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G.Skill 2.5 inch Phoenix Pro Series SATA300

Based on 11 reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

3
Average:

4
Bad:

0

Pros

SandForce controller reliable as ever; high random IOPS; competitive price.
Impressive 286MB/s read speeds in ATTO, Included mounting bracket, 3year warranty, Very close to that $100 price point.
Build Quality, Blazing Fast Read/Write Speeds, Up To 50.000 IOPS, 2.5' To 3.5' Bracket Included, Native TRIM Support, DuraClass/DuraWrite/RAISE Technologies, 120GB At The Price Of 100GB
Outstanding synthetic test performance, More IOPS than other Sandforce drives, Performance improvement over many other Sandforce SSDs, Large capacity, Supports TRIM
Very impressive 284MB/s read and 272MB/s write in ATTO, Best ATTO score out of all SandForcebased drives we have tested, Available in capacities up to 240GB, 3year warranty, Included mounting bracket.
Outstanding 286/273 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, SandForce SF1200 processor supports TRIM, SMART, and RAISE, DuraWrite technology extends NAND lifetime, Toplevel enthusiast operational I/O performance, 3Year G.Skill limited product warranty, 60/1

Cons

Cheap enclosure.
Poor write speeds in our testing
Price (For Some)
High price, Large, too much space for many, Reallife performance not as impressive as synthetic, IOPS improvement can not make a big difference, No acessories included
No USB MiniB connection
Does not deliver on advertised 50,000 IOPS, More expensive than other similar products, Lacks integrated USB MiniB data connection, Not 3rdGeneration SATA6.0 compliant

By Maximum PC on March 11, 2011

In our quest to cover the latest and greatest technology, we’re sometimes guilty of neglecting perfectly cromulent SKUs from smaller manufacturers. The Phoenix Pro series of solid-state drives is built on the same SandForce SF-1200 controller that...

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By StorageReview on December 10, 2010

At the end of the day, G.Skill's drive is going to have to compete the same way most SandForce-based drives have to: on price. Overall the Phoenix Pro is neither the fastest nor slowest drive in our lineup, but as a result it doesn't draw any...

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By Clunk.org UK on November 16, 2010

To sum up, if you are looking for a blisteringly fast drive that will keep up with and in some case surpass 99% of other drives out there in terms of IOPS performance and a three year warranty on top, then the G.Skill Phoenix Pro Drives are certainly...

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By HEXUS.net on November 08, 2010

G.Skill's Phoenix Pro is one of the fastest, most-affordable 40GB SSDs on the market. But whilst performance at the £80 price point is excellent, the drive faces stiff competition from a rising number of 60GB alternatives. G.Skill's own...

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By Legit Reviews on October 29, 2010

While the G.Skill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD doesn't visibly standout from its peers, it's certainly a solid offering with performance that won't disappoint....

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By TechRadar on October 25, 2010

To RAID or not to RAID. That is the question. At least, it's an increasingly interesting question with the number of smaller, more affordable solid state drives (SSDs) on the rise. The latest example of just such an SSD is the new G.Skill Phoenix...

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By BeHardware on October 24, 2010

The Phoenix range is limited to 10 000 IOPS in random writes by the firmware but not the Phoenix Pros,...

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By ThinkComputers on October 13, 2010

First let’s talk about the capacity of this drive, 40GB. It seemed that the 60GB capacity was going to become the smallest capacity standard for solid state drives, but all of a sudden many manufacturers were coming out with 40GB drives. The...

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By Real World Labs on September 20, 2010

Although this review is more of a prelude of what’s to come at the end of the month with our quite huge SSD roundup we did manage to see the superiority of SSD drives even when compared to the latest SATA3 HDD model by Seagate. Of...

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By 3dGameMan on September 17, 2010

Video Review: The G.Skill Phoenix Pro 40GB SSD is super fast and affordable. So if you are thinking about getting a SSD without breaking the bank, this would be a fantastic option. While a single drive performance is fantastic, a couple in RAID 0 is...

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