HDD with the speed of a SSD. Comes in three flavours: 256GB, 320GB and 500GB in a 2.5-inch form factor spinning 7.200 RPM. The SSD part of the drive is 4GB. The drive will optimize over time, meaning it will place the most used files on the SSD part of the disk. This is done independent of file system and operating system.

Seagate Momentus XT

• Big Bruin (500GB) (January 12 2010) *Dam Innovative Award*
• Techgage (500GB) (November 1 2010)
• The Tech Report (500GB) (June 1 2010)

Don’t feel like reading through all those reviews? Check out Seagate’s own summary of reviews.

Defrag this disk manually once in a while and not as automatic background task, as it will reset everything that ‘Adaptive Memory’ has learned.

Multireviews

120-128GB Solid State Drive Roundup

- Circuit Remix

Tested: Crucial, Kingston, OCZ, OWC (July 19 2012)

Marvell-based SSDs tested

- Tom’s Hardware

Tested: Corsair, Crucial, OCZ, Plextor (May 1 2012)

Marvell Super Heroes

- X-bit Labs

Tested: Corsair, Crucial, Plextor (March 14 2012)

Ten 60 GB SandForce-Based Boot Drives, Rounded-Up

- Tom’s Hardware

Tested: Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, Intel, OCZ, Patriot, Samsung (March 1 2012)

SATA 3 SSD Roundup

- Overclock 3D

Tested: Intel, Corsair, Kingston, Mushkin (February 27 2012)

60/64 GB SSD Shootout

- Tom’s Hardware

Tested: Crucial, Samsung (January 25 2012)

240GB Solid State Roundup

- Circuit Remix

Tested: Crucial, Kingston, OCZ, OWC (January 15 2012)

Corsair

Neutron GTX

Controller: LAMD LM87800 “Amber”

NAND: 24nm  Toggle NAND

• eTeknix (240GB) (October 16 2012) *Extreme Performance Award*
• The Tech Report (240GB) (October 11 2012)
• XS Reviews (240GB) (September 11 2012)
• Kit Guru (240GB) (September 6 2012) *Must Have*
• Vortez (240GB) (September 3 2012) *Gold Award*
• The SSD Review (240GB) (August 26 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• AnandTech (240GB) (August 20 2012)
• Tweak Town (240GB) (August 20 2012) *Editor’s Choice*

Neutron

Controller: LAMD LM87800 “Amber”

NAND: 25nm synchronous

• The Tech Report (240GB) (October 11 2012)
• eTeknix (240GB) (October 11 2012) *Innovation Award*
• Kit Guru (240GB) (September 6 2012) *Must Have*
• The SSD Review (240GB) (August 26 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (240GB) (August 20 2012) *Editor’s Choice*

Force GS

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 24nm SanDisk Toggle Mode

• Custom PC Review (240GB) (October 1 2012) *Silver Award*
• Hardware Canucks (240GB) (August 28 2012) *Dam Good (Value)*
• Tweak Town (240GB) (August 15 2012) *Best Value Award*
• The Guru Of 3D (240GB) (July 25 2012) *Recommended*
• Vortez (240GB) (July 25 2012) *Gold Award*

Force GT

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 25nm Synchronous

• Tweak Town (240GB) (September 6 2012) *Best Performance Award*
• Hi Tech Legion (180GB) (May 1 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (180GB) (April 9 2011) *Best Features Award*
• Circuit Remix (180GB) (March 7 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• PC Perspective (120GB) (February 3 2012)
• Legit Reviews (180GB & 240GB) (January 2 2012)
• Hot Hardware (240GB) (November 11 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (240GB) (October 4 2011) *Best Value Award*
• Think Computers (120GB) (September 7 2011) *Editor’s Choice with 10 out of 10*
• The SSD Review (240GB) (September 8 2011)
• Hardware Secrets (120GB) (August 24 2011) *Gold Award*
• Legit Reviews (120GB) (August 15 2011)
• The Guru Of 3D (120GB) (July 28 2011) *Recommended*
• Hardware Canucks (120GB) (July 26 2011) *Dam Good*
• Hexus (120GB) (July 22 2011) *Performance Award with 4 out of 5*
• Tweak Town (120GB) (July 22 2011) *Best Performance Award*
• Neoseeker (120GB) (July 21 2011) *Recommended*
• Overclockers Club (120GB) (July 20 2011) *Gold Award*
• VR-Zone (120GB) (July 15 2011) *Editor’s Choice with 10 out of 10*
• Storage Review (120GB) (July 14 2011)
• The SSD Review (120GB) (July 9 2011)
• Hardware Heaven (120GB) (July 7 2011) *Performance Award*

