Hardware Canucks posted a review of the new Corsair Force GS 240GB SSD

As with many of the more successful companies in the Solid State Drive arena, Corsair hasn’t taken a one size fits all approach to their line-up. Rather they have always had clearly delineated models, each designed to meet the needs of a specific customer base. For the truly budget minded crowd, there is the Accelerator, Force 3 and Performance 3 series; for mainstream consumers the Force GT and Performance Pro models should be a perfect fit. The one segment focus which has been conspicuous by its absence is the ultra high performance, ‘enthusiast grade’ category which relies upon quick Toggle Mode NAND. Considering how long some other manufacturers have offered this kind of drive the all new Corsair Force GS 240GB may be a fashionably latecomer to the party, but being late does give it some significant advantages.

With an average online price of about $210, the new Force GS 240GB drive turns conventional wisdom on its head. Usually ‘enthusiast grade’ is just another way of saying extreme performance with a nosebleed-inducing price. Some of the GS’ reasonable price comes from the fact that the LSI SandForce SF2281 controller is getting a touch long in the tooth and is not as expensive as it once was. However what really allows this drive to be so frugally priced is not the cost of the controller; rather it is the use of cutting edge 24nm Toggle Mode NAND rather than the previous generation NAND used on other SF2281-based drives. The older generation Toggle Mode NAND – while cutting edge at its time – wasn’t precisely cheap to purchase whereas the new SanDisk-branded ICs within the GS are actually fairly reasonably priced.

  Corsair Force GS 240GB SSD Review