We've seen several impressive SSDs lately, so what's to distinguish one from the other? Speed? sure. Price? Hopefully. Performance management utilities? We hope so. G.Skill's Falcon 128GB SSD is one of many Indilinx-based drives on the market, so we figured it would be fast. But how fast? Let's say we were rather surprised at the results. The Falcon also comes with a Wiper utility and ability to update the firmware. And the price? Pretty reasonable for 128GB. Sounds awfully enticing so far. We wanted to check things out up close and personal so G.Skill let us test drive a Falcon. That's a good thing, because we may have a new King of the SSD Hill on our hands.

Let's take a closer look at put the Falcon through some tough paces and find out.

Thanks go to our friends at G.Skill for supplying the review sample.

G. SKILL, established in 1989 by enthusiasts, is a leading memory module Manufacturer based in Taipei, Taiwan. G. SKILL strives to achieve the highest and most advanced quality from the initial design, through manufacturing solder-paste printing, through surface mounting, to on-line visual inspection, system compatibility testing, packaging and finally to safely and reliably shipping our products to customers. At G. SKILL, we apply a top priority to quality standards. All of its products are put through a series of rigorous tests and strict quality control procedures. In addition to commissioning qualified IC testing houses to test our products, they are hand test 100% twice in factory and office, to ensure the highest product yield and quality.