Testseek.co.uk have collected 86 expert reviews of the Patriot 2.5 inch Wildfire Series SATA600 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Patriot 2.5 inch Wildfire Series SATA600.
July 2011
(84%)
86 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(80%)
11 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Fastest write ops yet
Read performance almost as good
Fair price
Controller issues ironed out
Comes with a 3.5in. drivebay converter
Supports SATA 3 (6Gbps)
Much improved over the previous model
Quality Micron memory
Very good with both incompressible and compressible data
Class leading performance
Build quality and packaging is great
32nm Toshiba MLC NAND flash
The editors didn't like
Long-term use unclear
Expensive
Takes a long time to be formatted
Comparatively slow data transfer speed for an SSD
Pricing is currently a little high
Kitguru says
It is around £70 more expensive than other 120gb Sandforce 2281 powered drives
Which makes the slight performance increase difficult to justify
Having seen the OCZ Vertex 3 for the first time earlier this year we believed that it would set the benchmark for all SSDs released in 2011, and this is certainly shaping up to be the case. The Vertex 3 has also set the pace for all SandForce SF-2200 b...
Abstract: The popularity of SandForce's first-gen controller is translating to a lot of traction with its 6 Gb/s offering. Five SSD vendors sent us seven ......
As one of the most expensive 120GB SF-2200 SSDs on the market right now, the Patriot Wildfire did prove to be quite capable. Even with early release to full production changes which included halving the number of NAND flash chips, the Wildfire still m...
The Patriot WildFire is the second SF-2281 driven SSD we have tested to date, but it is the first to utilize 32nm MLC NAND memory. The reasoning behind the decision to utilize more expensive memory over the 25nm NAND seen in similar SandForce driven SS...
Abstract: We’ve opened our last few SSD round-ups with comments regarding the break-neck pace at which the solid state storage market has advanced these last few years. At the risk of repeating ourselves, the SSD market continues to show no signs of slowing down...
Patriot previously offered a fiveyear warranty, Expensive enthusiastlevel product
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
Solid state drives have only truly been commercially available for a few years and in the beginning the performance differences between those early drives were minimal. SSD's have come a long way in terms of performance, capacity and price drops and th...
Abstract: Let's start with the elephant in the room. There's a percentage of OCZ Vertex 3/Agility 3 customers that have a recurring stuttering/instability issue. The problem primarily manifests itself as regular BSODs under Windows 7 although OCZ tells me that the ...
The 120GB niche has certainly become crowded as of late but due to a myriad of reasons, innovation has been sorely lacking. Companies seem to be in rush to homogenize their lineups with that of their competitors in order to get their share of this lucr...
Incredibly fast, Sandforce 2281 controller, Delivers performance targets, 3 year warranty, Sata 6Gb/s interface, Included adapter bracket...
Pricing, Lower capacity...
Patriot has come to market with a drive that delivers excellent performance characteristics with its combination of Sandforce 2281 controller and 32nm MLC NAND in place of the 25nm delivered on the other 22XX-controlled comparison drives. In much of t...
