G.SKILL Phoenix Pro 60GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD Sandforce

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The speed is amazing. I run the the test and scores is essentially very same as described. The high-quality of this SDD is genuinely questionable. I mean I brought this SDD as an secondary HDD to boot the technique. Almost everything functions well till about 2 month later(now). It just cease working. I my laptop relatively very carefully, no more than-clocking or something alter the hardware working environment. It just stopworking... I'm certainly doubting the high-quality of SDD from G.Ability proper now. Even it's economical, a SDD really should surely put top quality as the very first spot. considering about refund or replacement. Manufacturer Response:.Dear BuyerWe are sorry to hear your SSD is defective. This must not take place, but rare cases do come about so hopefully this will not happen again. All G.Ability Phoenix Series SSDs are covered by a three year warranty. If your SSD is defective within this time frame, please send it in for RMA and we can replace it with a new one. If you have any further inquiries or difficulties, please don't hesitate to speak to our assistance division directly.Thank youGSKILL HelpExcellent and customer service are our leading priorities.Tech Support E mail: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept Email: rma@gskillusa.comG.Talent Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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Insanely rapid. I have an ASUS P6X58D with all the bells and whistles like SATAIII and USB3., but I went with the SSD SATAII simply because they are lastly reasonable priced. I bought two and set them up in RAID . I benchmarked with Sandra and got a drive index of 495MB/s. OCZ Vertex 120GB has a drive index of 205MB/s. Great efficiency for 300 bucks. Windows gave the G.Ability SSD RAID an Encounter Index of 7.9. None so far These come with adapters. I employed a Dremel tool to cut the prime half off of each adapter and was capable to location each SSD's stacked in a single three.5" bay.

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Came with three.5 inch mounting bracked, not that I utilized it. Costly GB/$$, but everyone knows that. You gotta pay if you wanna play. I installed this in my Dell Latitude e6410 laptop. It had a WD Black 7200rpm drive in it, and with this installed, it cut ten seconds off of the boot time. It went from 34 seconds from power up to ctrl+alt+delete screen to 24. One particular you get into Windows, every thing appears instant. I wish I had bought a bit bigger of a single, but I just wanted to try out the technologies. My laptop also seems to be cooler, which is wonderful.

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Saving precious time. As an alternative of waiting forever for points to load and files to transfer, almost everything's fundamentally instant. I have one particular of the older generation SSDs, and my have they evolved. Probably going to buy the 120GB version for my laptop. Lovin' it. None Hopefully when pricing comes down even a lot more, I can run a couple RAID setups. That would be super quick for a fairly cost. Most likely max WEI also.

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these are some great ssd's, rapid, fast, rapidly, i place two of these in raid, and they are blistering rapid, none cant wait for sataIII, i'll raid four of them then, maintain up the very good perform , gskill

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Soon after over 2 months drive still ATTO specs at 95-98% of rated speeds below Win 7 64-bit. SSDLife reports 85% life expectancy on the drive, or, at present rate of use it will fail around 2020. I'm assuming the initial hit to life expectancy came during installs and substantial-file create tests. SSDLife is an estimator; you can take it for whatever you consider it's worth. It's not a con, but SandForce controllers can't sustain writes of compressed files, such as DV, beyond about 135-150MB/sec. That's nevertheless fairly rapid. My drive will nevertheless sustain those rates. If I had it to do more than, I'd more than-provision the drive a tiny additional, say, 10% or 5GB additional. Needless to say, I do all the recommended factors such as having a pagefile on yet another drive, indexing off, timestamping off, and so forth. I have not moved .temp and .tmp files to a mechanical drive; I likely ought to.

