Review
- Introduction
- Packaging and Specifications
- Internal Impressions
- Installation and End-User Experience
- Test Setup and Benchmark
- Conclusion
The only AND biggest issue is crashing: a crash that could lead you the screen of check disks and worse case scenario- startup repair. If your startup repair was done successfully, you’re lucky. If not- I hope you have a backup.
To be honest, if you can spend bit more for an Solid State Drive, you should. If you cannot- atleast I am confident that this is not what anyone wouldn’t buy with full confidence after noting the series of issues I faced. You should be looking at either Kingston HyperX, HyperX 3K, Force GT or if all goes well- Corsair Force GS if you need a dedicated drive. You’re getting a 90gig version in HyperX 3K and 64gig version in Samsung 830 series via a store in Mumbai- but do note that Samsung India is not officially distributing/selling SSDs in India- yet.
If you can’t and want something to boost your existing OS Drive’s speed? Get a 64-90gig drive or else don’t buy- unless this issue resolved. Nvelo, the maker of the software Dataplex and Corsair need to figure it out. I fear that maybe some drives that were backed up by certain software might not work. All the more reason the software is buggy and to be honest I will have some skepticism in using this for my primary OS, especially if I don’t have a backup and worse, if that’s the drive with all the saved data. That will lead a lot of frustration.
I didn’t really expect a half-baked solution like this from Corsair without mentioning the limitations on the packaging- or on the Quick-Start guide to be honest. I would have really appreciated that. They didn’t even mention the warranty period on the package, although they mentioned 3 years guarantee.