Force Series 3

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 25nm Asynchronous

• Quentin Rademaker (120GB) (May 30 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (180GB) (April 26 2012) *Best Performance Award*
• Real World Labs (180GB) (April 16 2012) *Real Value*
• PC Perspective (120GB) (February 3 2012)
• Hi Tech Legion (60GB) (October 20 2011) *Gold Award*
• Hardware Heaven (240GB) (August 26 2011) *Gold Award*
• Hardware Secrets (120GB) (August 24 2011)
• Hardware Canucks (120GB) (July 30 2011) *Dam Good Value*
• Pro Clockers (120GB) (July 28 2011) *Highly Recommended*
• VR-Zone (120GB) (July 27 2011) *Stellar Performance with 10 out of 10*
• Tweak Town (120GB) (July 6 2011) *Best Value Award*
• The SSD Review (120GB) (July 3 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hexus (120GB) (June 29 2011) *Performance Award with 4 out of 5*
• The Guru Of 3D (120GB) (June 28 2011) *Recommended*
• Kit Guru (120GB) (June 1 2011) *Must Have*

Performance Pro Series

Controller: Marvell 9174-BKK2 (2ndgen)

NAND: 32nm Toggle Mode

• Overclockers Online (256GB) (May 7 2012) *Approved*
• Hardware Secrets (120GB) (April 19 2012)
• Pro Clockers (128GB) (April 12 2012) *Highly Recommended*
• Pure OC (2 x 128GB RAID) (March 16 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tech Reaction (128GB) (March 1 2012) *Silver Award*
• Tweak Town (128GB) (February 3 2012) *Best Performance Award*
• Hardware Canucks (256GB) (January 11 2012) *Dam Good*
• Neoseeker (256GB) (January 10 2012) *Recommended*
• VR-Zone (256GB) (January 6 2012) *Editor’s Choice with 9.5 out of 10*
• Tweak Town (256GB) (January 4 2012) *Best Performance Award*
• Legit Reviews (256GB) (January 2 2012) *Recommended*
• Overclockers Club (256GB) (December 26 2011) *Gold Award*
• Pure OC (128GB) (December 24 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Storage Review (256GB) (December 22 2011)
• Kit Guru (256GB) (December 15 2011)
• Hexus (256GB) (December 12 2011) *Performance Award with 4.5 out of 5*
• The Guru Of 3D (256GB) (December 9 2011) *Top Pick*
• The SSD Review (256GB) (November 21 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hardware Heaven (256GB) ( November 29 2011) *Gold Award*

Crucial

M4

Controller: Marvell 9174-BLD2 (3rdgen)

• Hardcoreware (256GB) (May 8 2012) *Recommended*
• Think Computers (256GB) (April 22 2012) *Recommended with 10 out of  10*
• Legion Hardware (512GB) (January 19 2012) *Supreme Value*
• My Consumer Electronics (256GB) (September 19 2011) *Editor’s Choice with Outstanding*
• Funky Kit (256GB) (December 29 2011) *Editor’s Choice with 9.5 out of  10*
• Techgage (256GB) (December 5 2011)
• Hot Hardware (Firmware 009 – 256GB) (November 11 2011) *Recommended*
• eTeknix (128GB) (November 7 2011) *Bang for buck*
• Tweak Town (Firmware 009 – 512GB) (October 10 2011) *Best Features Award*
• Hardware Canucks (256GB) (August 25 2011) *Dam Good Value*
• Pro Clockers (128GB and 2 x 128GB RAID) (August 9 2011) *Highly Recommended*
• Tom’s Hardware (All capacities) (August 3 2011) *Recommended*
• Pure OC (256GB) (July 14 2010) *Great Hardware*
• Tweak Town (128GB) (June 27 2011) *Best Value Award*
• Hexus (128GB) (June 7 2011) *Recommended with 4.5 out of 5*
• Kit Guru (256GB) (June 6 2011)
• Tech Spot (256GB) (May 27 2011)
• The SSD Review (128GB) (May 27 2011)
• The SSD Review (512GB) (May 22 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• bit-tech (256GB) (May 16 2011) *Premium Grade*
• Storage Review (256GB) (May 12 2011)
• Benchmark Reviews (256GB) (April 20 2011) *Silver Award with 8.75 out of 10*
• Legit Reviews (256GB) (April 8 2011)
• Hexus (256GB) (April 6 2011) *3.5 out of 5*
• AnandTech (256GB) (March 31 2011)
• Hardware Heaven (256GB) (March 28 2011) *Gold Award*
• Tweak Town (256GB) (March 28 2011)
• Tom’s Hardware (256GB) (March 28 2011)
• The Tech Report (256GB) (March 24 2011)
• The SSD Review (256GB) (March 23 2011)

