Patriot Viper VPR100 RGB 1TB SSD Review

The VPR100 RGB comes in a compact, well-constructed box. On the front is an image of the drive along with Sequential read and write figures, as well as a sticker showing which capacity drive is in the box. Above the image is a brief description of the RGB technology supported by the VPR100.

The rear of the box is covered with multi-lingual points about the drive’s performance and available capacities.

The front of the box is, in fact, a lid which, when opened, allows the drive to be viewed behind a clear plastic window. The underside of the lid displays more information about the drive and its uses, along with another large image of the drive.

The VPR100 RGB 1TB drive is a dual-sided design. The front of the drive is covered by an impressive looking, large passive, RGB equipped heatsink. As well as the heatsink Patriot has fitted an external sensor as well, to allow the drive to perform at its best. Sitting under the heatsink is the Phison PS5012-E12 controller along with two 256GB packages of Toshiba 3D TLC NAND (labelled TABBG55AIV) and a 512GB SK hynix H5AN4G8NBJA DDR4 DRAM cache IC.

The rear of the PCB is pretty much covered by a white product sticker. Under the product label are two more 256GB NAND packages and another 512GB SK hynix H5AN4G8NBJA cache chip to give 1GB of total cache.

Patriot’s SSD management software, the Patriot PCIe Tool Box (v1.3) looks a pretty basic utility compared to some of its competitor's offerings but it really does offer all you really need to keep an eye on your drive. It shows information on the firmware version, serial number, total capacity, endurance, power-on time, if TRIM is enabled, and SMART data. It also allows the secure erase of the drive and the updating of the firmware.

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