Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD

Name: Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
Brand: Corsair
SKU: CSSD-N240GBGTXB-BK
Rating: 4.6 (75 reviews)

Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB 2.5" SATA3 CSSD-N240GBGTXB-BK

★★★★★

(75 reviews)

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120 GB
$129.99

Toggle NAND for up to 92K IOPS random write speed
High-performance LAMD SSD controller
Native TRIM support (O/S support required)
Impressive read and write speed with compressed and uncompressed data.
Unformatted Capacity: 240GB
5 years warranty
Max Sequential Read Performance: up to 550 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Performance: up to 470 MB/s

Specifications Overview

Model	CSSD-N240GBGTXB-BK
Release Date	January 2013 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	240 GB
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME	No
Form Factor	2.5"
SSD Controller	LAMD LM87800
NAND Flash Type	MLC (toggle)

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Pros

Solid performance
LAMD LM87800 controller
5-years warranty

Cons

Not as fast as other high-end SSDs

Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Mushkin REACTOR 1TB (302nd)		101%
Crucial BX100 250GB (302nd)		101%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB (302nd)		101%
OCZ Vector 150 120GB (302nd)		101%
PNY CS1311 480GB (302nd)		101%
ADATA Premier SP550 960GB (311th)		~
WD Blue 500GB Internal SSD (311th)		~
OCZ Vertex 460A Series 120GB (311th)		~
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB (311th)		~
Crucial BX200 960GB (311th)		~
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB (311th)		100%
PNY CS900 960GB (317th)		98%
WD Blue 250GB Internal SSD (317th)		98%
Crucial BX300 120GB (317th)		98%
Western Digital WDS250G2B0B (317th)		98%
GIGABYTE UD PRO 512GB (317th)		98%
Plextor M6S Plus 128GB (317th)		98%
Crucial MX300 525GB M.2 (317th)		98%
HP S700 PRO 128GB (317th)		98%
Crucial MX200 500GB (325th)		96%
Western Digital WDS500G1B0B (325th)		96%

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Description

Warranty Five years

SSD Unformatted Capacity 240 GB

Max Sequential R/W (ATTO) No

Max Random 4k Write (IOMeter 08) 85k IOPS (4k aligned)

Interface SATA 6Gb/s

Technology MLC, Toggle NAND

Form Factor 7mm high, 2.5 inch

DRAM Cache Memory 128 MB

Weight .1kg

Voltage 5V ±5%

Power Consumption (active) 4.6W Max

Power Consumption (idle/standby/sleep) 0.6W Max

S.M.A.R.T. Support Yes

Shock 1500 G

MTBF 2,000,000 hours

Expert reviews

When we last paid a visit to the Corsair Neutron GTX late last year, we declared it one wicked-fast SSD, but it was unfortunately nicked at the finish line by the Samsung 840 Pro. Corsair isn't too worried about that, though, and seems to have...

Maximum PC

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All in all, the Corsair Neutron Series GTX is a good SSD. The only problem is that it doesn't perform any better than the standard Neutron Series—it's 16 GB smaller and the over-provisioning doesn't make a huge difference. Our advice? Go with the regular...

DigitalVersus

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