Testseek.com have collected 75 expert reviews of the Transcend 2.5 inch SSD720 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Transcend 2.5 inch SSD720 Series SATA600.
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The editors liked
The Transcend SSD720 is relatively affordable and significantly outperforms any hard drive. The included desktop drive bay converter is a useful extra
The editors didn't like
The SSD720's performance doesn't match that of its peers
And the included cloning software's functionality is limited
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Published: 2013-08-05, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
Just another drive with the older rev of LSI SandForce 2281 controller with no up-to-date firmwar...
Published: 2013-01-25, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: Transcend is a Taiwanese company specializing in memory and flash storage solutions. While Transcend may not be the first company that comes to mind about NAND flash, it has been in the industry since the late 80's. Transcend's USB flash sticks and SD car...
Published: 2012-11-22, Author: Andrew , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: Over the past year, we've seen the cost per gigabyte of solid-state storage drop in a major way. Once upon a time, we shopped for affordable 60 and 80 GB drives. Now we really want 256 GB drives in our desktops. Meet the last 10 models to land in our lab....
Abstract: We are usually not very thrilled about reviewing SSDs with 120 or 128 gigabytes storage capacity. This capacity is just not good for showing what a particular SSD design can do. Today’s SSDs use eight-channel controllers and 64-gigabit flash memory chi...
Good compressible data performance, Decent sequential read/write
SandForce controller showing age, 4K random writes not great
Notably, it delivers its impressive peak performance numbers beyond the 500MB/s mark courtesy of data compression. Which is clever, except that much of the data you shunt around, like images and music and video, isn't compressible. That explains why the ...
With a full 256GB of user capacity and a price less than $200, the Transcend SSD720 is an appealing product. Transcend didn't hit this price point by eliminating the goodies either. You get a full accessory package that includes several software tool...
Solid speed, Good price/performance ratio, 7mm format for notebooks
Not as quick with incompressible data as others
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Published: 2013-08-07, Author: Leo , review by: micromart.co.uk
Abstract: Transcend lists its SSD720 as an 'Ultimate' model, compared to its SSD320 model, which is 'Premium'. While both use a SandForce SF-2281 controller, the difference comes down to the type of memory - the SSD320 uses 25nm Asynchronous MLC, while SSD720 uses ...
