The SanDisk Extereme PRO 480GB was a pleasure to have on the test bench, though not very exciting. But don't get me wrong, this wasn't because the drive didn't deliver, because it did. It wasn't exciting because I couldn't rattle this drive in any way.

Sustained performance and speeds over the entire spectrum; Longest available warranty in this market segment with 10 years; 9 mm adapter bracket for laptop users; Only 0.15 watt power consumption on this model; Optimal cooling provided to all internal components

No native encryption features

What is the difference between those who have hope, and those who have no hope? The way I see it, those who have hope are people who have something to look forward to on some day, and that day will come, whenever it comes.

If you have never heard of SanDisk you must have been living under a rock for the past 25 years because they are one of the world's biggest providers of PC and mobile storage solutions be it a USB drive, micro flash or like our topic for today, high performance SSDs.

+ Fast read/write speeds; + 10 year warranty; + 7mm Height; + nCache

Good Read and Write Performance; Ten-Year Warranty

The SanDisk Extreme PRO SSD is designed specifically for gamers, PC enthusiasts, and media professionals who require consistent, top-in-class real-world performance out of their storage.

Top-in-class performance; SanDisk pedigree of reliability; Industry leading 10-year warranty

Crucial/Micron M550; Crucial M500; Crucial MX100; OCZ Vertex 460; Corsair Force LS; Corsair Force LX 256GB; Samsung SSD 840 EVO; SanDisk Extreme II; Top-in-class performance; SanDisk pedigree of reliability; Industry leading 10-year warranty; Struggles some with large block random activity

The Sandisk range of SSDs were one of the first we reviewed that provided a big leap in the capacity/price sector that was holding SSDs back from becoming a part of everyone's rig.