Manufacturer: Patriot Price: $ 530 US Author: Steve Date: 07/25/2011

[ Introduction ]

Today we are checking out a new product from Patriot called Wildfire, which is their latest SSD series. Based on a latest generation controller from SandForce, the Wildfire is the successor to the Inferno series and as such promises to deliver blistering fast performance using the 6Gb/s SATA 3.0 interface... Roughly this time last year we reviewed the 100GB version of the Patriot Inferno, which was built using a SF-1200 controller. The SF-1200 was designed to be the mainstream controller in the SF-1000 series, while the more expensive SF-1500 controller was focused as an enterprise product. At the time the sequential read speed of 285MB/s coupled with the 275MB/s write speed of the Patriot Inferno was incredibly fast. However the Inferno was not the only SSD to deliver these numbers, as there were numerous supporters of the SF-1200. The short list goes something like ADATA S599, Corsair Force, G.Skill Phoenix, Mushkin Callisto, OCZ Vertex 2, Super Talent FT and Team Group Xtreem-S1. That really is the short list, as there were twice as many manufacturers that jumped aboard the SandForce express. Furthermore, some manufacturers such as OCZ for example, didn’t stop at just a single SF-1200 model, releasing numerous versions. Along with the Vertex 2 they also unleashed the Agility 2, Onyx 2 and RevoDrive all using the same SandForce SF-1200 controller. With such wide spread fanfare, SandForce were quick to deliver their next series of SSD controllers. Late last year in October (2010) SandForce announced their second generation SF-2000 series, which was considerably more extensive than their first, comprising of four different models. The model fitted to the new Patriot Wildfire SSD is the performance mainstream version known as the SF-2200 which boasts support for the SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) interface for sequential read and write performance of over 500MB/s. So how much does all this performance cost? Well when we reviewed the Patriot Inferno 100GB last year it was priced at roughly $370 US, while the equivalent OCZ Vertex 2 120GB drive cost just $320 US. Today the OCZ Vertex 2 costs just $185 US in either the 100GB or 120GB flavor, while the Inferno is no longer available. The Wildfire on the other hand costs $300 US for the 120GB version and $530 US for the 240GB version that we have. On the other hand, the 120GB Vertex 3 costs quite a lot less at $250, while the 240GB model is only slightly cheaper at $500 US. Again it seems Patriot is having a hard time matching OCZ’s pricing, so how does the performance stack up?

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ProX	Posted on: 07/28/2011 12:58 PM Nice looking drive. Patriot are stating to make some nice products. I hope they make a smaller version of this drive.

Dangz

Posted on: 07/29/2011 10:14 AM Good review. I like the load time tests as they are very useful. Shame about the pricing looks like the V3 is the best value of the SandForces.

monty

Posted on: 08/06/2011 12:00 AM shame its slower than the Vertex 3 since I am pretty sure its meant to match the MAX version. still firmware updates could improve performance.

FireStarter

Posted on: 08/09/2011 11:33 AM Nice review, are you going to test the Pyro?