Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB SSD Review

We have reviewed both of the current Corsair flagship products here at HardOCP in the last few months. Both the 240GB Neutron and the enthusiast-version 240GB Neutron GTX proved to be excellent performers in our steady state testing. The only thing that tempered our enthusiasm a bit was the LAMD Amber controllers' relatively new status on the market. Many SSD controllers have gone through serious growing pains as the technology matured, and this is always taken into consideration when evaluating SSDs.

When Corsair recently sent us the 480GB Neutron GTX we were excited to have the chance to observe the new LAMD Amber controller at a different capacity point. Taking a fresh look at the drive now that it has matured a bit will give us some perspective of the success of the LAMD powered Neutron series.

In the past larger capacity SSDs tended to lose a bit of performance edge. This is due to the older generation NAND and the inability of the processors to scale well. High capacity SSDs have also suffered from lackluster sales due to lofty price points that simply aren't palatable to most consumers.