Looks like a price drop today from MSY. Patriot Blast PBT240GS25SSDR 240GB SSD — Was $104 now $95. Patriot product page here. Specification:
- Phison S10 Series Controller
- DRAM Cache: 256MB
- SATA3 6Gbps/SATA2 3Gbps
- TRIM support (O/S dependent)
- End-to-end data path protection (ETEP)
- Advanced Garbage Collection
- Smart ECC
- Smart Refresh
- Operating Temperature – 0° ~ 70°C
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ) – Up to 32 commands
- ECC Recovery: Up to 120bits/2KB
- MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
- 4K Aligned Random Read: 100K IOPs
- 4K Aligned Random Write: 120GB = 14K IOPs | 240GB = 23K IOPs | 480GB = 32K IOP s | 960GB = 38K IOPs
- Sequential Read & Write Transfer: Up to 560MB/s Read Up to 530MB/s Write
- O/S Support: Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / Mac® OS / Linux
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6918/patriot-blaze-240gb-ss…
That being said, when it was released, it retailed for nearly $200AUD. Given the price-drop, might be an okay drive if you're in the market.
FYI