Patriot Memory 64GB Torqx SSD

Jul 10th, 2009 | By Simon

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Patriot Memory doesn’t have too many solid state drives on the market but when they decide to release one, you can bet they go for performance. You don’t see them with wimpy JMicron controllers inside. It’s the best bang for your buck or nothing at all. With recently added 10 year warranty, you know the Torqx will be a great pick over the competition.

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While some of the numbers point to a slightly slower drive than say the G.Skill Falcon or OCZ Vertex, it’s not by a significant margin. Anyone jumping from a mechanical drive or an older JMicron controller drive will definitely notice an improvement. As small of a detail as it may be, one of the nice touches that Patriot Memory has done is include a 3.5″ bracket. Let’s face it, many of us are going to buy an SSD and install it on our desktop PCs. I would happily pay a few extra dollars to secure my investment firmly in my case than have it slide around or hang off the SATA cables!

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Advantages

  • Consistent performance for both empty and full drive

  • 3.5″ bracket included
  • New controller with cache provides significant reduction in random access times
  • 10 year wararnty

Disadvantages

  • Numbers point to slightly slower performance than competition

I’d like to thank Patriot Memory for making this review possible.

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  1. owen July 16th, 2009 7:32 pm

    The power graph doesn’t seem to be right on page 4. Can the power really be 200 watts? Or was it 2.xx watts? Also, I would imagine the idle power consumption differs greatly from the loaded power consumption for SSD drives and not so much for magnetic drives. But I don’t see it here. Am I missing something?

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  2. Simon July 17th, 2009 10:10 am

    The power reading for the the PSU, not just the hard drive. The numbers reported are from my power meter.

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  3. showtime August 4th, 2009 4:42 pm

    here are some gskill falcon 64gb (new) facts
    look at how much smoother the falcon is….
    http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/424/gskillstandalone.jpg
    http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3623/gskillwithvistarunning.jpg
    http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1314/standalonegskill64gb1.jpg

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  4. showtime August 4th, 2009 4:48 pm

    http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/221/gskillstandalone2.jpg

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