PNY XLR8 Pro

Good performance ; 3 year warranty ; Good price

Not the fastest drive around

Support is limited, media files will transfer slower than advertised and the price is far from competitive. But PNY XLR8 PRO carries the SandForce 2281 controller and fast Intel flash which can provide decent results, if less impressive when set...

PNY’s GTX 980 XLR8 Pro OC may be a relative latecomer to retailers’ shelves but the wait was certainly worth it. This card personifies the

Starting with the build quality of the PNY XLR8 Pro we have a drive which uses one of the thickest and therefore most robust feeling cases around. It really does feel solid while maintaining a reasonably low weight. Inside we find a decent level of...

Outstanding 559/533 MBps read/write speed with ATTO ; Produced 74,179 combined 4K IOPS ; Among the fastest SATA-based SSDs available ; TCG OPAL security with 256-bit AES encryption ; Uses synchronous NAND flash components ; SandForce SF-2281 processor...

Limited community support ; Expensive enthusiast-level product

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...

På de tingene den gjør godt er det altså lite som kan hamle opp med PNY sin entusiastmodell. Det merkes også på prisen. Opp mot 1700 kroner, i skrivende stund, gjør den til en av de mer kostbare SSD-ene i sitt segment.

Fast - Been running MacOSX on it 24/7 for 2 years now and not a single glitch. To extend life I've turned off all browser caches etc. Faster than my newer Adata SSD.

So far no problems.

It was fast when it worked. Customer Service was ok

I would like to say that if you are looking to purchase this SSD, AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS! I originally ordered these because it was cheap when I was building my desktop. If I knew the headaches that it would cause me I would not have bought it. The...

Fast drive for the money

None technically

Faster than mechanical HDD?

Has severely degraded over the past few months with no SMART indication of failure. Even after doing an enhanced secure erase and reformatting, write speeds have collapsed to 1-2 MB/s. This is replicable on multiple SATA controllers.