Thread: G. Skill Phoenix Drive analyze

There is no question that Sand Force-based drives are the flavor of the month in the SSD market. In a comparatively short amount of time more than a twelve drives featuring the fresh Sand Force SF-1222 controller have been published. To give you and thought of where we stand both the OCZ Vertex 2 and Corsair Force F100 were run by our benchmark procedure.

We have extra Sand Force products in the pipeline from OWC Mushkin and Patriot. From a price and performance standpoint these drives equip most producers bills absolutely but from a user perspective, they are all essentially the similar blocking a some tradition firmware here and there.

We are attending be seeming at still another SF-1222 drive: the G. Skill Phoenix 100GB. Lots of will potential roll their eyes at this point and wrongly think we’ll be checking more of the similar as in past Sand Force reviews. Still, G. Skill has taken a totally dissimilar approach to the Sand Force conundrum.

The problem with the SF-1222 is not a need of power but in considers to firmware. As observed in former reviews, Sand Force has determined to walk the performance of their SF-1200 controller series to create the higher-end SF-1500 series stand out.

Just OCZ and their Vertex 2 are excused from this which inclines to put other company like G. Skill at a definite weakness. In theory the Phoenix is a direct competitor to the Agility 2 but by the utilize of some clever actings of their own, Gaskell’s engineers have purportedly forced this drive into Vertex 2 territory.