Instead of using everyone’s favourite Sandforce controller, Patriot opted for the Phison PS3105-S5 controller to provide the speed to their new Torqx 2 lineup. The controller differs from Sandforce in two ways, one good and one bad. On the bad side even the claimed read and write speeds are slower, at 210 and 150MB/s but on the plus side the drives will be noticably less expensive than the competitions. Legion Hardware put this 128GB SSD to the test and weren’t disappointed, though their expectations were fairly low going into the review.
"There was never the expectation that the Patriot Torqx 2 128GB might blow our socks off, with claimed read/write performance of just 270–230MB/s that was just not going to happen. At best we were hoping for a mid-range product and at $225 US for the 128GB version this is how the Torqx 2 is priced."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- OCZ Technology Vertex 3 SSD Form Factor: Bigger isn’t Always Better @ TweakTown
- OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD @ XSReviews
- Patriot Memory Torqx 2 128GB Solid State Drive (RAID 0) Review @ Modsynergy
- OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Max IOPS SATA 3 SSD Review – OCZ Reaches Even Higher and Maintains Price Point @ SSDReview
- Patriot 128GB Torqx 2 SSD @ Rbmods
- Crucial M4 512GB SATA 3 SSD Review – Top Tier Performance at an Unmatched Price @ The SSD Review
- Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SSD Review @ The SSD Review
- Samsung Spinpoint F4EG EcoGreen 2Tb Hard Drive Review @ The SSD Review
- Patriot Torqx 2 Solid State Drive @ Tweaktown
- Patriot Torqx 2 Phison SSD Tests @ Benchmark Reviews
- Intel’s Smart Response; SSD Caching Tested @ Techgage
- MyDigitalSSD 50mm Bullet Proof mSATA PCIe 64GB SSD @ Tweaktown
- Buffalo CloudStor Pro (2TB) Review @ TechReviewSource
- Verbatim Store’n’Go 1 TB USB 3.0 @ techPowerUp
- ineo Tech I-NA317U+ HDD Docking Station and 3.5" HDD Storage Case Review @Hi Tech Legion
- Kingwin HDCV-1 and KF-252-BK Hard Drive and SSD Docking Solutions Review @ OverclockersHQ
- ADATA Nobility N005 16 GB USB 3.0 @ techPowerUp
128MB is a good size drive of
128MB is a good size drive of a laptop. However, the prices are not that low to replace the HD in your old laptop that is worth less then the SSD.