Intel

335 Series

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: Intel 20nm Synchronous

Kingston

HyperX 3K

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 25nm Synchronous (3K P/E)

• Tweak Town (120GB) (August 30 2012) *Best Features Award*
• Hi Tech Legion (240GB) (July 23 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hardware Look (240GB) (July 17 2012) *Gold Award*
• Pro Clockers (240GB) (July 3 2012) *Highly Recommended*
• Big Bruin (240GB) (June 21 2012) *Highly Recommended, Good Value*
• Pure OC (240GB) (June 17 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hardware Canucks (240GB) (June 13 2012)
• Think Computers (240GB) (June 4 2012) *Good Value with 10 out of  10*
• ChipLoco (90GB) (May 26 2012) *Recommended, Maximum Performance*
• Tech Spot (240GB) (May 25 2012)
• Custom PC Review (240GB) (May 22 2012) *Gold Award*
• Vortez (120GB) (April 18 2012) *Silver Award*
• Kit Guru (240GB) (April 11 2012) *Must Have*
• The SSD Review (240GB) (April 11 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Storage Review (240GB) (April 11 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• AnandTech (240GB) (April 10 2012)

HyperX

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 25nm Synchronous (5K P/E)

• Custom PC Review (240GB) (August 11 2012) *Gold Award*
• X-bit Labs (240GB) (January 17 2012)
• Think Computers (240GB) (November 29 2011) *Editor’s Choice with 10 out of 10*
• ChipLoco (120GB) (October 16 2012) *Recommended, Maximum Performance*
• Techgage (240GB) (September 19 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (120GB) (September 7 2011)
• Tech Spot (240GB) (September 1 2011)
• Pure OC (240GB) (August 29 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hardware Canucks (240GB) (August 21 2011) *Dam Good, Dam Innovative*
• Bjorn3D (240GB) (August 19 2010) *Gold Award*
• Hard OCP(120GB & 240GB) (August 17 2011) *Editor’s Choice with a Silver Award*
• Vortez (240GB) (August 15 2011) *Gold Award*
• The SSD Review (240GB) (August 13 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Legit Reviews (240GB) (August 11 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hexus (240GB) (August 8 2011) *Performance Award with 4.5 out of 5*
• OCaholic (240GB) (August 4 2011) *5 out of 5*
• Tweak Town (240GB) (August 3 2011) *Best Performance Award*
• Overclock 3D (240GB) (August 3 2011) *Gold Award*
• Kit Guru (240GB) (August 2 2011) *Must Have*

V+200 Series

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: Intel 25nm Asynchronous

• Kit Guru (480GB) (December 3 2012)
• Hardware Secrets (60GB) (June 14 2012) *Silver Award*
• Tech Spot (240GB) (May 25 2012)
• Tweak Town (120GB) (May 10 2012) *Best Value Award*
• Pro Clockers (120GB) (May 7 2012) *Approved, Best Value*
• Hi Tech Legion (90GB) (April 16 2012) *Silver Award*
• Kit Guru (90GB RAID) (March 22 2012)
• Legit Reviews (120GB) (March 15 2012) *Recommended*
• Pure OC (2 x 120GB RAID) (February 29 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Pure OC (120GB) (February 24 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Bjorn3D (120GB) (February 22 2012) *Value Award*
• Storage Review (120GB) (February 17 2012)
• OCaholic (90GB) (February 13 2012) *4 out of 5*
• The SSD Review (120GB) (Febryary 3 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Real World Labs (120GB) (January 31 2012) *Editor’s Choice*

