Product Details
- Color: Black
- Brand: Corsair
- Model: CSSD-F120GB3-BK
- Format: CD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 4.38" h x
1.18" w x
5.38" l,
.25 pounds
- Hard Disk: 120GB
Features
- SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3) connectivity- Works seamlessly with SATA 3 systems
- Backward compatible-Works with SATA 3Gb/s (SATA 2) systems
- Sequential read speeds of up to 550 MB/s
- Sequential write speeds of up to 510 MB/s
- High performance SandForce SF-2200 SSD controller
- BGC (Background Garbage Collection)
- Native TRIM support (O/S support required)
- RAID Support
Product Description
Step up to SATA 6Gb/s performance with a Corsair Force Series 3 SSD. Your system responds better, boots quicker, and loads applications faster. Ideal for notebooks, Corsair SSDs run cooler and quieter than traditional hard drives, using less power.
Customer Reviews
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
By Canis Majoris
We have all read the reviews. If you want an SSD you have these choices:1. If you want reliability at a premium price get either Intel or Crucial.2. If you want to take more of a risk for a lower price and maybe higher speeds go with Corsair or OCZ.3. Sandforce controllers should make the drive perform faster, but have issues and should be avoided until the bugs can be fixed, right?Because of a very good price on the 120GB Corsair Force 3, I finally bought an SSD to install in my Dell laptop. I knew I wanted to eventually get an SSD for the sole reason of seeing the greatest performance increase you can do, basically, if you had to upgrade one thing. I knew nothing of what to optimize, what to tweak, or how to specially install an SSD other than putting it in, and loading Windows like I normally do to a new drive. Fortunately, this was all the information I needed to see the improvements that everyone else has seen when going with an SSD.**I used this SSD on a Sata III port in my laptop**Note that I am using firmware 1.3.2, and did not upgrade to 1.3.3. Corsair stated that, unless you had problems with the 1.3.2, there was no reason to upgrade to 1.3.3.**When you are buying this SSD, make sure you note the -model- number** In this case my model # was CSSD-F120GB3A-BK. The *A* is important, because that means the SSD is preloaded with 1.3.2 firmware and is likely the newly 'revisioned' drive. Look for this on the box when you receive it. If you do not have an A at the end, upgrade to 1.3.2, or 1.3.3, as soon as you can to minimize anything going wrong.I wanted to use this drive as a primary boot drive (the drive that loads and boots into Windows). After installing the drive in my laptop, I switched the SATA controller (as your computer is starting up you have to press an F key--which usually shows on the screen--to get into the BIOS) to AHCI, and booted to a USB Flash Drive (I had a Windows 7 .iso, or CD, on a 4gb flash drive though you could alternatively use a Windows install DVD/CD). **The reason for having Windows on a thumb drive is because of the quickness of using Flash to install on Flash (your SSD)** The complete Windows installation took about 15 minutes whereas it usually took around 45 minutes on a normal harddrive. This is your first taste of how your computer has increased its performance. During the installation I had 0 problems.Doing a fresh install of Windows on your new SSD is the same process as if you formatted a harddrive and started from scratch to restore from system discs. Make sure, though, if you have the option, to enable AHCI mode under SATA Controllers in your BIOS before using the SSD.After Windows had been opened for the first time, I installed the drivers for my system and was finally able to restart after each program 'install' and not worry about losing a lot of time. You know everytime you install a driver it asks to 'reboot now'? Well, with an SSD you will not have to say to yourself, "But do I really want to waste a minute or two letting Windows shut it self down and restart all over again"?[---Bootup Times---]Complete shutdown to bootup time was 30 seconds.Startup time after immediately pressing power button is around 23 seconds.Shutdown time is 4-5 seconds.After installing drivers I ran Windows Experience Index. This drive scored a 7.9--the maximum score available--under 'Primary Hard Disk'. I have heard that you should run the WEI with an SSD as soon as you can because it is at this time Windows recognizes your SSD as an SSD. Why is this important? Because Windows 7 will then disable Defrag, Readyboot and other non-constituent performance tweaks. It will also enable the much needed TRIM. Also I would search online for further tweaks that you can use to improve your SSD performance even more.Now because I wanted hard data on what speeds I was getting from the Force 3, I installed ATTO and PerformanceMark. Here are the numbers:[---Actual Performance Numbers--]*PerformanceMark takes a composite score that rates a drive based on its Sequential Read/Write/Random Seek speeds.*Performance Mark Disk Mark was around 3550.To put this number into perspective: the highest average Disk Mark number on PerformanceMark's website is 3512. Going by their website, my Corsair Force 3 Disk Mark score is as good as it gets right now.