Pros: This drive is the fastest drive I own. I'm comparing that to 5 Samsung SLC drives I own, even the 4 in raid on a Highpoint 3510 hardware raid, as far as raw IO. Tested using HD tune pro on and intel ICH10r. Reads= 10041 IOs @ .10ms 4ksize and Random IO was 304 IOs @ 3.3ms and 152.054 mb/s. Writes are off the chart at 22346 IOs .04ms 4k size and random was an insane 385 IOs @2.6ms 192.708mb/s throughput in WRITE! This is just plane sick. For comparison, my 4x 32gb SLC raid setup only hits 3163 IOs at 4k, and Random is slightly better at 351 IOs at 2.8ms and 175.529mb/s. A single drive is almost as fast a 4x SLC drives in read and is faster in wites.

Cons: This drive did not work as well in a Lenovo t61. The ICH7 mobile chipset does not allow this drive to reach much potential. This is not the fault of the drive, but a Samsung SLC 64gb drive was just barely faster. No pausing was noted, but outlook 2k7 took longer to start, and was noticeable to take longer opening mail. Should be noted that the SLC drive is only 64gb and costs about 2x this drive. I would imagine any newer laptop with a better chipset will show the same numbers as my tests in a desktop. Still better than a 72k rpm drive!

Overall Review: I also want to state before the above numbers, I filled the drive with random data, so the tests you represent actual "used" condition (important for MLC drives). HD tune pro also showed the drive in the read test at 204mb/s average and the write was 185mb/s. FYI the drive label says Max 230 read and 190 write, so the average number is impressive. The all important minimum write never went below 150mb/s. This is the drive to buy. The firmware of my drive was 1370 as shipped.

Pros: Same tech inside as highly rated OCZ Vertex brand. Just got it today. Will add more to the review once I get some tests run.

Cons: Why doesn't anyone make 3.5" for desktops. You can fit more in and we don't have to go out and get a $20 adapter for it.

Overall Review: To the idiot below me: Call newegg and ask what firmware they come with. Don't screw up the reviews by putting 3 eggs on a product you don't even own.

Pros: I have an Executive-Level Outlook user in the company that has an extremely large email file (19+ Gig). Yes, I know, Microsoft will only support up to 2 Gig. Anyway, it was taking a 320 Gig 7200 RPM HDD about 5 minutes to open his email. I put the 128 Gig Falcon in & it only takes an average of 22 seconds to open his email. An unexpected benefit was that the network updates are about twice as fast. REAL WORLD HD TUNE AVERAGE READ RATES -- (Note this is with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit with OS & 12 apps concurrently running; one of which updates 12 logs every second): 1Meg Block READ Average - 232.7 MB/s 512k Block READ Average - 229.6 MB/s 256k Block READ Average - 221.4 MB/s 128k Block READ Average - 207.6 MB/s 64k Block READ Average - 180.4 MB/s 32k Block READ Average - 142.0 MB/s 16k Block READ Average - 97.2 MB/s 8k Block READ Average - 62.9 MB/s 4k Block READ Average - 36.5 MB/s

Cons: It took me a long time to get cleared to use the Forum where G.Skill posts their updates & software downloads.

Overall Review: I have a 128 Gig Crucial CT128M225 which posts even better performance numbers here on Newegg but, the Crucial actually runs a little bit slower than this Falcon.

Pros: Mostly, on a good day it's fast.... Very Fast.

Cons: Firmware updates are locked up tighter than Fort Knox.

Overall Review: These things are bleeding edge. Firmware updates are to be expected. There's an upgrade 'available' for this guy, but you have to join the gskill forum to get it. Then, you have to wait until the moderators get in the mood to approve your membership. One new member was just approved after waiting 20 days. Meanwhile, we suffer. Be sure to check the forums before deciding to purchase this brand. If you have this drive, and have the new firmware, please consider posting it somewhere like softpedia so that the rest of us may get our hands on it in spite of the manufacturer.

Pros: With the updated firmware...absolutely great speeds. I get 273 MB/s read and 203 MB/s write on ATTO even after a month of usage (90% capacity used). Note: When I say I have a high understanding I mean that I spent the last 3 months doing research at LANL involving SSDs and file systems. ;)

Cons: None really. Even the flashing to the newest firmware was simple and can be done in Windows.

Overall Review: If you haven't made the switch yet...do it! Boot times, load times, multitasking performance, installation/removal, anything...they all go so much faster it's almost like sitting at a new computer. :)

Pros: This drive works very well -- once you get it properly set up. FAST says it all.

Cons: Firmware on early stock caused setup problems on some machines. My first drive crashed in 5-6 hours. I RMA'd the drive and the second one wouldn't install. By then a firmware upgrade had been posted. Flashing the drive is a headache with a laptop but it can be done from the cmd prompt under the Ghost recovery disk, if the firmware upgrade is on your backup drive. There's no way to know which version of the firmware is on a new drive so be prepared to flash the drive with the firmware upgrade. No further problems after that other than getting Ghost to create an MBR on the new drive.

Overall Review: If you're running Vista look at the tweaks that are posted on both the G.Skill Forum (Good)and the OCZ Forum (Better). Vista is optimized for HDDs, not SSDs. The tweaks are very worth doing. Be sure to download the Wiper applet from the G.Skill Forum.

Pros: Here are the numbers: MBP 5,1/2.66/4GB/GSKILL running Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61) XBench Results Sequential 213.91 Uncached Write 284.98 174.98 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 234.18 132.50 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 117.97 34.53 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 409.18 205.65 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 326.73 Uncached Write 121.26 12.84 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 446.40 142.91 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 1829.36 12.96 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 827.04 153.46 MB/sec [256K blocks] Right on time, received drive this A.M. from Newegg. Gave the above results after GUID format, TM Restore, noattime command, spotlight disabled. A product whose performance matches that of it's manufacturers promise. Thank you G.Skill. Purchased from a vendor that specializes in pampering the tech savvy. Thank you, Newegg.

Cons: None. Price has come down. Quit whining. Get a better job.

Pros: Initial thoughts on this after using a WD Raptor for years is WOW. 236mb/s read speed in HD Tune. Computer boots very fast, apps load almost instantly, a very nice upgrade.

Cons: Price, but it will keep going down.