jverdoes Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hi all, I bought 2x Force GS 120GB drives yesterday on eBay but I'm now concerend that these might be fakes because I can't find any info on this model. On the sticker it shows Force GS, 120GB, SATA 3 and the product number is CSSD-F120GBGS-B. I can only find the Force GS 128GB CSSD-F128GBGS-BK. I would appreciate any help on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Force GS: http://www.corsair.com/us/ssd/force-series-gs-ssd.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Technobeard Posted October 21, 2013 Administrators Share Posted October 21, 2013 Please PM me with a link to the eBay page and a bigger pic of the SSD, thanks. I'd also be curious to see what the SSD Toolbox reports them as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jverdoes Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Thank you for your replies. When I received the drives and noticed they aren't red I started doubting them. I then also noticed that the real GS models are 128GB and not 120GB like these. Below is a better picture of the drive and a screenshot of Corsair SSD Toolbox and Windows 7 device properties. I will PM you the link hereafter because the seller has 2 more for sale. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y534/jverdoes/20131021_1902367_zpsbeb169cc.jpg http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y534/jverdoes/Corsair_zps92e34cff.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 We made 120GB Force GS drives in the past. Your label looks authentic and your properties in the Toolbox look correct. Fill in your system specifications and also test the drives with ATTO. I'll look into this some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jverdoes Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Thanks Yellowbeard, I have updated my PC spec and below is a benchmark running on the Marvell 6G controller. Not quite the speeds I was expecting and not close to the speeds of the red GS SSDs I'll do a benchmark on the Intel controller hereafter. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y534/jverdoes/ForceGS120GB-Marvell_zps03c06485.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Marvell controllers are terrible, don't rely on them. Def use the SATA 3/6Gb controller ports on the Intel controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jverdoes Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Marvell controllers are terrible, don't rely on them. Def use the SATA 3/6Gb controller ports on the Intel controller. I agree fully but that was the only port I had open at the time just to check if the drives are fake or not. I rebooted my PC with the drive on the Intel SATA 6G port and WOW, what a difference. If these drives are fakes, they are bloody good ones LOL. Below is the Intel SATA 3 6G benchmark. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y534/jverdoes/ForceGS120GB-Intel_zps53d06b37.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Your drives are legit. These are custom parts for someone (not sure who, perhaps an SI) that are not retail. But, you do have legit Force GS drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jverdoes Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Your drives are legit. Thanks Yellowbeard... that is a huge relief. I’m currently installing Windows 7 with the 2 Force GS drives in Raid0. I will upload a benchmark shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jverdoes Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 Below is a benchmark of the 2 Force GS 120GB drives in Raid0 on the Intel SATA3 6G controller. Very impressive :D: http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y534/jverdoes/Raid0-ForceGS120GB-Intel_zpseaa3cbba.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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