OCZ

Vector

Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3

NAND: 25nm Synchronous

• The SSD Review (256GB) (November 27 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tech Spot (256GB) (November 27 2012)
• The Tech Report (256GB) (November 27 2012)
• Legit Reviews (256GB) (November 27 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• PC Perspective (256GB) (November 27 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (256GB) (November 27 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hot Hardware (256GB) (November 27 2012) *Recommended*
• The Guru Of 3D (256GB) (November 27 2012) *Recommended*
• Hardware Canucks (256GB) (November 24 2012) *Dam Good *

Vertex 4

Controller: Indilinx Everest 2

NAND: 25nm Synchronous

• Neoseeker (256GB) (November 14 2012) *Recommended*
• Circuit Remix (256GB) (October 17 2012) * Silver Award*
• Hardcoreware (256GB) (August 26 2012)
• AnandTech (128GB) (August 8 2012)
• Hi Tech Legion (256GB) (August 3 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Custom PC Review (256GB) (August 30 2012) *Gold Award*
• Hardware Canucks (128GB) (July 29 2012) *Dam Good Value*
• Big Bruin (256GB) (July 24 2012) *Highly Recommended, Good Value*
• Funky Kit (128GB) (July 23 2012) *Editor’s Choice with 9.5 out of  10*
• Think Computers (256GB) (July 16 2012) *Recommended with 10 out of  10*
• Overclockers Club (240GB)  (July 15 2012) *Gold Award*
• Hardware Look (128GB) (July 14 2012) *Editor’s Choice, Gold Award*
• The Guru Of 3D (256GB - Firmware 1.5) (July 11 2012) *Recommended*
• Bjorn3D (256GB) (July 6 2012) *Gold Award*
• Tweak Town (256GB – Firmware 1.4.1.5) (July 4 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tech Spot (256GB) (July 2 2012) *Outstanding*
• Pro Clockers (128GB) (June 28 2012) *Highly Recommended*
• eTeknix (128GB) (June 28 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Pure OC (256GB) (June 26 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Vortez (128GB) (June 21 2012) *Amazing Value, Gold Award*
• OverClock Intelligence Agency (128GB) (June 18 2011) *Approved, Gold*
• Custom PC Review (128GB) (June 14 2012) *Gold Award*
• Benchmark Reviews (256GB) (June 12 2012) *Gold Award with 9.05 out of 10*
• Kit Guru (128GB – Firmware 1.4) (June 1 2012) *Must Have*
• Neoseeker (256GB) (May 30 2012) *Recommended*
• The SSD Review (128GB – Firmware 1.4RC) (May 13 2012)
• Tweak Town (128GB – Firmware 1.4R6) (May 9 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• OCaholic (512GB) (April 4 2012) *5 out of 5*
• OCaholic (256GB) (April 4 2012) *5 out of 5*
• The Guru Of 3D (256GB & 512GB) (April 4 2012) *Recommended*
• AnandTech (256 & 512GB) (April 4 2012)
• Tweak Town (256GB & 512GB) (April 4 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Legit Reviews (256 & 512GB) (April 4 2012) *Recommended*
• The SSD Review (256 & 512GB) (April 4 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hot Hardware (256 & 512GB) (April 4 2012) *Recommended*
• Hexus (256GB & 512GB) (April 4 2012) *Performance Award with 4 out of 5*
• Kit Guru (512GB) (April 4 2012) *Must Have*
• The Tech Report (128GB) (April 4 2012)
• Storage Review (128GB & 512GB) (April 4 2012)
• My Consumer Electronics (512GB) (April 4 2012) *Editor’s Choice with Outstanding*
• Tom’s Hardware (512GB) (April 4 2012)
• PC Perspective (512GB) (April 4 2012)
• Hardware Heaven (256 & 512GB) (April 4 2012) *Gold Award*
• Hardware Canucks (512GB) (April 3 2012) *Dam Good*

