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Corsair P256 256GB 2.5" Solid-State Drive CMFSSD-256GBG2D Corsair P256 256GB 2.5" Solid-State Drive CMFSSD-256GBG2D $56.76 CAD Shop Now

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256GB 2.5" SSD Drive
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Rating: 7/10
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ZYKOR
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Review Date: 04/23/10
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There's a reason this has been marked down, it's junk. I paid full price only a month and a half ago, and the store won't exchange it for me. You have to go directly to Corsair and then you have to wait three weeks. While it was working, it periodically froze up, then today it fried. I had this drive together with another one as a raid 0 pair so I cannot do anything without that drive unless I purchase another one. I now don't have a computer for three weeks. I do not recommend this product to anyone. Marc
Richard_W@NCIX
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Review Date: 12/31/09
Cons: I guess the price - but you get what you pay for.

Pros: Incredibly fast, absolutely silent, miniscule power usage, exceedingly small and light.
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First, the product illustration is wrong. This is NOT a S256 model - it's a P256 model. While the documentation does indicate P256, the illustration is, nonetheless, unsettling as I had only noticed it only after I had already placed the order to NCIX.Second - it was left on my doorstep without Fed Ex attempting to get a signature even though I was at home. I noticed wide tire tracks in the snow and when I went to investigate, there was the package at the door. Phew! Even though I have honest neighbours.Third - I upgraded the Samsung firmware (Samsung makes the controller of this SSD) using the procedure found on Corsair's website. This involved using a bootable USB drive along with the tool that Corsair/Samsung provides. This went without incident and took, perhaps, 1-min to do (after making the bootable USB).I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7. This installed much faster than a similar install to a WD Raptor drive days before. I don't think it was twice as fast, but it was pretty close to that.EVERYTHING is so fast now - cold-booting to a workable OS is probably twice as fast (I had a WD Raptor 150MB for my OS drive before); shutdown is more than twice as fast; MS Office 2007 (Word) loads in < 2-sec.But what I most appreciate is the absolute SILENCE of it all - the silence is almost deafening. Too bad my mechanical data drives still exist.This is an impressive product! It gives a Windows Experience Index of 7.3 (lowest score for my system). Max score is, of course, 7.9.Aside: I chose a SSD drive for my OS drive after my WD Velociraptor abruptly died. I'm not sorry that I did.
slick
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Review Date: 09/26/09
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Want to add some pep to your laptop--get this drive! I've previously added Ram and 7200 rpm drives to get good performance, but I never expected to get the speed delivered by this SSD. My only complaint is that the installation support just isn't there. If you don't know how to clone a drive or initialize a drive, the support on the manufacturer's website isn't going to help much,--but for those you who do-- get this, it is worth the bucks$$$.

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Product Specifications

General Information
Manufacturer:Corsair Memory
Manufacturer Part Number:CMFSSD-256GBG2D
Manufacturer Website Address:www.corsairmicro.com
Brand Name:Corsair
Product Model:P256
Product Name:P256 Solid State Drive (MLC)
Package Type:Retail
Product Type:Solid State Drive
Technical Information
Storage Capacity:256 GB
Drive Performance
Maximum Read Transfer Rate:220 MBps
Maximum Write Transfer Rate:200 MBps
Interfaces/Ports
Host Interface:Serial ATA/300 - Serial ATA
Reliability
Shock Tolerance:1500 Gs
Physical Characteristics
Compatible Drive Bay Width:2.5"
Form Factor:Internal
Hot Swappable:Yes
Weight:80 g
Warranty
Standard Warranty:2 Year

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