Patriot Pyro SE SSD Review

INTRODUCTION

The recent advancements in technology has been advancing at nothing short of a breakneck pace as of recent. Not too long ago, SSD's with JMicron controllers experienced stuttering issues amongst the many other growing pains that came with the advent of the solid state drive. Needless to say the SSD race has moved far past those issues in a short time and has now moved into a speed war to see who can get the highest read/write speeds. The PYRO SE looks up to the task by spec to take on the top contenders in the category.

The Patriot PYRO SE is a SATA 6Gbps-compatible model based on the Sandforce SF-2281 controller. This in essence is no big change as Patriot already released the PYRO drive with the same chipset but there are differences that make the SE version worth a look. This model comes in option for capacities starting at 60GB, 120GB and 240GB to top it off. Today we have the 240GB model which means every bit of the controller's memory channels will be populated and used, likely leading to a small performance gain vs the smaller 120GB and 60GB options.

Present market price for this drive is $469.99 directly from Newegg.