Corsair Force Series 3

80% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

81% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Awesome peak performance ; Durawrite tech should increase longevity

Patchy performance ; Currently unstable with some mobos

As good as or better than previous generation high end drives in many real world scenarios ; Great price to performance ratio ; Good warranty and support structure ; 2.5” to 3.5” adapter included free

ONFi 1.0 NAND does limit the performance ; Maximum” specifications for this drive paint an incorrect picture of its real world performance ; Lowered performance compared to most other SF2281 based drives ; Large performance variance from test to test ;...

On paper, the Force Series 3 120GB looks to be fighting an uphill battle in against some competing drives. It uses NAND built to an older

strong all round performance ; excellent pricing ; ideal for raid 0 – maintaining a sub £400 cost

none we can think of

Edit June 2011: KitGuru were one of the first publications to get access to these drives. Since the review went live our unit developed an intermittent fault and we reported it to Corsair. The problems were not isolated and Corsair issued this...

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...

So, should buy this drive? We think so. Priced at Rs. 10,499, the Corsair Force 3 120GB strikes a very good balance between speed and capacity. It’s roughly the same performance as the last Plextor drive we reviewed. Although, the capacity of this...

3 year Warranty ; SandForce SF2281 Controller ; Excellent price-to-performance ratio ; Bundled 2.5 inch to 3.5" adapter ; SATA 6Gb/s ; High sequential rates

Asynchronous NAND has lowered performance when dealing with incompressible data

Solid state drive performance improvement over traditional platter drives is undeniable and widely accepted. Because of the premium price, however, a lot of people are not so quick to jump with both feet into this technology. This is exactly why...

There is no doubt that with the current generation of SSD’s, even with some great Marvell drives out there, that models based on the latest Sandforce controller are proving the most popular. Even within the various manufacturers who offer their drives...

We have a lot to cover in the conclusion today, but most of the information I want to relay to you has to do with the price / performance ratio.