| Replacing your hard disk drive with the Corsair P128 SSD will revolutionize your computing experience. Games launch quicker, your computer starts faster, multiple applications run much smoother, all while running cool and silent.Corsair’s P128 SSD is the optimum SSD for your mobile or desktop computing needs. Its 220MB/s read speed and 200MB/s write speed provide outstanding performance, while the ultra-large 128GB drive capacity provides ample storage for lots of applications, music, pictures and video.Proven Samsung technology guarantees out of the box performance and stability without the need to adjust complex system-level settings or update firmware. The speed, capacity, and compatibility of the P128 are supported by the inherent reliability of solid state technology, resulting in a truly optimum solution for your mass storage requirements. |
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 extrememly good SSD |
| Review from: June 15, 2010 |
| Review by: Alex Daniels, Dallas TX |
After getting one of these for my laptop 6 months ago, I just bought a second P128 as part of a new system I'm building. The drive in my laptop (Win 7, Trim enabled) is still extremely fast and my new PC runs very quickly too.
Newer and slightly faster SSD controllers (sandstorm) are now coming out, but we're talking slight incremental improvements - you'd probably not notice any difference in real-world use. So if you can get one of these Samsung controlled drives cheaper, I'd still recommend getting one, since they have all the key features: Trim support, self-healing, 128mb controller cache etc. |
Great Value
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| Review from: August 7, 2009 |
| Review by: Raymond Barbieri, Campbell, CA USA |
I recommend this for folks interested in a faster, quieter, more robust drive. Particularly if you are going to upgrade to windows 7 since windows 7 has the built-in support. Specifically, this type of drive has a limited number of writes. While the number of times it can write is HUGE, you don't want to write unnecessarily. For example, you DON'T want to defrag this drive. There is no access time so defrag would do nothing to improve performance. However, it would cause the drive to re-write files unnecessarily and shorten the life of the drive. Windows 7 automatically de-activates defrag for SSD's.
The drive has been working very well for me and the performance boost is VERY noticeable. Also because it doesn't get hot, the computer says cooler.
For those who understand the limitations I said above, this is a great bargain and you will be very happy with this drive. |
If you think one is fast, try two ...
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| Review from: May 21, 2010 |
| Review by: Elias Israel, Seattle, WA USA |
| Based on the other reviews here, I purchased two of these units and rigged them as a RAID-0 array in a Linux server. In a word: fast. Rock solid and error-free as well. I've had them running in this configuration for nearly a year now and haven't had even a single hiccup. The only limitation I can think of is that support for the TRIM command is somewhat limited in Linux installations. If you use this on a Windows 7 machine, you should have no trouble with that. |
Awesome!
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| Review from: March 2, 2010 |
| Review by: Sean M. Behm, San Francisco |
| End of story.. Finally fixed up the only bottle neck in my new Clocked i7-920 rig. A whole new beast. Wish I had more so I could throw a raid0 together...Anyone want buy me another? |
Great INITIAL Performance, But Buyer Beware!
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| Review from: November 27, 2009 |
| Review by: Richard L. Ross, ny, ny |
I'd assign 5 stars to this SSD based on present performance--it IS very fast, loaded Win 7 Ultimate in about 20 minutes etc. I was debating between purchasing this SSD vs. a Patriot 128GB Torqx--but I've have good experience with Corsair memory (recently purchased 8GB DDR3 1600 & far more DDR2 sticks than I can now possibly use since upgrading to Win 64-bit & using an Intel 1156 mobo, i7 860 chip etc.) My only initial concern was the scant 2-year warranty (10-year for the Patriot, lifetime for Corsair memory & 5-year for a Corsair TX 750W PSU). Through earlier customer posts I expected the simple SSD in a box with nothing else, & purchased an Icy Dock 2.5 to 3.5 converter for the desktop.
My main concern was the known issue of SSD deterioration in performance when it becomes fragmented--pretty much a given in any Win OS. So I wrote Corsair support suggesting SOME sort of guide, whether TRIM was supported, whether I should keep the paging file on a separate drive (I am). The non-responsive, but truly frightening reply, is verbatim: "I would suggest to use the drive as a secondary drive and only load it with applications you want to take advantage of the performance. If you have the performance drive from time to time leave your system on over night in idol [sic.] so the self healing can run. =)."
Truly insane advice since the biggest boost is using the SSD as the boot drive, & what option do you have if you install it on a notebook??? And 128GB (pre-Win) isn't going to support much for app intensive games & graphics where the GPU does most of the heavy lifting. No mention of TRIM support through a Win 7 firmware update or any other utility to "clean" the drive to prevent deterioration of performance other than this unspecified "self-healing" function built-in. So-called 100 year or so life expectancy--nonsense "statistic" (particularly under the circumstances)--with a 2-year warranty: how will this $370 or so piece of hardware perform in a year or so? And a guide WOULD be nice: this is a retail, not OEM, purchase. Buyer beware!
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