Force, M-ore P-lease

Corsair's Force MP500 has simply one problem: its cost! There's no getting around the fact that the 480GB model tested hither costs slightly more per gigabyte than the incredibly fast and seemingly bulletproof Samsung SSD 960 Pro.

Worse still, the more affordable 960 Evo is a tad faster despite using TLC retentiveness, in fact quite often it was considerably faster. Yes, TLC retentiveness isn't as good, merely when yous get the aforementioned three-yr warranty with both products and the less expensive drive is as well quicker, it becomes what we call a no-brainer.

It'southward a shame really as the MP500 is a bang-up product in the sense that it'due south plenty quick and it has a high TBW rating thank you to using MLC retentivity. The device itself doesn't endure any apparent weaknesses that we could notice, autonomously from unpolished software perhaps.

As usual, everything comes back to the cost and until the MP500 starts selling for less than the 960 Pro, it's going to be hard to recommend. Notwithstanding, information technology's one to keep an eye on, especially if a discount is applied.

It'southward also worth pointing out that as of writing the SSD 960 Pro is out of stock everywhere, while the MP500 can be purchased from multiple sources, so the drive also has availability going for it.

Shopping shortcuts:

  • Corsair Force MP500 on Amazon
  • Corsair Strength MP500 on Newegg
  • Corsair Force MP500 on Corsair.com

Overall, the Forcefulness MP500 is a solid offering from Corsair, it's just unfortunate that their fastest SSD to engagement has come hot on the heels of Samsung's competition-crushing 960 series.

Pros: Accommodating corking performance. High TBW rating courtesy of MLC NAND. It's actually bachelor.

Cons: Barebones software. Bad value next to Samsung's 960 Pro/Evo.