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The MemoRight FTM.25 115GB is a very disappointing solid state drive for a company set to make a fresh impression on the enthusiast audience.
By using the SF1222TA3-SBH controller, the company are limiting themselves to ‘last generation' performance levels … which is fine if they are offering the product at a budget price. Sadly, when we asked the supplier for details of the retail price, we were told 150 euros, which translates to around £130 in the UK.
When we factor in that there are plenty of competitive UK deals right now for Sandforce 2281 powered drives, it makes for a very poor purchasing decision. For example, the Corsair Force 3 120GB drive is only £134.99 inc vat, and the performance is light years ahead.
MemoRight need to go back to the drawing board and bring their product range bang up to date if they want to seriously target this sector. Offering last generation technology at the same price as new models is not a good way to make a positive impression on the discerning enthusiast user. The fact that they haven't even bundled a 2.5 inch external enclosure and backup software further compounds the problems.
We simply cannot recommend this drive, unless MemoRight managed to drop the price significantly then we see no reason for anyone to shortlist it.
Pros:
- Still much faster than a mechanical drive.
Cons:
- Performance is last generation.
- The price.
- The bundle.
Kitguru says: Unless the price drops by a clear margin, avoid and opt for one of the new SF 2281 drives.
EDIT: ‘Kitguru spoke with Memoright after this review was published. We received our sample from a retailer and have since learned that Memoright have a new range of Solid State Drives with Sata 6Gbps performance. We hope to get one for review soon.”
DIdnt they make blank CD’s, I swear I saw some locally….
Needs to be under £100 for it be a useful buy for people. Even those who dont have a SATA 6Gbps controller wouldn’t opt for a SATA 3GBps drive as they would want future proofing in case they moved systems in a few months.
Price is the only thing they should focus on, and thats way over the odds.
Ill pass. Might have been good 14 months ago……. they are a chinese company however, so they clearly dont have their finger on the pulse.
They will probably sell a ton of these into the enterprise market at a fraction of the price.
Wouldnt worry about it, not for sale anywhere I can see anyway!
Its a clear way to shift old stock, I can’t imagine this move would work well in China either, as I know they are pretty up to date on tech hardware. Unless they sold them into a company making a lot of laptops with SATA 3 ports, dont see them selling well. its last gen tech without a good ‘sticker’ from a leading manu such as OCZ.
SSD market is still small however, …..
Well thats more than a little disappointing. Seems they arent up to date at all.
Why not review their lastest SATA III FTM Plus SSD? As I know this FTM-25 SATA II SSD was launched around one year ago.
Kitguru spoke with Memoright after this review was published. We received our sample from a retailer and have since learned that Memoright have a new range of Solid State Drives with Sata 6Gbps performance. We hope to get one for review soon.
This product is still being sold however so its a valid review.
The SSD I used now is Memoright FTM-25 SSD 115GB. I bought it last year, so It is obviously FTM-25 is not a new product from Memoright. The performance and reliability for this SSD is quite good. I ever saw a review on Tom’s Hardware and Memoright FTM-25 got a good ranking among several SATA II SSDs, so I bought this SSD. Personally, I think it is not fair that comparing SATA II SSD with SATA III SSD.
Oh grow up. If its still being sold, and its full price, its not fair to the poor saps who could get a drive at twice the speed for almost the same price.