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    Patriot Wildfire 120GB

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by notebooko, Jan 16, 2012.

  1. notebooko

    notebooko Notebook Consultant

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    I recently purchased this drive and I am in the process of waiting for it to arrive. It comes tomorrow! Does anyone know of any performance or reliability issues with this drive? From what I have been reading all 2nd generation SandForce issues such as BSOD and freezing have been fixed with the latest firmware update. Is this the only reason why SandForce controllers have been so widely avoided in SSDs? Thanks.
     
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  2. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Not fixed as far as I know.

    I would not depend on this drive (if it turns out reliable - you're just lucky).
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jan 17, 2012
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  3. notebooko

    notebooko Notebook Consultant

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    A friend of mine has the Patriot Wildfire and he used to get the occasional BSOD, but after a firmware update he no longer gets them. He has been using it perfectly for a few months now. What other problems could there be?
     
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    NotebookNeophyte Notebook Evangelist

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    I was pretty sure that only SandForce drives with 25nm NAND were having this issues... the 34nm ones are much more reliable: The Patriot Wildfire is 34nm...not sure about the others...but that being said...the M4, Samsung and Corsair Performance Pro are all great drives as well..
     
    NotebookNeophyte, Jan 17, 2012
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  5. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Well, the Vertex 3 max IOPS uses 34nm NAND and was also suffering form the infamous BSOD issues caused by the SF-2281 controller. I have a friend who spent a whole week of tweaking to get that drive to be stable.
     
    tijo, Jan 17, 2012
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  6. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    I have experience with the Wildfire 120GB version. It is a screamer of a drive. Very good. As long as you apply the LPM fix and install Intel RST you will be fine :)
     
    widezu69, Jan 17, 2012
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  7. notebooko

    notebooko Notebook Consultant

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    I'm currently using the SSD and I must say that I am very impressed. It came with the latest firmware update out of the box and even on a SATA II connection this drive benchmarks very well. All programs open in the blink of an eye and I haven't had any issues with it yet (not even one BSOD).
     
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  8. WhatsThePoint

    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    For the most part,those that don't own the drives in question should just remain silent.

    Let the people that actually own the drives and are somewhat knowledgeable about SSDs tell us about their experience.

    Information posted on forums often is like a snowball rolling down a hill.

    I can speak 1st hand knowledge about "3 Vertex 3 MAX IOPS I OWN",that have been issue free with all firmware versions up to and including v2.15.
     
    WhatsThePoint, Jan 17, 2012
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