Patriot Pyro 120GB SSD Review

Patriot have two excellent performance oriented 120GB solid state drives on the market now: The more expensive Wildfire delivers ultimate incompressible data throughput, but with a wallet sapping asking price of £225 inc vat. The Pyro, which we reviewed today is sold for around £60 less, at £170 inc vat.

The Pyro would make a lot of sense for many people, because in the real world you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. With incompressible data tests the Wildfire storms ahead, but in other situations they are very closely matched and both capable of speeds well in excess of 500 MB/s.

The Pyro is a no nonsense solid state drive that ticks all the right boxes and is accessible for a wide audience of enthusiast user. The Sandforce SF2281 controller continues the long run of class leading performance, and the Pyro is another top quality drive reinforcing the line up.

Pros:

• Great all round performance, often in excess of 500 MB/s.
• nice appearance.

Cons:

• incompressible data performance is weak.
• no 2.5 inch drive bay supplied.

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