Patriot Torqx M28 256 GB SSD Unboxing and Performance Preview

Normally, I wouldn’t do this. But I have been so impressed with my first Solid State Disk (SSD), that I wanted to show it to you what a SSD can do if you are on the fence about buying a SSD. Although the prices on SSDs are very high at the moment, should you get a good bargain on one of the nearly 100GB models you should pick it up immediately. It will make a great boot drive and in the videos below you will find out why.

We are testing the Patriot Torqx M28 256GB SSD. This SSD uses Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Flash and is based upon the SAMSUNG S3C29RBB01-YK40 controller. The controller is blessed with 128MB of cache to improve the performance and not repeat the mistakes of earlier JMicron based controller SSDs.

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Keep in mind that we are only comparing single drive performance. Therefore, we are not testing HDDs in RAID mode.

Let’s open the account with the unboxing.

Let’s move on over to some real world comparisons and give you a preview of what to expect from this drive. Don’t forget to check out the boot time comparison in the second part. The difference SSD makes is amazing.

Stay tuned as we bring you the complete review in a few days with all the nitty gritty details of how the SSD technology works plus more benchmarks.