Corsair 2.5 inch Neutron XT Series SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

3
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Great performance in all tests, 5year warranty, One of the fastest drives we have tested lately, Great feature set, Works with Corsair SSD toolbox
Great feature set to optimize for reliability, Impressive performance in the majority of our benchmarks, Low power consumption
Excellent performance, Fast in every scenario, Solid feature set, Looks the business

Cons:

Poor performance in server mixedworkloads
Pricing is unknown, 'Only' 3year warranty

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Last revision on January 10, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Great performance in all tests, 5year warranty, One of the fastest drives we have tested lately, Great feature set, Works with Corsair SSD toolbox
Great feature set to optimize for reliability, Impressive performance in the majority of our benchmarks, Low power consumption
Excellent performance, Fast in every scenario, Solid feature set, Looks the business

Reviewers Didn't Like

Poor performance in server mixedworkloads
Pricing is unknown, 'Only' 3year warranty

Expert reviews and ratings

C orsair has entered an SSD market that's saturated with brands and models, with little to differentiate. Ever the image-proud company, Corsair is playing at the top end, with its new Neutron XT SSDs, up against the best Samsung, SanDisk and Intel have...

By PC Authority on June 08, 2015

100

As I mentioned this drive is powered by the newer Phison PS3110 controller matched with Toshiba 19 nm MLC NAND. The drive has great features like the end to end data protection, Smart ECC, Smart Flush and Smart Refresh. You also have the ability to...

By ThinkComputers on March 17, 2015

While the 120 GiB SSDs are the most popular models because of their low cost, 240 GiB models are becoming affordable, and thus becoming the preferred ones. Today, we will test the Corsair Neutron XT 240 GiB, targeted to the high-performance market.The...

By Hardware Secrets on June 30, 2015

Back in November of last year, we tested the Corsair Neutron XT , which was the first product to feature the Phison PS3110-S10 controller . First spotted at Flash Memory Summit , the S10 sports the following features:Corsair was Phison's launch partner,...

By PCPer on May 06, 2015

The Corsair Neutron Series XT offers enthusiasts and media professionals a high-performance drive that delivers very well in the client-centric use cases this SSD is designed for. Corsair Neutron Series XT at AmazonDiscuss this...

By StorageReview on November 22, 2014

One result to point out is the performance consistency. One purpose of the extra CPU cores is to increase performance in steady-state by handling the flash management, but that does not seem to be happening as efficiently as one might hope. If this was a...

By AnandTech on November 21, 2014

The Corsair Neutron XT series SSDs is the latest storage drive to be released by Corsair. The Corsair Neutron XT 240GB drive is powered by a Phison 3110-S10 controller (aka Phison S10), which was just introduced in August 2014. This is the first time...

By Legit Reviews on November 18, 2014

When considering all form factors, the 2.5″ notebook SSD comprises the largest segment and should for some time, bar popularity of the M.2 in the next few years. Even then, there will still be a very large number of those holding on to SATA based...

By thessdreview.com on November 17, 2014

We'd normally bust out our famous value scatters to put the Neutron Series XT's performance and pricing into perspective. The drive isn't due to be available until next month, though, and Corsair has yet to set final pricing. Our value analysis will...

By The Tech Report on November 17, 2014

The Corsair Neutron XT yielded an interesting mix of performance. Sequentials were among the highest we've seen in any SATA SSD. This was true at the 240GB capacity, which was surprising given other competing units typically suffer on write speeds at...

By PCPer on November 17, 2014

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