Review on Patriot Burst Elite SATA 120GB by Eunu ᠌

Name: Patriot Burst Elite SATA 120GB
Item: Patriot Burst Elite SATA 120GB
Rating: 5

November 15, 2022

The price/quality ratio is great, I will buy again.

I bought it to replace the HDD in an old Dell Inspiron (Vostro) 1520 laptop. It doesn’t even support SATA III at all, only SATA II, but the SSD stood up like a native, especially since the replacement of the hard drive in this laptop was done wisely - just you need to pull out the compartment cover and the disk itself, how to change the flash drive. As a result, even with SATA II, the computer immediately perked up. I deliberately decided not to take a larger SSD for it, because. This laptop is really, really a backup option. Today it is rather weak even for the modern Internet, because I couldn’t start hardware video acceleration, and without it, the load on a weak processor is quite strong. But for some simple text work and browsing the Internet (preferably without video), it is more than enough now.

Pros

The SSD is great. Fits perfectly on the SATA II connector and works just fine. An excellent budget option for upgrading not just an old, but an ancient laptop. The laptop perked up and became more acceptable to use even today.

Cons

Compared to more famous brands, the case looks flimsy. Plastic bends even with light pressure. But I don't think it's a critical flaw. The hard drive is always inside the laptop and in most cases nothing threatens it. It will obviously be more secure than HDD counterparts with a board open to the outside.