Patriot SSD 2.5 inch Wildfire 240GB MLC SATA600 PW240GS25SSDR

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The 2.5-inch laptop Patriot WildFire solid-state drive (SSD) comes with a drive-bay converter so it can also fit in a 3.5-inch (desktop) drive bay. It supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) and offers a huge improvement over traditional hard drives.

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The Patriot WildFire is expensive and takes a long time to be formatted. Its data transfer speed is comparatively slow.

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Last revision on August 16, 2011

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The 2.5-inch laptop Patriot WildFire solid-state drive (SSD) comes with a drive-bay converter so it can also fit in a 3.5-inch (desktop) drive bay. It supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) and offers a huge improvement over traditional hard drives

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The Patriot WildFire is expensive and takes a long time to be formatted. Its data transfer speed is comparatively slow

Expert reviews and ratings

We were disappointed by the Patriot WildFire's file transfer speed, but happy with its effect on application performance. If you can afford the hefty price, it'll make a very good replacement drive for any computer — be it a notebook or a...

By ZDNet UK on July 28, 2011

The Patriot WildFire offers significant performance gain on any computer at a premium...

By cnet on July 27, 2011

Having seen the OCZ Vertex 3 for the first time earlier this year we believed that it would set the benchmark for all SSDs released in 2011, and this is certainly shaping up to be the case. The Vertex 3 has also set the pace for all SandForce SF-2200...

By Legion Hardware on July 25, 2011