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Great speeds advertised. Right after the initially reboot it, along with several others experiences right here, it failed to be recognized by the BIOS. I got it to show up One time, nonetheless plugging it into a USB external enclosure worked just about every time. Waiting on my replacement from newegg now. However they wouldn't let me just get a refund or exchange so I could just get a diverse brand and model. I've usually been pleased with G.Ability's RAM, too undesirable their SSD's are plagued with issues. I would remain away from their SSD's until they can iron out their issues.For the record this was installed onto a Win7 box, msi p45 platinum board, with a q6600 stock speeds, and 8gb of G.Skill 800mhz ddr2 ram. Manufacturer Response:.Dear ClientWe are sorry to hear you are obtaining such issues. The replacement ought to work significantly greater. With the most current AHCI and Intel RST drivers, BIOS should have no issue detecting this drive. If you continue to have issues and will need additional help, please make contact with our technical help division and they will be capable to help you.Thank youGSKILL HelpTop quality and buyer service are our top rated priorities.Tech Assistance E mail: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept E-mail: rma@gskillusa.comG.Skill Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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HAND'S DOWN THE Extremely Ideal SSD! OUT OF Many BRAND'S---THAT I HAVE RUN--IAM Running RAID X 3 AND Finding 700,000+ READ AND Create . MY Perform STATION IS NOW Comprehensive! Wonderful Price,FORUM;S ARE Useful AND Really POLITE FOLK'S. NONE EVGA 760I CLASSIFIED X980 CPU 6 GIG TRIPLE CHANNEL MEMORY---TIP I RUN MY -DVD-s ON THE J MICRON RED SATA PLUGS CHIPSET,AND THE BLACK SATA ARE THE INTEL CONTROLLER-Nothing at all BUT HARDDRIVES.THIS PREVENTS Problems AND KEEPS LATENCY'S CLEAN FOR MY SSD'SNEWEGG ROCKS--THEY ARE SHIPPING IN BOXES Again--THANK YOU NEWEGG!

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Prices finally came down. I am so grateful. As an alternative of employing my 8GB USB drive to shop, I have a 60GB USB drive now! Employing it as a hot swap for now to move files from household to function. Really small, light, and transportable, so crazy how this wallet sized issue can carry 60GB of files. Wish it had a USB connection that I could just use as a USB drive. Not genuinely a con, just wishful considering. Will post some much more precise specifics after I get this flying in my computer as OS.

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I appreciate this drive. Really rapid. Gave me a 7.2 in Windows practical experience. I use it for a boot drive in my Antec Sonata Elite with a WD 640 as my information drive. Windows 7loads really quick and apps scream. Besides capacity none so far. Had to place SATA cable in at a small bit of an odd angle, but this was due to the Antec case not having very enough space to put cable in at an angle that I would be genuinely content with. So far no difficulties I purchased it on sale so I may possibly wait to see it drop below 139 once again, but other wise this is the ideal point you can do to speed up system, even additional than a high finish processor, or additional ram.

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Was rapidly though it lasted. Died in 3 weeks, drive no longer shows up in the BIOS on any of my computers. eight pages of posts on G.Ability's forums, all with the similar problem.Hoping for a rapid RMS via G.Skill. Manufacturer Response:.Dear CustomerWe are sorry to hear the drive has an concern. Please send the SSD in for RMA and replacement ought to operate a lot much better. All G.Skill Phoenix Series are covered by a 3 year warranty, so if the drive becomes defective within this time frame, we can generally have it replaced. If you have any further concerns or concerns, please really feel free of charge to make contact with us straight.Thank youGSKILL HelpQuality and consumer service are our best priorities.Tech Support E-mail: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept E-mail: rma@gskillusa.comG.Ability Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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Quick and low-cost. three year warranty. I purchased 5 of these SSD to replace challenging drives. Currently 2 out of 5 have failed and are not recognized by the BIOS. G.Ability has a firmware update that I hope will avoid the other individuals I have from going out. I need to have paid a small additional to get an SSD that wouldn't fail so swiftly. The first a single that failed did so swiftly so I got NewEgg to replace it. The second a single I will have to RMA to G.Ability. Manufacturer Response:.Dear CustomerWe are sorry to hear a SSD has failed. Please send it in for RMA exchange and a new drive ought to perform better. All G.Skill Phoenix Series solid state drives are covered by a three year warranty. Should the drive have any permanent troubles during this time frame, we can have it replaced with a new a single. If you have any questions or troubles, please feel no cost to speak to us directly.Thank youGSKILL SupportTop quality and client service are our top rated priorities.Tech Assistance E-mail: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept Email: rma@gskillusa.comG.Ability Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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Incredibly quick - from the time the 1st windows screen shows up soon after the bios clears, it takes win7 about ten seconds to load to a usable state. Scores a 7.7 on the windows encounter index. All my apps open super swift. None. 60 GB is enough to run windows and all your basic apps off of to drastically raise system efficiency vs a HDD. Surely disable the windows paging file even though to no cost up space.

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22 second boot time, from pressing energy to a usable desktop in Windows 7 64 pro. No cons so far.. Following windows, steam/CSS and a couple tiny applications I'm down to 22 gigs of free of charge space... I'm gonna chew this up rapid and will be wanting a lot more space soon! Subsequent time I'll shell out the money for a 128 or some thing to the like...

