Corsair 2.5 inch Force GS Series SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 10 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros:

Great performance, SATA 6 Gbps support, Supports TRIM, 3year warranty, 3.5" adapter included

Cons:

Warranty could be longer, Needs a SATA 6 Gbps controller to perform best

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Last revision on November 26, 2014

Editors Liked

Great performance, SATA 6 Gbps support, Supports TRIM, 3year warranty, 3.5" adapter included

Editors Didn't Like

Warranty could be longer, Needs a SATA 6 Gbps controller to perform best

Expert reviews and ratings

By Expert Reviews on September 01, 2012 100

Almost as quick as top-spec SSDs for far less money - this is an excellent mainstream...

By TechRadar on August 27, 2012 80

Corsair doesn't mess about when it comes to solid state drives. It seemingly doesn't matter what sort of configuration you want, you can pick one up from the former memory maestro. I say 'former' only because Corsair has branched out so far that only...

By FirstPost on August 24, 2012 70

The pricing of the Corsair Force GS is: 180GB - Rs.12,500 240GB - Rs.15,300 360GB - Rs. 23,000 480GB - Rs. 32,000 If you've been keeping track of the prices of SSDs, you'll notice that a 240GB SSD now costs as much as a 120GB one would a few months...

By Ocaholic on July 27, 2012 100

After the Force 3 and the Force GT Corsair releases a third SSD which is based on SandForce's SF-2281 controller. The drive which is available with 180 GB, 240 GB, 360 GB and 480 GB capacity is called Force GS and it makes use of Toggle NAND flash to...

By techPowerUp! on July 24, 2012 94

Corsair's Force GS 240 GB is a great and well-performing solid state drive. It is built on the popular SandForce SF-2281 controller, paired with fast Toggle Mode flash chips, which are a first for Corsair. Corsair has promised improved performance,...

By uk.hardware.info on January 09, 2014

Unless you're sporting really old hardware, an SSD is the best sure-fire way to boost the performance of your desktop or laptop computer. There is so much choice now it's difficult to know whether there is a significant difference between various SSDs...

By GoldFries on November 26, 2013

What's the difference between the GS and the LS that I reviewed last week ? The GS unit has 2,000,000 MTBF instead of 1,000,000 of the LS and shock resistance of 1500G instead of 40G of the LS. It doesn't come with the 256 MB DRAM Cache Memory that's...

By uk.hardware.info on February 08, 2013

In June, 2012 we published a large group test of SSDs with capacities of 120/128 GB and 240/256 GB . Those are still the most popular sizes, judging from what people search for on Hardware.Info. The world of SSDs didn't stand still, and since then a...

By AnandTech on November 22, 2012

I may sound like a broken record but all SandForce SSDs except Intel's are more or less the same. While there are small variations in performance, the big picture is still alike. You have a few NAND choices but most manufacturers offer SSDs based on all...

By X-bit Labs on September 17, 2012

The Corsair Force GS is a second product representing a new modification of the second-generation SandForce platform. The SF-2281 controller can be combined with synchronous or asynchronous flash memory manufactured by Intel and Micron or with 32 nm...

By hardwarebbq.com on August 31, 2012

In one corner we have the mechanical storage drive industry becoming smaller- especially now that Seagate has completed acquiring LACie. But its the opposite that's going on in the SSD Market. It still does need to catch up on higher storage space with...

By Hardware Canucks on August 28, 2012

Unlike most SSDs which have been released extremely late in the lifestyle of certain product generations and make no mistake, the SF2281 is edging towards its sunset period– the Corsair Force GS 240GB is a drive which simply could not have been...

By uk.hardware.info on August 27, 2012

The Corsair Force GS 240 GB is an excellent SSD. Now that the problems with SandForce belong to the past with the arrival of firmware version 5, there is no reason not to buy this solid state drive. In terms of performance the Force GS is one of the...

By Real World Labs on August 20, 2012

With 5 series firmware that restores TRIM guaranteed to be available very, very soon and proven RAID 0 TRIM having already arrived, it just keeps getting better. RAID 0 domination has arrived folks. The GS is top of the line and is the end result of...

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