G.Skill Falcon 128GB SSD Review

Packaging and Accessories

When we first laid eyes on the package the Falcon was ensconced in we were a little disappointed. In all honesty, the Titan colour scheme is a much better fit for a drive which promises to be as powerful as this SSD should be. However, once we got over our disappointment and took a second longer look at this box’s colour scheme it did start to grow on us. Where the Titan is all raw machismo and reminded us a lot of an Outlaw biker, this box screams elegance and agility, much like a soaring eagle….or Falcon!


When we did finally open the box (after reading all the minutia and data included on the back of the box first) we were greeted to the exact same internal protection scheme as the Titan. This large high density foam protection (which still reminds us a lot of a book which has been hollowed out) works very well indeed.


When we removed the Falcon from its interior protector, we noticed a very interesting accessory was included: a two pin jumper. As most enthusiast are well aware of, the OCZ Vertex is firmware updateable and it appears that this feature is going to be carried over to any and all Indilinx Big Foot Controller SSDs. This is great news as it means that if OCZ has a breakthrough in firmware tweaks….it will eventually trickle down to G. Skill’s Falcon (and vice versa!). One strange thing was our Falcon did not come with any instruction pamphlet and while this is not a big loss it was conspicuous by its absence.