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Super Quick speed.... whilst they workI have three in Raid - with and x58 board and i get 600Mbps read Speeds Quite Incredibly High Failure Rate... out of the 6 I have bought 2 have failed... Plus RMA requires forever they got my drive on the 21st of FEB i emailed them last Friday and was told that my drive is in the warehouse waiting to be inspected... more than ten enterprise days for some one to inspect my drive!!!Now i have a different dead one particular waiting to be RMA'd I will not be acquiring / recommending these once more.Keep AWAY!!!I often bought GSKILL RAM... not yet again. Manufacturer Response:.Dear BuyerWe sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Please send them in for RMA and replacement ought to function considerably far better. All Phoenix Series SSDs are covered by a 3 year warranty for these kinds of scenarios. If for whatever reason the drive is defective soon after a day, month, or year of use, we can have it replaced with a new 1. For any queries or troubles, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us directly.Thank youGSKILL AssistanceExcellent and buyer service are our top priorities.Tech Support E mail: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept E-mail: rma@gskillusa.comG.Skill Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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It worked at 1 point... Random intermittent failures of BIOS to recognize the drive. This tends to make it all the additional fun when your OS is on it. I am at the moment searching for a replacement of this drive that does not use the OEM SSM manufacturer that GSkill utilizes. If everyone has recommendations I'd enjoy to here them as SSD was good even though it lasted. Manufacturer Response:.Dear BuyerWe are sorry to hear you are getting difficulties. Please send the SSD in for RMA and the replacement really should work far better. All G.Skill Phoenix Series SSDs are backed by a 3 year warranty. At any time there is an unfixable dilemma with the SSD, you can send it in for RMA to receive a new replacement. Your stored details will be absolutely safe with us as we will break down the drive and wipe all details. Your privacy and security is one particular of our primary concerns, so you can rest assured that no data will be leaked. For all further concerns or difficulties, please really feel cost-free to contact us directly.Thank youGSKILL SupportHigh quality and client service are our best priorities.Tech Assistance E mail: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept E-mail: rma@gskillusa.comG.Skill Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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Fantastic seeds---244MBs write and 281xxx reads. On a 760i evga with X980 CPU triple channel memory.OC to 4,016 Ghz 1600 Ghz memory 58 express North chipset. Your MoBo and hardware does matter on your SDD speeds. If you have a Nvidia Plateform SecureErase Hdd erase will not perform. And you will need this to get your SDD back to new state.I HAVE Purchased five OUT OF five AND 3 COMPANYS---ONLY 1 IS Nonetheless ALIVE----NOT IMPRESSED WITH SANDFORCE Yet---Need I purchased 2 of these and each worked fine--except for 1 would not do a F/W Upgrade NewEgg cross ship will see monday.WHEN YOU DO A NEW INSTALL. In any case a SDDs are more quickly than a spinner.All of these sandforce SSDs are built by the same Manufacture..So just discover the ideal price and assistance and go for that corporation....Attempt to call them and ask RMA concerns prior to you obtain....NEWEGG ROCKS AND IS ş On the internet Retailer---- Obtain WITH Self-confidence.

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It's quick, although it does last...... If it even ships to you in a typical state... probabilities are it wont though. If your reading the reviews then i'm certain you'll notice currently that this drive has a HIGH rate of failure's. Positive you can RMA it at your expense. Just to get an additional broken one particular. Ultimately, this drive is not stable, go to the forums and you'll be sure to read a whole lot a lot more about it. G. Skill actually let me down. Manufacturer Response:.Dear CustomerWe apologize for the inconvenience. We are conscious of some of the troubles with the drive and are working with Sandforce to get them ironed out. With the most recent revision drives, they should be a lot enhanced over older generation drives. If you have a issue with your SSD, please send it in for RMA and the replacement need to work much greater.With regards to the forum, it is a great place to share details and talk about concerns you may possibly have with the drive. This creates a fantastic bank to search for options, or get help from knowledgeable customers. For this reason, you can come across all the issues men and women might have had to help you with your problem.Thank youGSKILL AssistanceQuality and consumer service are our best priorities.Tech Support E-mail: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept E mail: rma@gskillusa.comG.Skill Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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First time attempting ssd and seeing what all the hype was about. Got fairly close to the rated reading specs. Was a thing like 260+ mb/s read. As for my writing it was only 160+, but that's most likely my fault for not doing tweaks correct. Not a one. Just googled ssd tweaks and used the a single for the windows 7. Boot times are a lot quicker, about ten sec to get to log on screen. Installed windows 7 in about 15 mins. 7.6 on the windows encounter index, was only five.9 from ahead of with a wd 500gb drive. Overall happy with this drive and would advise to anybody looking to attempt or get a new ssd. =)specs:amd phenom II x4 965asus m4a78t-e4gb corsair 133360gb g.skill phoenix ssd850w corsair psu4670 his radeon hd (will be upgrading soon)rosewill detroyer situationlogitech mx 518 mouseg15 keyboardplantronics gamecom 367 headsetwindows 7 64bit

