Corsair Force LX 256GB and 512GB Review – Silicon Motion on the cheap

Internals, Testing Methodology and System Setup

Internals:

Disassembly:

Micron 20nm Sync flash, custom packaged x4 at the rear:

Four more custom Micron flash packages at the front:

…along with the SM2246EM controller and accompanying RAM:

Testing Methodology

Our tests are a mix of synthetic and real-world benchmarks. PCMark, IOMeter, HDTach, HDTune, Yapt and our custom File Copy test round out the selection to cover just about all bases. If you have any questions about our tests just drop into the Storage Forum and we'll help you out! 

Test System Setup

We currently employ a pair of testbeds. A newer ASUS P8Z77-V Pro/Thunderbolt and an ASUS Z87-PRO. Variance between both boards has been deemed negligible.

PC Perspective would like to thank ASUS, Corsair, and Kingston for supplying some of the components of our test rigs.