Asynchronous NAND has lowered performance when dealing with incompressible data
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Most buyers looking for a SATA3 SSD would expect the blazing fast performance of drives in the Vertex 3 class, and for good reason. Why else would SSD manufacturers bother putting such a speedy interconnect in place if the rest of the drive can't...
Looking back to our previous review which features the more expensive Force Series GT model we said that the build quality was the usual high standard from Corsair with a solid casing on the outside that protects the high quality branded controller...
So, should buy this drive? We think so. Priced at Rs. 10,499, the Corsair Force 3 120GB strikes a very good balance between speed and capacity. It’s roughly the same performance as the last Plextor drive we reviewed. Although, the capacity of this...
Corsair’s Force 3 SSD drive performed better than we initially expected it to. We did not expect it to be able to match the performance of the considerably more expensive Force GT drive; however it performed very close to it and actually managed...
Corsair's 120GB Force Series 3 is one of the quickest SSDs available for under £170. Armed with a cutting-edge SandForce SF-2281 processor, it delivers excellent real-world performance when hooked up to a SATA 6Gbps interface, while keeping...
This month Kitguru has been at the forefront of many Solid State Drive reviews including the new models from ADATA and OCZ. Today we are looking at the new model from Corsair, the Force 3 120GB which is set to target a wide audience, offering high...
What we have seen throughout is Incompressible Data is hard enough for a Sync NAND SandForce controlled drive to deal with and Async NAND magnifies the problem. We love that Corsair chose to implement the 2282 controller along with more NAND modules...
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....
The Corsair Force 3 SSDs performed as expected; in most cases the Corsair drives based on the SandForce SF-2200 controller with Asynchronous NAND came in close to the Force GT in heavy read activity, but slipped when heavy random writes were added to...
Welcome to the sixth iteration of our highest-ranked SSDs at any given price point. We updated our recommendations to reflect the recent price drops on second-gen SandForce hardware. There are several good deals to be found for right about £150....
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