G.SKILL Phoenix III FM-25S3-120GBP3 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal 7mm Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: Fast, my 6 year old laptop fully boots in about 13 seconds
Been working flawlessly for six months.

SEEMS to perform MUCH faster/better than my Samsung 830 series 256GB even though benchmarks say otherwise.

Cons: Price jumped $30 higher from six months back, but it is a great little SSD, so I'm not that surprised.

Other Thoughts: Got mine new from another popular online store about six months ago for 95 buckz, but that same store now has these for same price as the Egg, so going there now to get a couple "like new" used ones for $91 before they sell out.

As always, remember to partition and format in "Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management" if windows does not recognize it.

Pros: +faster than a HDD
+easy to install
+includes the mounts and everything

Cons: -running at the advertised SATA II speeds... using a SATA III cable and supported mobo

Other Thoughts: I can't figure out why it is running at SATA II speeds. I have verified that I am using a motherboard that supports SATA III and I am using a SATA III cable. Dissapointing, because at the current speeds it's only twice the speed of my hard drive.

Manufacturer Response:

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Dear Customer

We will be glad to help you with this. Please use ATTO disk benchmark test for consistent results. If the SSD is installed in the correct SATA III port, and AHCI mode is enabled, it should have no problem reaching the advertised speeds. There are some programs that can produce/show inaccurate results, but rest assured with the correct software, this SSD will report the rated specifications. Even if the drive does not reach the rated speeds, we can have it replaced right away with one that will. All G.Skill Phoenix III series SSD are backed by a 3 year manufacturer warranty. At any time the SSD is defective or not up to par, we can send you a new one immediately. For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly. We guarantee your satisfaction with this high performance solid state drive.

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Pros: benches advertised speeds in atto. FAST...w/ my 3770k build I boot in ~7 seconds.

Cons: none

Pros: I've never seen anything this fast! Windows load screen barely comes on and its completely up and running about 1.5 sec after that!!!

Cons: No

Other Thoughts: Came with bracket too

Pros: Really fast reads and writes,gets rated speeds on Atto but a little lower on other Benchmarks such as Crystal Disk mark.

Scores 7.9 WEI on Windows 7 x64 and it does as good in Windows XP as i have these in a dual boot configuration.

it gets 550 Mb pr second reads and 500 MB pr second writes in both operating systems with Atto.

the 7.9 score is with a single drive in a non raid.

Cons: did not get this at Newegg.......

Other Thoughts: my build is a Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-D3H motherboard,G Skill 4 GB Ripjaws DDR3 ram,AMD A5600K Processor @ 4.1 GHZ,Thermaltake A30 case,Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Champion sound Card,Antec Kuhler 620 cooler,EVGA 560 Ti 448 core Classified,Lite-On DVD Burner Sata 3'Western Digital 1 TD Black for storage and with this very SSD installed as the Boot Drive.

Windows 7 X64 and Windows XP Professional

at 110 GB actual space i had plenty of room to make 2 partitions for the 2 operating systems.

this combo actually came out pretty good and it performs pretty good.

Pros: Good Price, Windows Boots Faster, Files move much faster!!! Fast Shipping (ALWAYS GO FEDEX!!!) Defrag is way fast now. 7.9 rating from Windows 7

Cons: Honestly I cant think of any. I must say that after a fresh format and install of Windows 7 Home Premium I was left with 111.8 gb of free space then when windows was installed with SP1 and updates I am left with 78gb of free space though only windows says it is a 13.8gb file and I checked program files and according to my math I should have way more space. Regardless its a fast drive Im impressed going from a traditional hard drive.

I just want to say to other reviewers please dont give a product a negative review and take away eggs because of stuff like: Slow Shipping or basically anything that has nothing to do with the product itself!!! Rate and Review the product itself!!!!

I wish Newegg had a store with the same online prices and was located in Austin, San Antonio or Houston!!!! Come on Newegg pweeeeez!

Other Thoughts: Just got back into pc building and it is amazing how much technology changes in just a few short years. Im debating on raid 0 with another ssd like this one. Anyways G Skill is a good company that obviously strives to take care of their customers just check out all of the negative reviews on g skill product and you will see a company rep striving to make things better one complaint at a time and that was THE main reason why I went with G Skill Phoenix III instead of spending 25 dollars more on a Samsung 840 Pro Series.
----I do have a Samsung Note II though so dont be mad Samsung and yes I love my phone!!!---

Pros: FAST SSD WEEEE!!!

Cons: none

Pros: Very fast, boots my windows 7 in 7 seconds and keeps my load times faster than ever in any games. Has plenty of space for the best games you have, if that is what you want. Also, installed a few programs onto it since and most of them finish installing in under a second.

Cons: I want more!

Other Thoughts: Trust G. Skill, they may not have a known brand, but they make a sick SSD.

Pros: Decent price and keeping to a brand I like....compared to Samsung that was on sale and this one was a little more but faster. sorry Samsung. Decided to splurge and go with this one :P well worth it.

Cons: nada doesn't bring me beer when I'm out while playing Planet side 2 QQ

Other Thoughts: buying another asap?

Pros: It's fast.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Others mentioned WEI, I got a 7.7 without any kind of RAID setup.