Corsair Force 3 240 GB SATA 3 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive CSSD-F240GB3-BK
List Price : $519.99
Price : $279.99
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.
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Force Series 3 solid-state drives offer impressive SATA 3 6.0 Gb/second performance at an attractive price.
Step Up To Solid-State Speed with Force Series 3
One of the best PC performance investments you can make.
You'll be amazed at the improvement over traditional hard drive access times the first time you turn on your computer, and for virtually everything you do with your PC. System startup, application load times, data transfers, and even shutdown times are all faster.
Your system will be more responsive, and you'll be more productive.
Add up all the time you spend all day waiting for your computer — starting up, loading game levels, saving large files and documents — and it can be significant. Using a PC can be a lot more enjoyable when it's not always making you wait.
The power of SATA 3 6Gb/second performance
Great for the latest high-performance PCs.
There's fast, and then there's fast. Force Series 3 SSDs have even quicker read and write times when they're installed in PCs that use the latest SATA 3 interface.
Compatible with SATA 2 3Gb/s.
Haven't yet moved to SATA 3? Like all Corsair components, Force Series 3 SSDs are designed to last through several system upgrades. Adding a Force Series 3 today means that you'll still get incredible storage performance now, and your SSD will be ready for your next upgrade.
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The cost-effective SATA 3 SSD solution.
Choosing a Force Series 3 SSD helps your computing budget go farther. They deliver outstanding SATA 3 6Gb/s performance, with prices that are comparable to lower-performance SATA 2 3Gb/s solid-state drives.
Corsair SSDs: Designed for Performance and Durability
TRIM Support
Force Series 3 SSDs feature support for the Windows® 7 TRIM command. This allows them to store only the data they need and perform memory optimization to ensure the fastest possible write speeds.
Reliability
Because SSDs have no moving parts, they can handle shock, vibration and temperature changes far in excess of mechanical hard drives. That's important for desktop PCs, and essential for notebooks.
Cool and Quiet, with Low Power Consumption
Traditional mechanical hard drives spin at thousands of revolutions per minute. This takes power, and generates noise and heat. Since SSDs have no moving parts, there's no noise or vibration, and the lower power consumption helps keep things cool inside your PC.
3.5" adapter
The 2.5" form factor allows for installation in most notebook PCs with no adapter required. If you're adding a Force Series 3 SSD to your desktop PC, use the included 3.5" adapter to mount it in any standard hard drive bay.
Force Series 3 Specifications
| Specifications | Force 3 120GB | Force 3 240GB |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120 GB | 240 GB |
| Sequential Read Speed | 550 MB/s | 550 MB/s |
| Sequential Write Speed | 510 MB/s | 520 MB/s |
| Maximum IOPs (4K Aligned) | 85K | 85K |
| Form Factor | 2.5 inch | 2.5 inch |
| Interface | SATA III (6 Gb/s) | SATA III (6 Gb/s) |
| Warranty | 3 Years | 3 Years |
| Drive Image |  |  |
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Contents and Specifications
Package contents
- Force Series 3 solid-state drive
- 3.5" adapter for desktop PCs
Technical Specifications
- Interface: SATA 3 6Gb/second
- Storage technology: Asynchronous NAND
- Operating temperature: 0° C to +70° C
- Storage temperature: -20° C to +85° C
- Operating Humidity: 10% to 90% RH (0° to +40° C)
- Maximum Operating Altitude: 3,048 m (up to 10,000 ft.)
- Maximum Non-Operative Altitude: 12,192 m (up to 40,000 ft.)
Compatibility
- SATA 3 6Gb/s
- Backward compatible with SATA II and SATA I
- Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista®, and XP; Macintosh OS X; Linux
- 2.5" or 3.5" hard drive bay
- 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 520 MB/s
- High performance SandForce SF-2200 SSD controller
- BGC (Background Garbage Collection)
- Native TRIM support (O/S support required)
- RAID Support
Kingston : Corsair Force 3 240 GB SATA 3 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive CSSD-F240GB3-BK Reviews
| 24 of 25 people found the following review helpful  Effortless Install, Effortless Performance and Corsair Redeems Themselves, This review is from: Corsair 120 GB Force Series 3 SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive - CSSD-F120GB3A-BK (Personal Computers) This is a duplicate of my review that was posted on the older F120GB3-BK model. My original review was of the newer F120GB3A-BK--this model--, and is more appropriately included here but; I will leave the other one up because it still applies.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,... Read more 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful  With the right tweaking, this is a great drive., By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Corsair 120 GB Force Series 3 SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive - CSSD-F120GB3A-BK (Personal Computers) Firstly, I want to start by saying that I KNOW what I'm doing with technology as I've worked with it for well over 20 years now, so what I'm about to post doesn't need trolling from 16 year olds who think they know better. Secondly, this review is mostly for those who either haven't worked with SSD's before or are having trouble getting this drive to play nice on their SATA controllers.The thing to understand about SSD's is that while they are VERY fast, they are also still in their infant stages. With this drive in particular, this is what you need to do to make sure that it performs the way it should. 1. Make sure that the cable you use to connect to your motherboard is at LEAST a SATA-2 cable. A vanila motherboard SATA cable is more than likely going to be SATA-1 and this drive will complain about it with failures and whatnot. 2. Make sure your motherboard has the SATA port you connect this drive to configured as AHCI in the BIOS and NOT RAID... Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful 3x Corsair Force3 90gb Raid 0, By This review is from: Corsair Force 3 90 GB SATA III/6G SATA 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive - CSSD-F90GB3-BK (Personal Computers) I have 3 of these drives set up in a software raid on my Asus Crosshair IV. Running ATTO Disk benchmark on Windows 7, I am getting 1020MB/s Read and 1100MB/s Write speeds. I never have any crashes and I have had this set-up for a couple of months now with no issues or BSODs. Needless to say, I can fully recommend this drive! |
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