Patriot Pyro SATA III Solid State Drive Review
Performance Summary: The Patriot Pyro 120GB SSD we tested performed as expected, considering the drive’s similar configuration to a couple of others we evaluated in a recent round-up. With highly-compressible data and in most transfer tests, the Patriot Pyro performs extremely well and keeps pace with every other SandForce-based drive we’ve seen. With incompressible data, however, the asynchronous NAND flash memory and SandForce controller combo used on the Pyro falter a bit, as shown in the AS-SSD and CrystalDiskMark tests, but this is expected behavior with a drive of this type, and performance is still very good overall.
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The Patriot Pyro will initially be available in 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB varieties, with various price points. The 120GB model we’ve featured here will be sold for about $209.99.
At that price, the 120GB Patriot Pyro comes in at approximately $1.87 per gigabyte, which put it on par with Corsair’s Force Series 3 drive and makes it one of the more competitively priced SandForce SF-2200 based drives out there. Looking back at its performance and knowing that the drive is backed by a 3 year warranty, we can’t help but recommend the Patriot Pyro. If you’re looking for a fast, relatively affordable solid state drive the Patriot Pyro should be on your short list of considerations.
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