Testseek.com have collected 108 expert reviews of the SanDisk 2.5 inch Extreme 2 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for SanDisk 2.5 inch Extreme 2 Series SATA600.
September 2013
(81%)
108 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
169 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Available in 120GB
240GB and 480GB capacities
Marvell 88SS9187 controller
NCache Technology
Excellent sequential read and write speeds
Good random read and write performance
Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data
Consistent
Strong sequential read speed across all drive capacities
In-house NAND and firmware promotes better hardware integration
Very low random write peak latency
Excellent performance for the price
Five-year warranty
Solid Performance
Multi-Tiered Cache
Consistent Performance
Regardless of Data Type
Excellent price/performance ratio for under $1 per GB.
Consistently fast performance
Outperforms Samsung's SSD 840 Pro on file writes
Fiveyear warranty
Very fast
Has firmware software.
Solid performance showing across the board. Inhouse developed firmware
Good controller choice.
The editors didn't like
Does not support hardware based encryption
Pricey
Sluggish real-world testing
120GB and 480GB capacities drop in performance
Only average performance reading and writing small files
Prices Slightly Higher Then Some Competing Drives
Bottom Line
The SanDisk Extreme II internal solid-state drive is a great opening volley into the high-end consumer market. It offers enthusiast-level performance from a historically OEM-focused company
SSD 840 Pro is slightly speedier overall
And similarly priced
No bundled backup software or desktop adapter
Below average PCMark score
Middling IOPS at 32QD
Slight pricing adjustment makes SanDisk's highend drive very competitive
But not entirely differentiates it from tough rivals
Abstract: SanDisk's line of Extreme II SSDs promise to provide users with lightning fast transfer rates, quiet operation, and low power usage. While many SSD manufacturers promise such feats, sometimes they come up a little short. Thankfully, SanDisk has indeed cre...
Fiveyear warranty, very fast, has firmware software.
Below average PCMark score, middling IOPS at 32QD
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Published: 2013-10-22, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
So it's a direct rival with Samsung 840 Pro. Which could be a good OR a bad thing. Because at the end of the day in the situation like this, the actual at the time of purchase and the ‘local reputation' of the brands play an important role.The price at...
The second generation Extreme drive is no slouch and looking at our performance figures, there's really no question that the Extreme II is positioned to play with the big boys. Not only did we see some great initial burst performance, we also saw good con...
Abstract: Today we are going to take a close look at the largest capacity Extreme II SSD SanDisk has to offer. The Extreme II series is SanDisk’s current flagship consumer enthusiast class solid state drive. This drive is packed with new technology and has wo...
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Published: 2013-08-16, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Excellent price/performance ratio for under $1 per GB.
Bottom Line, The SanDisk Extreme II internal solid-state drive is a great opening volley into the high-end consumer market. It offers enthusiast-level performance from a historically OEM-focused company
The SanDisk Extreme II internal solid-state drive is a great opening volley into the high-end consumer market. It offers enthusiast-level performance from a historically OEM-focused company....
Published: 2013-07-13, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
We knew from our first report that the new SanDisk Extreme II SSD was a workhorse and up to the task, regardless of the workload thrown at it. As did the 240GB version before it, the Extreme II 480GB SSD provided excellent benchmark results in both trans...
Abstract: Having migrated over to and run Haswell for a while now we know that the sweet spot for storage performance with Haswell is a 3 drive array in RAID 0. If you are a performance junkie like we are then you must have Haswell and you must have a (3) driv...
On the surface, the Extreme II appears to be Yet Another SSD. But it's not, because unlike most solid-state drives, the Extreme II offers something original. In addition to MLC main storage, it has an SLC write cache—and both are derived from the same 19...
