SanDisk has been a leader in the storage industry for more than 20 years. Founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari, the company has grown from a three-person Silicon Valley startup to the world's largest provider of flash memory storage solutions.

Available in 120GB; 240GB and 480GB capacities; SandForce SF-2281 processor with DuraClass; DuraWrite and RAISE technologies; Excellent sequential read and write speeds; SATA 6Gb/s interface; Toggle Mode NAND flash; Supports TRIM; SMART and NCQ; Well constructed; Reasonably priced; 3 year warranty

Does not include a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter bracket; Not as fast when writing incompressible data

After I have finished writing the introduction of this review, and playing through some situational fitting music of "Anchor" by Hillsong United through the Audioengine A2+ speakers sitting on my desktop, here is the $380 question to answer: Can we place all our hope in SanDisk to deliver the best...

SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB Review Manufacturer: SanDisk UK price: £254.98 (inc VAT) US price: $369.99 (ex Tax) It's been some time since we last reviewed an SSD from SanDisk, specifically the Ultra Plus , a low cost SSD using a cut down Marvell controller and focussed heavily on cost per GB.

We've seen solid state drives become very popular over the last couple of years, as prices have continued to drop and consumers are taking notice of the impressive overall system boost that SSDs can offer.

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 are one of the more famous memory guys on the planet. Even if you had absolutely no interest in computers you'll be aware of their SD cards which are so ubiquitous it's not stretching it to think that probably everyone reading this has got at least one of their products in a camera or phone...

SanDisk may not be a household name within the SSD market but as one of the primary flash memory suppliers, their products have been used in countless storage products throughout the years.

; - Amazing Price to Performance Ratio; - Excellent Performance; - Low power requirements

; - Half the NAND ICs does seem to limit performance in some scenarios; - Left us craving even more; - No 2.5" to 3.5" adapter bracket included; - So cheap that there is zero reasons to not buy another SSD; even if you don't need one

One of the best and most sensible upgrades available to most notebook users is to switch their existing hard drives with a fast Solid State Drive (SSD). I did just this by replacing the stock hard drive on my 13-inch MacBook Pro with one of

For years the other SSD manufacturers have said that they are dreading the day SanDisk decides to attack the consumer SSD market. Has the time come? Hardware.Info tested the Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB/240GB to find out.

It all seems to be in order with values close to what Sandisk has measured in their labs. The general feel using the drive both as an addon drive and as a system drive is far better than with a SATA disk drive running at 7200rpm.