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Patriot SSD Wildfire 120GB SATA600

Based on 24 reviews

Excellent:

12
Good:

8
Average:

3
Bad:

1

Pros

Outstanding performance.
Reasonable pricing.
SATA 6 Gbps support.
Supports TRIM.
3 year warranty.
Nice looking, rugged metal case.
3.5" adapter included.
Outstanding 558/518 MBps read/write speed with ATTO.
TCG OPAL security with 256bit AES encryption.
SandForce SF2281 processor supports TRIM, SMART, and RAISE.
DuraWrite technology extends NAND lifetime.
Top-level enthusiast operational I/O performance.

Cons

Needs SATA 6 Gbps controller to perform best.
Expensive.
Takes a long time to be formatted.
Data transfer speed is comparatively slow.
Patriot previously offered a five-year warranty.

By Expert Reviews on July 02, 2012

Occasionally impressive performance, but it’s too expensive compared to its rivals...

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By ModSynergy on March 01, 2012

The results reveal an easy conclusion. It also reveals that the name Wildfire is duly justified. If I were to make an analogy, it would be that the 120GB Patriot Memory Wildfire SSD is a Formula 1 race car. The performance coming from this SSD is...

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By StorageReview on February 24, 2012

As we compare the 120GB Patriot Wildfire in it's out of the box new state to a beaten near-to-death state, the results are pretty impressive. Granted this is a single drive sample, but consumers looking for a mainstream SSD should be at least...

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By Kitguru.net on November 23, 2011

The Solid State sector has been thriving in 2011, with a plethora of low cost models available to suit the mainstream audience. The high end enthusiast sector is significantly more demanding, with manufacturers working around the clock to get the...

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By APC Magazine on November 15, 2011

Along with the OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS, the Patriot Wildfire is one of this yearâ€™s super speed storage success stories. Some careful internal design from Patriot, along with some interesting component choices, means weâ€™ve...

90
By Real World Labs on November 02, 2011

So after reading all the results i am sure many of you are wondering about which SSD is currently the best one in the market. Well if you can afford the extra premium then the RevoDrive3 240GB is without doubt faster than every other SSD in...

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By techPowerUp! on September 29, 2011

Patriot's Wildfire 120 GB impressed me with its performance. At first I thought "just another Sandforce-based drive", but after seeing the results, where the drive often ends up being the fastest SSD in our test group, I'm starting to think...

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By HardwareHeaven on September 27, 2011

For their Wildfire SSD Patriot give us a decent box with plenty of protective material inside that ensures the drive arrives in perfect condition. The device itself has a solid chassis and inside we find a quality controller with the same Toshiba MLC...

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By Atomic MPC on September 22, 2011

Another solid...

90
By ThinkComputers on September 21, 2011

Patriot has really proved once again that they can hang with the big boys when it comes to solid state drives. They did this with the Inferno drive and they have done it again with the Wildfire drive. It is not the single fastest 2.5-inch solid...

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