Notebooks with SATA I or SATA II will still benefit, but users should mind their budget and go for a more affordable solution, such as TeamGroup's A1 and SiliconPower's T10.Ĭorsair's new upgrade drives are just 7 millimeters thin and use the well-known SandForce 2281 controller. Of course, these results are only possible with SATA III laptops.
Not only do the sequential transfer rates go up from the average 50 MB/s to a respectable 350 ~ 400 MB/s, but the access times are a hundred times faster, and the multi-threading will actually work respectably. When compared with 2.5” laptop drives that are usually twice slower than a desktop HDD, an SSD is like a “Warp Drive.” SSDs are an obvious advantage over normal HDDs. The upgrade kits come with two SSD sizes: 120 GB and 240 GB. Well-known memory and SSD manufacturer Corsair is announcing the new “Force Series 3 SSD Notebook Upgrade Kit” on its official website.