Agility 4

Controller: Indilinx Everest 2

NAND: 25nm Asynchronous

• AnandTech (256GB) (September 1 2012)
• Think Computers (256GB) (September 5 2012)
• Overclockers Club (256GB) (August 27 2012) *Gold Award*
• Pure OC (256GB) (August 22 2012) *Great Value*
• Tweak Town (256GB) (August 10 2012)
• Kit Guru (256GB) (August 7 2012)
• The SSD Review (256GB) (May 13 2012) *Top Value*

Octane

Controller: Indilinx Everest

NAND: 25nm Synchronous

• ChipLoco (128GB) (May 16 2012)
• Hardware Canucks (512GB) (April 8 2012)
• OCaholic (512GB) (March 2 2012) *4 out of 5*
• Neoseeker (512GB) (March 19 2012)
• Legion Hardware (512GB) (March 12 2012)
• Kit Guru (512GB - Firmware 1.13) (February 28 2012)
• Benchmark Reviews (512GB) (February 21 2012) *Silver Award with 8.8 out of 10*
• X-bit Labs (512GB) (February 20 2012)
• The Tech Report (128GB) (February 16 2012)
• Overclockers Club (512GB) (February 16 2012) *Gold Award*
• Tweak Town (512GB – Firmware 1.13) (February 10 2012)
• Tweak Town (128GB) (February 8 2012)
• Storage Review (128GB & 512GB – Firmware 1.13) (January 31 2012)
• My Consumer Electronics (512GB) (January  29 2012) *Editor’s Choice with Outstanding*
• Tom’s Hardware (512GB) (December 28 2011)
• Kit Guru (512GB) (December 20 2011)
• Legit Reviews (512GB) (December 7 2011)
• The Tech Report (512GB) (November 30 2011)
• AnandTech (512GB) (November 23 2011)
• Hot Hardware (512GB) (November 23 2011)
• PC Perspective (512GB) (November 23 2011) *Gold Award*
• Hardware Heaven (512GB) (November 23 2011) *Recommended*
• The SSD Review (512GB) (November 23 2011) *Top Value*
• Tweak Town (512GB) (November 23 2011) *Best Features Award*
• Storage Review (512GB) (November 22 2011) *Editor’s Choice*

Vertex 3 Max IOPS

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 32nm Toggle Mode

• Tweak Town (120GB) (July 20 2012) *Best Performance Award*
• Hardcoreware (240GB) (May 15 2012)
• Circuit Remix (240GB) (March 15 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Funky Kit (240GB) (February 9 2012) *Editor’s Choice with 9.5 out of  10*
• eTeknix (120GB) (December 21 2011) *Extreme Performance Award*
• Vortez (240GB) (November 8 2011) *Silver Award*
• Bjorn3D (240GB) (September 28 2010) *Silver Award*
• Tech Reaction (240GB) (August 1 2011) *Gold Award*
• Techgage (240GB) (July 13 2011)
• Hardware Canucks (240GB) (July 6 2011) *Dam Good Award*
• AnandTech (240GB) (June 23 2011)
• Pure OC (240GB) (June 21 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Legit Reviews (240GB) (June 20 2011)
• Benchmark Reviews (240GB) (May 24 2011) *Gold Award with 9.1 out of 10*
• Tweak Town (240GB) (May 24 2011) *Best Performance Award*
• Hardware Heaven (240GB) (May 24 2011) *Gold and Performance Award*
• Kit Guru (240GB) (May 18 2011) *Must Have*
• Storage Review (240GB) (May 16 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• The SSD Review (240GB) (May 15 2011) *Editor’s Choice*

