Corsair Force GT 180GB SSD Drive Review
The SSD market is growing rapidly with each passing day and became even more attractive after the recent catastrophe in Thailand which caused the prices of mechanical drives to rise significantly. One of the leading SSD providers is Corsair, which may have started off as a RAM modules manufacturer but today is famous for their many enthusiast-class products. A few months ago we reviewed a SSD from their fastest series of drives, the 120GB Force GT. Corsair soon afterwards released slightly better, larger versions of the drives utilizing the same controller. Today we are going to have a look at one of those drives, the 180GB Force GT SSD.
The SSD market is growing rapidly with each passing day and became even more attractive after the recent catastrophe in Thailand which caused the prices of mechanical drives to rise significantly. One of the leading SSD providers is Corsair, which may have started off as a RAM modules manufacturer but today is famous for their many enthusiast-class products. A few months ago we reviewed a SSD from their fastest series of drives, the 120GB Force GT. Corsair soon afterwards released slightly better, larger versions of the drives utilizing the same controller. Today we are going to have a look at one of those drives, the 180GB Force GT SSD.
Manufacturer features and specifications
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Warranty |
Three years |
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SSD Unformatted Capacity |
180 GB |
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Max Sequential Read/Write (using ATTO Disk Benchmark) |
555 MB/s sequential read 525 MB/s sequential write |
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Max Random 4k Write (using IOMeter 08) |
85k IOPS (4k aligned) |
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Interface SATA |
6Gb/s |
|
Form Factor |
2.5 inch |
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DRAM Cache Memory |
No |
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Weight |
80g |
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Voltage |
5V ±5% |
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Power Consumption (active) |
2.5W Max |
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Power Consumption (idle/standby/sleep) |
0.6W Max |
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S.M.A.R.T. Support |
Yes |
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Shock |
1500 G |
|
MTBF |
2,000,000 hours |
· 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.)












