A few years ago only a few people were running an SSD in their computer. These days though most enthusiasts and gamers are sporting one. Why? Because they speed up your computer in areas that even the fastest CPU or video card can’t do. The thing is if you got in on it all early, you are most likely running a small OS only drive. Well if you haven’t noticed prices have been dropping, for what you spent on that 60GB drive you can get the Corsair Force Series LX 256GB. Not only will that hold your OS but now you can installed a few more programs on it as well. In fact you should be able to run everything you need off of your SSD with the exception being if you are like me and install every steam game you own. You should keep some of that on a second hard drive. Today I’m going to take a look and see how the budget focused LX drive performs and find out if it is currently the best deal to be found.

Product Name: Corsair Force LX 256GB

Review Sample Provided by: Corsair

Written by: Wes

Pictures by: Wes

 

Specifications

Warranty

Three years

Unformatted Capacity

256 GB

Interface

SATA 6Gb/s

Form Factor

7mm high, 2.5 inch

DRAM Cache Memory

256 MB

Voltage

5V ±5%

Power Consumption active

3.0W Max

Power Consumption Inactive

0.6W Max

Shock

40G

SSD Smart Support

Yes

SSD Technology

MLC ONFI

Max Sequential Read (ATTO)

Up to 560MB/s

Max Sequential Write (ATTO)

Up to 300MB/s

Max Sequential Read (CDM)

Up to 520MB/s

Max Sequential Write (CDM)

Up to 300MB/s

Max Random Read QD32 (IOMeter)

76K IOPS

Max Random Write QD32 (IOMeter)

70K IOPS

 

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #36293 20 Feb 2015 18:13
Happy Friday everyone. Today I take a look at a 256 gig SSD that you can find for around $125. At that pricepoint is this a great SSD, we will find out!

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