Vertex 3

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 25nm Synchronous

• Tweak Town (480GB) (July 11 2012) *Best Features Award*
• Funky Kit (120GB) (May 24 2012) *Editor’s Choice with 9.2 out of  10*
• Tech Reaction (120GB) (March 7 2012) *Silver Award*
• Hardcoreware (240GB) (February 20 2012) *Recommended*
• My Consumer Electronics (240GB) (July 2 2011) *Outstanding*
• eTeknix (240GB) (October 13 2011) *Platinum Award*
• Bjorn3D (240GB) (July 11 2010) *Gold Award*
• Hardware Canucks (240GB) (June 28 2011) (Update: Retail vs Review Sample)
• Hard OCP(120GB & 240GB) (June 27 2011) *Editor’s Choice with a Silver Award*
• Techgage (240GB) (June 22 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Overclockers Club (240GB) (June 20 2011) *Gold Award*
• bit-tech (240GB) (June 7 2011) *Premium Grade*
• Legit Reviews (120GB) (June 1 2011)
• IT Shoot Out (240GB) (May 27 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (240GB) (May 24 2011) *Best Performance Award*
• TechRadar (240GB) (May 19 2011)
• Tweak Town (120GB) (May 8 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• AnandTech (240GB) (May 6 2011)
• Hardware Canucks (240GB) (May 2 2011) *Dam Good*
• Kit Guru (240GB) (April 20 2011) *Must Have*
• Tech Spot (240GB) (April 14 2011) *Outstanding*
• AnandTech (120GB) (April 6 2011)
• Benchmark Reviews (240GB) (April 5 2011) *Gold Award with 9 out of 10*

Agility 3

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 25nm Asynchronous

• The SSD Review (256GB) (May 13 2012) *Top Value*
• Overclockers Online (120GB) (June 18 2012) *Approved*
• Funky Kit (120GB) (January 11 2012) *Editor’s Choice with 9.6 out of  10*
• Hardware Canucks (240GB) (September 13 2011)
• eTeknix (240GB) (September 5 2011) *Silver Award*
• VR-Zone (240GB) (August 8 2011) *8.5 out of 10*
• Pure OC (240GB) (August 4 2010) *Great Hardware*
• Pro Clockers (120GB) (July 22 2011) *Highly Recommended*
• Vortez (240GB) (July 22 2011) *Gold Award*
• Think Computers (240GB) (June 28 2011) *Recommended with 10 out of 10*
• Tech Reaction (240GB) (June 24 2011) *Gold Award*
• Hardware Heaven (240GB) (June 22 2011) *Gold and Value Award*
• Benchmark Reviews (240GB) (June 21 2011) *Silver Award with 8.9 out of 10*
• Legit Reviews (240GB) (June 16 2011)
• OverClock Intelligence Agency (240GB) (June 14 2011) *Approved, Silver*
• Tweak Town (240GB) (June 8 2011) *Not Recommended*
• Neoseeker (240GB) (June 2 2011) *Recommended*
• PC Perspective (240GB) (May 30 2011)
• The SSD Review (240GB) (May 28 2011)
• The Guru Of 3D (240GB) (May 27 2011) *Top Pick*
• Kit Guru (240GB) (May 26 2011) *Must Have*
• Storage Review (240GB) (May 25 2011)
• AnandTech (240GB) (May 24 2011)

Patriot

Wildfire

Controller: SandForce SF-2281

NAND: 32nm Toggle Mode

• Tweak Town (4 x 120GB RAID) (March 23 2012)
• PC Perspective (120GB) (January 30 2012)
• Kit Guru (240GB) (November 23 2011) *Must Have*
• eTeknix (120GB) (November 10 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Hardware Heaven (120GB) (September 27 2011) *Gold Award*
• Think Computers (120GB) (September 21 2011) *Editor’s Choice with 10 out of 10*
• Hardware Secrets (120GB) (September 13 2011)
• Pro Clockers (120GB) (September 1 2011) *Must Have, Highly Recommended*
• Kit Guru (120GB) (August 20 2011)
• The Guru Of 3D (120GB) (August 12 2011) *Recommended*
• Hardware Canucks (120GB) (August 11 2011) *Dam Good, Dam Good Value, Dam Innovative*
• Hi Tech Legion (120GB) (August 1 2011) *Performance Award*
• Legion Hardware (240GB) (July 25 2011) *Supreme Value*
• Storage Review (120GB) (July 19 2011)
• Neoseeker (120GB) (July 13 2011) *Recommended*
• Benchmark Reviews (120GB) (July 11 2011) *Silver Award with 8.9 out of 10*
• Overclockers Club (120GB) (July 11 2011) *Gold Award*
• Hexus (120GB) (July 7 2011) *Performance Award with 4 out of 5*
• The SSD Review (120GB) (July 1 2011) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (120GB) (June 28 2011) *Best Performance Award*
• AnandTech (240GB) (June 23 2011)

Plextor

M5 Pro

Controller: Marvell 9187-BLD2 (New!)