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Quite rapidly, load instances now non existant. Opens window immediately after window with no delay. You push the button, it's on the screen. Dragons Age Origins loads saved files in 1 second. Awsome! Small Drive. I know dumb point to say I knew how large it was when I ordered it, but I wish I had spent a handful of dollars additional and picked up an 80 or 120 gig drive. Not really a con more a warning for others. Windows 7 eats half of the 55 usable gbs. A few programs and two games and its at capacity. Like I mentioned not genuinely a con but some thing to be aware of. Can't say how good it is, I'm going to choose up a 120gig version subsequent month, and put this 60 in my wifes laptop.

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Phenomenal performance. Win 7 WEI disk score of 7.7 vs. 6.8 from the OCZ Vertex I replaced it with. Includes a one-piece mounting bracket, which is a good touch. Apparently, G.Skill makes use of SI measurements, so you end up with about 56 GB formatted capacity. With OCZ (my only other SSD experience) you get the full listed capacity. A minor annoyance with a smaller capacity drive, definitely not sufficient to knock an egg off.

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Just bought this undesirable boy and wow its quick, and much more trustworthy then quad raid . Just about the very same speed though. Offers me a 7.two rating when I initial installed. Soon after one week it went to 6.9. Thinking about installing a second one. Transfer speed IDK about I employed the quad raid western digital black 7200 rpm hdd and transfer a file about 120mb/s write. So I expected more rapidly, but did not appear to get these speeds on large file transfers. Worth just about every penny but dual or quad raid and your method would be unstoppable! Boots in about 6 secs immediately after bios.SpecsWindows 7 64bitDDR 3 1600 mhzQuad core 3.4ghz AMD8tb of space Manufacturer Response:.Dear ClientThank you for your G.Ability purchase and critique. You are experiencing the similar speeds since your AMD platform can not support the SSDs maximum performance. Only an Intel platform can reach our announced specifications, but as you have skilled, it is nevertheless significantly more rapidly than a standard HDD. Especially if you RAID SSD drives, the efficiency will be much greater. If you have any further queries or difficulties, please feel free of charge to contact us directly.Thank youGSKILL SupportQuality and customer service are our top priorities.Tech Support Email: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept E mail: rma@gskillusa.comG.Ability Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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Its only been a two days, but the difference is unreal.some posted a windows score of 7.two I have a 7.6 but I also have an extreme cpu.I was waiting for the Intel's to drop price but this 1 was to tempting. I am pleased with that selection. Its only two days, I hope the cons remain at a low.Initial is size, but that is not surprising...60 gig is 60 gig. I have a 640 Black as my other drive. If your thinking about it. Its only a 160 bucks. Its the finest upgrade you can get without having changing the whole program.I did significantly seeking at the san force chip set ahead of acquiring, this looks to be a solid item. Cudos to Gskill........ I hope you stand behind your merchandise, so far this is good. I will get yet another a single and raid the two.

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No real Difficulties Comes with a 3.5" mounting bracket but the actual drive is maybe 2"? So the drive sit on a single side and the screw can only mount it to the bracket at a single point. Not so stable but with no moving parts is's just my sense of aesthetic that bugs me. Never had any issues with the reliability of G.Ability hardware. Which is tricky for me to say due to the fact in my heart I can only ever love Japan. Manufacturer Response:.Dear BuyerThank you for your G.Ability purchase and assessment. Glad to hear the SSD is working nicely in your method. With regards to installation, the mounting bracket fits in standard three.5" tricky drive slots. The SSD is two.five", there are four holes on the drive which enables it to be perfectly mounted on the bracket. If you are unsure of how to do this, please don't hesitate to speak to us directly. The SSD ought to not be moving, it can be securely mounted in a desktop case. Thank youGSKILL SupportHigh quality and consumer service are our best priorities.Tech Assistance E-mail: ustech@gskillusa.comRMA Dept E mail: rma@gskillusa.comG.Skill Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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such an awesome drive and below sixty bucks!! love this point none wish it had stayed at the decrease price tag for longer