Here are some reviews of Force Series GT
By : MDB
I installed the 120 gb as my boot disk and am very happy with the speed. It really helps me with 3D models in Autodesk Inventor and Revit. I would recommend going for a higher capacity than I did. I've installed windows 7, Autodesk and Autodesk's building design factory design suites and i only have about 6-7 gigs left. Wish I went for the 240.
Update: I've completely run out of room and now Realize That I've got to go 2X the size. I can not believe how fast this drive is blazingly. I am totally sold on SSD's
By : Raoolio
I had waited long to buy a SSD Unit, I was looking for a 120GB or 128GB size as I think is enough room for the OS and a lot of applications. I read all the reviews I found on tech review sites, I compared this unit to other brands and arrived to the Following Conclusions:
- Crucial m4: Not so reliable after the recent BSOD issue, more expensive.
- Samsung 830: Similar performance, reliable but more expensive.
- OCZ Vertex 3 MIOPS: Stellar performance, elements of reliability.
- OCZ Octane: slower performance for 120g unit, 512GB too expensive.
- Intel 510: Solid reliability, but slower and way more expensive.
- Adata s511: Similar to Vertex3 but more expensive.
So after considering all this units I Came to the conclusion That the best 120GB unit as of right now was the SandForce based Corsair Force GT for $ 174.99, I was a little concerned about the BSOD issues, but with the firmware v1.3.3 is every thing resolved now. A couple of months ago I got a new Dell E6520 laptop at work the which CAME with a good 320GB WD Caviar Black, but I wanted to experience the speed That SSDs offer, and I got to tell you wow! what a major difference this new technology makes! win7 my boot time went down from 1min 30sec to 30sec ... I was desperate to test this baby so I used Acronis True Image Home 2012 (which I got to the make image backups of my WD drive) to clone my HDD, it only took 8min to clone my system to the full 30GB Force GT.
It's been a week now since I cloned my drive and I just love the performance of this SSD has to offer, I now keep my WD as a second drive for all other Data with Shared eSATA Cable for 2.5 "SATA Laptop Hard Drive. I read That making a clean install instead of cloning is better, I will try to do this during the weekend and post the benchmark results of each setup. I have to mention that i did all the recommended windows tweaks to better take care of my new ssd (disable: pagefile, hibernation, pre-fetch, SuperFetch, Defrag, write-cache, etc).
If you are looking for the best price-performance SSD on the market right now, look no further, get it now! you will not believe the difference it makes.
UPDATE 01/17/2012
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I finally did it! made a clean install of Windows 7, and wow! the performance is even better this time! the boot time went from 30 seconds to 15 seconds, I Basically did the Following:
- Backup up my documents to my HDD Drive.
- Secure Erased PartedMagic with my SSD (Linux Live CD)
- Installed Win7 with the pre-OS RAID drivers.
- Installed the latest Drivers for my laptop.
- Installed the rest of the software I need for work.
My setup is as follows:
Drive C (internal unit): The SSD Unit (OS and Software)
Drive D (eSATA bay): All my documents, backups, installers, etc.
I think this setup is the best of both worlds, you have a super fast boot SSD Unit, with lots of space for your documents via a Hard Drive. I highly recommend this setup for every one out there, do not bother with cloning your old HDD drive, make a clean install instead! Make sure you just have a Corsair GT Force unit
From some of the reviews above, you can make the Corsair Force Series GT as your SSD