NAND: 19nm Toggle Mode

• The Guru Of 3D (256GB) (November 26 2012) *Recommended*
• AnandTech (256GB) (August 31 2012)
• XS Reviews (128GB) (August 31 2012)
• Tweak Town (256GB) (August 8 2012) *Best Features Award*

M5S

Controller: Marvell 9174-BLD2 (3rdgen)

NAND: 25nm Synchronous

• Tweak Town (256GB) (July 23 2012)
• AnandTech (256GB) (July 18 2012)
• The SSD Review (256GB) (July 11 2012) *Recommended*

M3 Pro

Controller: Marvell 9174-BLD2 (3rdgen)

NAND: 24nm Toggle Mode

• XS Reviews (128GB) (July 28 2012)
• AnandTech (256GB) (July 1 2012)
• The SSD Review (256GB) (May 2 2012) *Gold Award*
• Storage Review (256GB) (March 28 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (256GB) (March 28 2012) *Best Performance Award*
• Tweak Town (128GB) (March 27 2012) *Editor’s Choice*

M3

Controller: Marvell 9174-BLD2 (3rdgen)

NAND: 24nm Toggle Mode

• AnandTech (256GB) (April 5 2012)
• My Consumer Electronics (256GB) (March 29 2012) *Outstanding*
• Pure OC (256GB) (March 27 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• The SSD Review (256GB) (March 26 2012)
• Hardare Look (128GB) (March 16 2012) *Silver Award*
• Tweak Town (256GB) (February 24 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Real World Labs (256GB) (February 19 2012) *Editor’s Choice*

Samsung

840 Pro Series

Controller: Samsung S4LN021X01-8030 aka MDX

NAND: 21nm Toggle Mode 2.0 MLC

• AnandTech (256GB) (September 24 2012)
• PC Perspective (512GB) (September 24 2012)
• Tech Spot (512GB) (September 24 2012)
• The SSD Review (512GB) (September 24 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Custom PC Review (256GB) (September 24 2012) *Gold Award*

840 Series

Controller: Samsung S4LN021X01-8030 aka MDX

NAND: 21nm Toggle Mode 2.0 TLC

• Tweak Town (250GB) (November 29 2012) *Best Features Award*
• Tweak Town (500GB) (November 28 2012) *Best Features Award*
• Legit Reviews (250GB) (November 21 2012) *Innovation Award*
• The Tech Report (250GB) (November 15 2012)
• PC Perspective (250GB) (October 3 2012)
• The SSD Review (250GB) (October 1 2012) *Innovation Award*
• Custom PC Review (250GB) (September 30 2012) *Gold Award*

830 Series

Controller: Samsung S4LJ204X01-Y040 aka MCX

NAND: 27nm Toggle Mode 1.0 MLC

• Circuit Remix (256GB) (October 3 2012)
• Hardware Secrets (256GB) (September 11 2012)
• Hardcoreware (256GB) (September 4 2012)
• Custom PC Review (256GB) (September 1 2012) *Silver  Award*
• Think Computers (128GB) (April 2 2012) *8 out of  10*
• The SSD Review (512GB) (March 31 2012)
• PC Perspective (64GB, 128GB & 512GB) (March 29 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Pure OC (256GB) (March 14 2012) *Great Hardware*
• Hardare Look (128GB) (March 1 2012) *Silver Award*
• The Tech Report (256GB) (February 2 2012) *Editor’s Choice*
• Tweak Town (128GB) (January 24 2012)
• OCaholic (128GB) (January 3 2012) *4 out of 5*
• Legit Reviews (256GB) (December 15 2011) *Recommended*
• XS Reviews (128GB) (December 8 2011)
• Overclock 3D (256GB) (December 5 2011) *Silver Award*
• Kit Guru (512GB) (December 1 2011)
• bit-tech (256GB) (September 29 2011) *Approved*
• Tech Spot (512GB) (September 27 2011) *Outstanding*
• Vortez (256GB) (September 25 2011) *Gold Award*
• AnandTech (512GB) (September 24 2011)
• Hot Hardware (256GB) (September 23 2011)
• Storage Review (256GB) (September 23 2011)
• Tom’s Hardware (256GB) (September 23 2011)
• Hardware Heaven (256GB) (September 23 2011) *Gold Award*
• The SSD Review (256GB) (September 23 2011)