Corsair Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB detail information

Page 2

Drive Features:

The specifications of the Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive were found at the Corsair website.

Features

•          Encased in CNC-milled, anodized aircraft-grade aluminum

•          EPDM waterproof seal up to 200M

•          Molded shock-dampening collar to protect from vibrations and impact

•          Plug-&-Play with any USB 2.0 certified peripheral computer port (backward compatible with USB 1.1)

•          Includes the True Crypt security application (Windows Vista/XP/2000 compatible only) allowing for a virtual encrypted drive using AES-256 encryption

•          Corsair 10 year Limited Warranty

What’s inside the Package?

On this page we will take a look at what the Survivor GT Drive came shipped with and take a look at the drive itself.

Front of Package

Back Of Package

Package contents

The drive was supplied with a USB extension cable (female to male) and Dog Tags.

Now it’s time to take a look at the drive itself:        

Drive and Case

Test machine:

For this review we will be using a computer with the following configuration:

Hardware:

•         Motherboard: Asus P5K Deluxe

•         Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.7GHz

•         RAM: 2x 1GB Patriot PC2-6400 DDR2

•         Graphics Card: eVGA  7900GT 512 KO with Zalman vf900 @ 650/1600

•         Sound: SoundMAX Digital HD Audio Onboard

•         Hard disk: 2x 320GB – 1x 750GB SATA Seagate

•         Television: Philips 27” 27PT6441/37

•         Operating System: Windows XP Professional with SP2

System set-up:

The Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB Flash Drive was plugged into to a USB 2.0 port. Windows XP immediately recognized the drive and installed it ready to use within seconds.

  Device Manager

My Computer

Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB Flash Drive Properties

Software set-up    

Windows XP Professional is installed on the computer along with Service Pack 2 for Windows XP.

No drive software was required for this configuration.

We will be using the following software in this review:

•          Sisoftware Sandra 2007

•          HD Tach

On the next page we will take a look at the drives performance.

Introduction

Performance