While Samsung's SSD 850 Pro turned in superb results when we reviewed it in late June, we couldn't quite crown it the performance king without having benched SanDisk's new flagship.

The Extreme Pro is among the fastest SATA SSDs you can buy today; it's reasonably priced and it ships with a 10-year warranty

It's outdone by the performance of Samsung's 850 Pro and we would've liked to have seen hardware encryption included

Sandisk is best known for its range of SD cards and USB flash drives, but the company also has a history of making solid-state drives (SSDs). However, the Sandisk Extreme Pro's specifications look very similar to its predecessor, the Extreme II .

Who doesn't want a fast SSD? I asked and answered this last time with the

Incredibly consistent and fast speeds; nCache technology; 10-year warranty; 10-year warranty!

Slightly slower in synthetic tests; Slightly higher cost than "value" SSDs

If you have never heard of SanDisk you must have been living under a rock for the past 25 years because they are one of the world's biggest providers of PC and mobile storage solutions be it a USB drive, micro flash or like our topic for today, high performance SSDs.

+ Fast read/write speeds; + 10 year warranty; + 7mm Height; + nCache

SanDisk is a flash memory giant, needing no introduction. The latest in the SanDisk lineup are the Ultra PLUS and Extreme cards, targeting different consumers

Big name backing; Extreme model much faster than expected; Solid pricing and excellent value

Ultra PLUS can't compare in raw speed; so spend the extra few bucks and get the Extreme model

The SanDisk Extereme PRO 480GB was a pleasure to have on the test bench, though not very exciting. But don't get me wrong, this wasn't because the drive didn't deliver, because it did. It wasn't exciting because I couldn't rattle this drive in any way.

Sustained performance and speeds over the entire spectrum; Longest available warranty in this market segment with 10 years; 9 mm adapter bracket for laptop users; Only 0.15 watt power consumption on this model; Optimal cooling provided to all internal components

No native encryption features

Fairly recently I had the opportunity to take a look at a SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD and it certainly didn't disappoint. This time we have an SSD from the fastest range SanDisk have to offer, the SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB, but is it as Extreme as its namesake?

I purchased this 960gb SSD for my 2011 Mac Book pro. Was very easy to install myself. My system works fantastically ever since i have installed this SSD. System boots up in under 10 secs. Super fast! applications too load up just at the click of a button. Highly recommended!

Easy To Install; Fast; Highly Compatible; Quiet; Reliable

When we took at look at SanDisk's Extreme II series of solid state drives in June of last year, we began our article by noting, "odds are, if you've bought anything that uses flash memory in the last 20 years or so, you already own a small piece of SanDisk technology.

Strong Performance; Excellent Warranty

Somewhat Pricier Than Some Competing Drives

The SanDisk Extreme Pro is an update to last year's well-received Extreme II SSD . Priced at about ￡250 (around $390, AU$455) online, the Extreme Pro bears a few similarities, employing the same Marvell controller but with optimisations to the firmware for additional performance.