Testseek.com have collected 119 expert reviews of the Intel 2.5 inch 730 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel 2.5 inch 730 Series SATA600.
March 2014
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119 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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1789 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Excellent performance
Especially IOPS at low QD
Data Center pedigree and reliability
Data Center grade power loss protection
Good cost/GB (se below)
Does well in gaming workloads
Excellent engineering of the drive
Five-year warranty
2 million hour MTBF
Strong 5-year warranty
Enterprise-class controller
7mm height
The Intel SSD 730 Series has a high endurance rating and comes with a five-year warranty. The drive offers a huge boost in performance compared with regular hard drives and can handle RAID configurations
Consistently speedy performance
Enterprise-class durability
Strong Performer
Proven Technology
5 Year Warranty
Fiveyear warranty
70GB write/day
Fast enough
Intel reliability.
Great performance
Excellent power consumption
The editors didn't like
High power draw and corresponding high temps may be an issue for some
Performance doesn't live up to price premium
Only offered in two capacities
Heavy power consumption
Only mid-range performance
Top-shelf price tag
The new drive doesn't support encryption
And its performance isn't the best among similarly priced SSDs
Fiveyear warranty, 70GB write/day, fast enough, Intel reliability.
Too expensive, not the fastest, consumes a lot of power
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Published: 2014-07-24, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: It has been a few years since Intel launched a new suite of solid-state drives (SSDs) in the enthusiast market, but the $449 480GB Intel 730 Series SSD (SSDSC2BP480G4R5) is designed to mark Intel's return with a vengeance. The new SSD leverages the same c...
High-end price, though not the very highest-end performance, Thirsty power consumption for an SSD
Desktop-PC users who prioritize long-term reliability and good speed over value pricing should consider Intel's latest consumer SSD; those seeking the least possible power consumption or the absolute most performance for the money can find more enticing ...
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Published: 2014-05-05, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
As we saw when we took a peek inside the Intel 730 series 480GB drive, there was 528GB (1GB byte = 1,000,000,000 bytes) of raw NAND on board but when formatted in Windows we find ourselves with 446GiB (1GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes). The difference being the...
Published: 2014-04-13, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
great performance, excellent power consumption
price
Intel made an excellent SSD, based on its own controller and NAND flash modules. The performance and the power consumption are as claimed, but the price is too high comparing to other drives with the same capabilities.PROsCONs- great performance- excellen...
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Published: 2014-04-07, Author: Michael , review by: ubergizmo.com
Going through the specifications alone already gave me the assumption that the product focuses around reliability and consistency.Reliability70 GB host write a day.20 mn NAND, Data Center gradePower Loss ProtectionLife expectancy is rated at 2 million com...
We are pleased to welcome the new Intel 730 SSD which features Intel’s third-generation controller and is targeted at enthusiasts. It is an indication of Intel’s intention to stay on the top-end SSD market after its position has been weakened by the m...
The Intel series 730 SSD positions itself in a massively saturated market. Now, all SSDs in this class win and lose a little from each other in respective benchmarks, overall it remains to be a lot of the same. Especially once you house that SSD into you...
When we first heard about Intel combining their Enterprise arm with the desktop brigade we were intrigued, albeit slightly cautious. After all, it's not as if most SSDs are particularly slow or prone to breaking. Then news broke that the controller was a...
Published: 2014-03-04, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
It's great to see that Intel has not forgotten the enthusiast market. While the SSD 520 and SSD 530 weren't bad SSDs, they didn't exactly fill the shoes of X-25M—they were just another batch of SandForce drives, with more generally better validation. With...
