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

Reviewers Liked

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

Reviewers Didn't Like

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

Expert reviews and ratings

100

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

By Expert Reviews on September 01, 2012

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 TechRadar on August 27, 2012

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 FirstPost on August 24, 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 Ocaholic on July 27, 2012

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 techPowerUp! on July 24, 2012

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 uk.hardware.info on January 09, 2014

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 GoldFries on November 26, 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 uk.hardware.info on February 08, 2013

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 AnandTech on November 22, 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 X-bit Labs on September 17, 2012

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