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February 2012
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230 Reviews
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Big performance jump over the X25-M, five year warranty
What the original 510 Series should have been
Intel's 240GB 520 Series SSD drive is fast and, assuming there are no surprises from Intel regarding our unit's random read results, if you have an X25-M SSD drive and are thinking of upgrading, there's very little reason not to.Compared to Intel's X25-M...
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Published: 2012-02-06, Author: Jeremy , review by: techradar.com
Speedy performance in most benchmarks, Intel's given the firmware a damn good polish
Write performance a little patchy, Not clearly faster than other SandForce drives
SandForce performance plus Intel quality. Performance though is a little down on the 240GB version...
Sehr gute Leistung: Intel SSD 520 mit 240 GB.Intel hat mit Cherryville den Umstieg auf eine andere Controller-Familie gewagt und sich damit für eine Basis entschieden, die von vielen Konkurrenten ebenfalls in zahlreichen High-End-Produkten der Branche ver...
Hinsichtlich der Leistung ist Intel mit der SSD 520 Series ein schnelles Laufwerk gelungen, das lässt sich bereits jetzt sagen. Die Rohleistung ist in der Regel auf dem Niveau anderer schneller Solid State Drives mit SandForce-Controller und legt beim zuf...
Vergrößern Intel SSD 520 Series 240GB: Vorderseite der SSD-PlatineDie Intel SSD 520 Series 240GB versteht es meisterhaft, aus der Kombination von DDR-Flashspeicher und Sandforce-2281 das Maximum an Leistung herauszukitzeln. Das macht die Intel 520 zur de...
Excellent performance across the board, Good software bundle, 5 year warranty
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Intel's plan in 2012 is to bring the SSD to wide market segments. It is clear with the SSD 520's wide selection of storage capacity that Intel wants to incorporate every system with an SSD. The Intel SSD 520 is a good start from Intel leading the perf...
Considering that the Intel 520 Series solid state drive uses the same Sandforce SF-2281 controller as the Kingston HyperX and OCZ Vertex 3 MI, it's not surprising that the results we recorded are quite similar in a number of the tests.All four of the driv...
Best performing SandForcedriven SSD we've tested to date, Extensive reliability validation testing, 5year warranty,
Low IOPS at low Queue Depths (limitation of SandForce hardware), Intro pricing on the high side.
Intel appears to be making a habit out of adopting other SSD controllers and revamping their firmware to make them their own. From what we've seen today, they are indeed very good at it. This is the best performance we've seen out of SandForce hardwar...
Performance, Capacity, 5 Year Warranty, Toolbox and Migration Software...
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Any which way you cut it, the Intel 520 series drives deliver performance that allows it to fit right into the upper crust of the Sandforce-equipped comparison field. In many of the tests the drive was in the top two or three drives tested and seemed ...
