PNY 2.5 inch CS2211 Series SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

5
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

The PNY CS2211 XLR8 uses the best components and delivers very good performance that would satisfy any gamer or mainstream computer user. The price for the 480GB version comes in under the 850 EVO 500GB, and the CS2211 offers the longest warranty of the S...
Available in 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities, Phison PS3110-S10 controller, Excellent sequential read and write speeds, Very good random read and write performance, Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data, SATA 6Gb/s interface, G...

Cons:

The price is still too high given what the Samsung 850 EVO sells for, making the EVO a better overall value. PNY will need to put more space between the two and look at more valueadd accessories to make this drive stand out.
Does not support hardware based encryption, Does not support DEVSLP

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Last revision on December 13, 2017

Reviewers Liked

The PNY CS2211 XLR8 uses the best components and delivers very good performance that would satisfy any gamer or mainstream computer user. The price for the 480GB version comes in under the 850 EVO 500GB, and the CS2211 offers the longest warranty of the S
Available in 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities, Phison PS3110-S10 controller, Excellent sequential read and write speeds, Very good random read and write performance, Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data, SATA 6Gb/s interface, G

Reviewers Didn't Like

The price is still too high given what the Samsung 850 EVO sells for, making the EVO a better overall value. PNY will need to put more space between the two and look at more valueadd accessories to make this drive stand out
Does not support hardware based encryption, Does not support DEVSLP

Expert reviews and ratings

PNY might not be the first name that springs to mind when choosing a SSD but the performance of the latest CS2211 points to the fact that maybe they really should be making that final shortlist.The overall performance of the CS2211 drive is very...

By Kitguru.net on June 17, 2016

The PNY CS2211 240GB is an affordable SSD that performs very well in comparison to its competitors. It however suffers from being limited in its availability and is hard (if not impossible) to find within the...

By techadvisor.co.uk on May 09, 2016

PNY CS2211 SSD Review (240GB/480GB)Sean Webster January 28, 2016 7 CommentsSharetweetJust last week we announced PNY's latest SSD products for the new year, the CS1311 and CS2211. It just so happens that today we have some in our hands for review. The...

By thessdreview.com on January 28, 2016

The PNY XLR8 doesn't come with any specific RAID running in its firmware nor ratings for it, but the drive still did very well in our tests today. We saw a great scaling throughout the entire benchmarks. With a performance up to around 1GB/s reading...

By eTeknix on May 15, 2016

The PNY CS1311, for the most part, squeezes in between two other 15/16nm TLC drives we've tested recently: ADATA's Premier SP550 and OCZ's Trion 150. This goes for both performance and price: the Trion 150 is the highest-performing and most expensive of...

By AnandTech on April 15, 2016

Even though the PNY CS2211 XLR8 SSDs outshine other S10-based products on the market today, they still do not compete well against the Samsung 850 EVO. PNY will need to lower the price to make the CS2211 more attractive to consumers shopping for the...

By Tom's Hardware on April 13, 2016

It was a real pleasure to have PNY's XLR8 CS2211 SSD drive in the testing area today and I wasn't disapointed one bit. The drive has a beautiful designed enclosure that showcases the XLR8 branding in a toned down version compared to the predecessor. It...

By eTeknix on April 07, 2016

The CS2211 is the first SSD from PNY to come through the 'Labs and to be honest, they could not have made a better first impression. Targeted at gamers and enthusiasts, PNY's next generation XLR8 series SSD combines Phison's quad-core, eight-channel...

By CDRLabs on March 15, 2016

For the past couple of years the SSD industry has been in a period of contraction. This may sound counterintuitive as this category’s sales have been booming to the point where even Seagate and Western Digital have jumped onto the SSD train....

By Hardware Canucks on February 15, 2016

Announced January 19 th PNY has launched the XLR8 SSD. The CS2211 targets the Gamer/Enthusiast Market with read speeds of up to 565 MB/s. Today we have hands on the 480Gb model and we are going to see exactly how it performs in our system.Running the...

By TechwareLabs on February 03, 2016

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