Corsair Force GS 240GB review

The Corsair drive performed extremely well in our benchmarks. In our large file write and read tests we saw speeds of 321MB/s and 416MB/s. The drive’s large write speeds may be slower, but read speeds are not far off the much more expensive Corsair Performance Series Pro, which scored 484MB/s and 409MB/s.

The Force GS continued to perform well in the small file benchmarks, with write speeds of 146MB/s and 100MB/s, which are only marginally behind the Performance Series Pro’s speeds.

It’s a good-looking drive, and in the box is a 3.5in to 2.5in adapter and the relevant screws. The drive also has a three-year warranty, but this falls behind the five-year warranty of market leaders such as Crucial.

The only area in which the Force GS falls down compared to Corsair’s more expensive Performance Pro drive is when writing large files – in all other tests it’s nearly as quick. Couple that with its very reasonable price and you have an excellent SSD. It’s a Best Buy.