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 |