The first thing you will notice when you invest in an SSD is the silence. It’s a good thing I have all these LED fans or I might not know my system was on. No longer will your drive spin or whine when you power on. The next thing you notice is the speed. The POST screen flits by, and you barely get a glimpse of the Windows logo before you reach the password prompt. This makes SSD’s very attractive to overclockers; just think how many nail biting minutes are spent waiting to see whether your settings are stable enough to boot into windows. Now overclockers can get their answer in seconds.

The initial shock of entering the SSD world makes these drives quite alluring, but what remains to be seen is whether the numbers will back up the ‘performance/price’ worthiness of Patriot’s newest SSD offering.