Testseek.com have collected 230 expert reviews of the Intel 2.5 inch 520 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel 2.5 inch 520 Series SATA600.
February 2012
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The editors liked
Best performing SandForcedriven SSD we've tested to date
Extensive reliability validation testing
5year warranty
Exceptionally strong performance up against OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS
Incredibly fast compressible speeds in our mixed-workload tests
Industry-leading reliability testing
Custom firmware and engineering shows its value
Very strong performance with read-heavy enterprise workloads
20% over provisioning adds substantial performance in all profiles with write activity
Intel quality and reliability testing brings the SSD 520 into the realm of light-duty enterprise SSDs wit
Excellent performance. The speed of SandForce's latest controller with the backing of Intel's testing and firmware validation
Big performance jump over the X25-M
Five year warranty
Excellent performance across the board
Good software bundle
5 year warranty
Strong Performance
5 Year Warranty
Intel's Track Record For Reliability
Excellent performance. Covered by five-year warranty.
Super-fast
Available in a wide variety of capacities
Comprehensive software and accessory bundle
Silky smooth operation as a system drive
Excellent sequential reading and writing performance
Excellent 4K random I/O performance
SATA 6Gbps support
The drive is supported by the excellent Intel SSD Toolbox
TRIM support under Windows 7
Lightni
The 2.5-inch Intel 520 Series SSD supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) and offers great performance. The drive is housed in an all-aluminum casing and comes with all you need to use it as a hard-drive replacement for a laptop (ultraportable or standard) or a desktop c
Fastest SATA storage device ever tested
Delivers over 83K IOPS performance in IOMeter
Outstanding 559/528 MBps read/write speed with ATTO
Builtin 256bit AES data encryption
Hardwarelevel data compression preserves NAND longevity
5Year Intel product warranty support
Enhanced powerloss data protection
Lightweight compact storage solution
Resistant to extreme shock impact
Low powe
The editors didn't like
Low IOPS at low Queue Depths (limitation of SandForce hardware)
Intro pricing on the high side.
More expensive than other SandForce SF-2200-powered SSDs with synchronous NAND
Still can't compete at the endurance levels of eMLC or SLC-based SSDs
A tad more expensive than other similar drives. SSDs in general are still limited in storage capacity given the premium you pay per gigabyte
What the original 510 Series should have been
None
Pricing Somewhat High
Not any faster than other SandForce-based SSDs
More expensive
But not significantly faster
Than competing drives
Per-gigabyte cost is a bit high
Versus slower drives of same capacity
Expensive.
The Intel 520 Series SSD is comparatively expensive and its low-profile screws are not included
When this drive first came in we said that we had high expectations of it based on Intel's technical abilities and the performance of their older 320 series SSD, and to say the least we are not disappointed.With the SandForce controller paired with Intel'...
Abstract: If you thought that Intel had conceded the high-end SSD market to its competition, you were wrong. The company's new SSD 520 centers on SandForce's SF-2281 controller, incorporates top-bin IMFT NAND, and is protected by a five-year warranty. Many of th...
Class leading performance, 5 year warranty, good with both compressible and incompressible data,
not quite as fast as the latest Samsung drives when reading imcompressible data, Rating: 9.0, Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11, Share, Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Stumbleupon, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tags cherryville Intel 240GB Intel 520 240GB Intel 520 240G
The Intel 520 Series 240GB is one of the fastest solid state drives on the market, right at the very top of our group test beside the Patriot Wildfire 240GB and Vertex 3 240GB MAX IOPS. There is no doubt that Intel's custom validated firmware has been fin...
Looking first at the build quality and design of the Intel 520 Series we have a drive which looks good from the top with its brushed metal finish and the casing feels sturdy compared to some competitor products which can have a flimsy feel to the base...
Abstract: This family of SSDs has members with capacity ranging from 60 GB to 480 GB. The one we received for review had a capacity of 240 GB. It is built with 25 nanometer NAND Flash Memory and has standard 2.5 inch form factor.Support for SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) means ...
A good performer which also protects data using strong encryption techniques. Page(s) 1 I am interested in more information about this productI am interested in buying this productPrintCommentEmailDiggDel.icio.usRedditTwitter UTM Appliance: Forti...
Priced at $509 (Rs. 24,900), which makes it slightly cheaper than the Plextor PX-256M2S that we reviewed a while back. It’s still an expensive solution, though and will probably only appeal to enthusiasts. If you’re looking for a boot drive, then you ...