[---PerformanceMark numbers for competitors---]:Intel 510 Series 120 GB SATA Version 3 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive is 2,263Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT128M4SSD2 is 2,063ATTO Scores were close to what is advertised under the specifications listings. Read was close to 550mbps max and Write was close to 500mbps.I will add too that I usually put my laptop into sleep mode about 20-25 times a day. Having this drive for a little bit now, I can safely say that there have also been 0 problems when coming out of sleep. This review will be updated if anything changes.One thing I have noticed too after upgrading to the SSD is that my laptop fan never comes on when I am just using the web checking e-mails, or streaming videos. If I close my eyes, I cannot hear anything that would let me know my laptop is on. Did I mention too, that this also transfers to the heat at the bottom, most likely on your lap. It does not even feel warm to the touch anymore. Probably just lukewarm.Want another reason to take a risk with Corsair? Their excellent customer service and warranty program. If you did happen to get a bad one, you would be covered--for 3 years as per their warranty. The latter is one of the reasons I took a risk with Corsair even with unfavorable reviews. Because my drive is reliable, and it produces outstanding performance numbers, the little risk that may have been involved has since turned into a huge reward.[---My Recommendation---]Because I found the Force 3 at such a low price, I did not consider the Force 3 GT however; the price of the Force GT, as of right now, is close enough to the Force 3 that the extra dollars (in this case around 30$ more) is worth it to buy the Corsair Force Series GT 120 GB SATA 2.5-Inch SATA III Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK). The latter will come close to doubling the performance gains of the Force 3 in *real world* usage. The stated specifications will seem to be the same, but the performances you see will be better with the Force GT. If you have never had an SSD and the price gap between the Force 3 and Force GT is greater than 50$, go with the Force 3. If the gap is less and/or you want the absolute best performance an SSD can give you right now, buy the Force GT.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By E
I received one of the new and updates drives from Corsair. The updated drives will begin with a part number 1123 or greater.I must say the drive operates just like many of the benchmarks you'll find dotted around the web. As typical with an SSD, apps load extremely fast and reboots (at least for me) are less than 30 seconds. I previously was using an Intel X25-M and was expecting a huge increase in write performance since the Intel is limited to 80MB/sec on SATAII. But, in reality the Corsair SSD with its 510MB/sec write didn't make much of a difference in my world. I based this on using an Intel H67 motherboard, Intel QuickSync, and Arcsoft MediaConverter 7 to transcode a DVD to h.264 on the same drive. The result was 8:59 seconds compared to 10:15 seconds using the X25-M. Now, many will see this as an increase by shaving 1:16 seconds off the transcode time but I was looking for something greater considering the CSSD-F120GB3-BK has greater than six times the write speed and twice the read speed as the Intel.This drive has not been flawless for me. I also play Age of Empires: The Conquorers (which the game is completely cached to the SSD) and I have had a couple of BSODs so far. I can not 100% say it is the SSD because I also had one under the X25-M while playing the game. But, I have only had the Corsair SSD for a couple of days (as of this writing) and have had two already. I've done MediaConverter 7 transcoding, ran heavy flash-based applications, and had large file transfers going in the background and the CSSD-F120GB3-BK never hiccuped once. So, maybe the BSODs are a specificly related to the playing the game.Overall, I am pleased with the drive. Considering the first batch of drives were recalled and I have only experienced BSODs while gaming, I sort of have a bad aftertaste for these drives. I probably would not buy again, but then again from now on I will only buy Intel-based SSD drives as I never had the least bit of a problem (other than the single BSOD) with them and the Corsair drive's performance is only marginally better than the X25-M. And I had my X25-M for nearly two years.Updated: 8/10/2011 from 4 star to 5 starsThe first CSSD-F120GB3-BK received worked for the most part except for the random crashing. But, I ended up returning it. I have since purchased another one (with a different part number beginning with 1130). It was not crashing but randomly freezing. Corsair has a new firmware, v1.3, available that now solves all previous problems with the drives. My drive performs flawlessly and I get 86-90% of the SATAIII speeds for writes and reads. I am completely happy now.Updated: 11/6/2011Corsair released another update v1.3.3. From the previous update to the current I was not experiencing too many problem. The updates have definitely fixed the very early BSOD/Stalling issues. I still have a very specific inference when the drive will crash but its easier to deal with since I know what will trigger the BSOD. I have about 90-95% confidence in relying on this drive for critical work. As said before, I like the speed and performance but probably would not buy again because reliability is something I can't trust right after purchasing.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
By Holco
Bought this drive 3 weeks ago from another retailer. Found out about the problems the first batch of these drives was having. Found out about the recall 2 days later (naturally!). To Corsair's credit, they admitted it was thier fault for not discovering the issue in QC. I received the replacement drive 2 days after the new ones were in stock. Yeah, rma's stink, but Corsair handled it very well. As for the drive itself, I've had no problems at all since I recieved the new drive. It's only been 5 days, but I've thrown every program I have at it & it's very fast and solid so far.Now for the the "but" - No dig against Amazon, but this drive is selling for a LOT less money elsewhere. Look for a rebate & you can get one for $179 right now. Or wait to see if the price here comes down. I would highly recommend it now that the problems have been fixed.
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