Testseek.co.uk 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
(84%)
230 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(91%)
4119 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Excellent overall performance
Generous accessories pack
5 years warranty
Speedy performance in most benchmarks
Intel's given the firmware a damn good polish
Sequential throughput in excess of 500MB/s
Strong performance at high queue depths
Comes with a fiveyear warranty
It's got Intel's name on it
Terrific all
Round performance
Intel SSDs have a strong reputation for reliability
Superb performance
Fiveyear warranty
5
000 P/E cycles on synchronous memory
Body thickness is adjustable (7 or 9.5 mm)
3.5" adapter included
Good onthefly compression = considerably higher lifespan
Fast read speeds
Class leading performance
5 year warranty
Good with both compressible and incompressible data
The editors didn't like
Visual aesthetics are lack-lustre
Write performance a little patchy
Not clearly faster than other SandForce drives
Performance takes a hit with certain data types
Pricier than rival SandForce solutions
Incompressible performance less than stellar
Same old SSD pricing problem
The price is rather high.
Weight
78 g (...the Samsung 840 Pro weighs 51 g
And in a notebook that's a big difference)
Slightly slower speeds than the 840 Pro
The SanDisk Extreme is practically identical to the 520 Series in terms of speed and space
For a lower price. What you'
Not quite as fast as the latest Samsung drives when reading imcompressible data
Abstract: The performance benefits of SSDs over traditional mechanical hard disks are obvious and have long been extolled on our sites. For the most part, and in terms of raw performance, even the most average, mainstream SSD will leave the fastest 10,000rpm mechan...
Classleading performance, Much improved over Intel SSD 510 series, Special firmware exclusive to Intel
Slightly pricey
Looking at the results of our rigorous testing, it is clear that the new Intel SSD 520 series delivers on the performance front.Performance on PCMark Vantage was exceptional and the new Intel drive was always amongst the fastest on the other tests as w...
Class-leading performance, Much improved over Intel SSD 510 series, Special firmware exclusive to Intel
Slightly pricey, Below average IOPS performance on Iometer
Performance on PCMark Vantage was exceptional and the new Intel drive was always amongst the fastest on the other tests as well, clearly matching the speed of the current crop of high-end SSDs. The new SSD 520 series also easily outclassed the older SSD 5...
As fast as any SandForce SATA III SSD, Intel SSD Toolbox allows for easy management and firmware update, Intel fixed SF2281 bugs,
Slight price premium over other SandForce SSDs due to superior firmware and better reliability
So what we have from the Intel 520 series SSD is performance which is pretty much on par with the industry standard for SF-2281 controlled drives. Of course the OCZ RevoDrive gets an unfair advantage for sequential read and write speeds due to its PCIe...
Abstract: Intel's first LSI-Sandforce based Solid State Drive launched with much fanfare last week, with pundits raving about the extra enterprise class reliability brought about by Intel's historically stringent firmware validation, on one of the fastest controlle...
Actualmente la serie 520 de Intel tiene precios similares o en torno al 5% superior a modelos similares de su competencia. Están en la pelea de precio y sin duda es un fabricante que, comete fallos como cualquiera, pero que tiene un nivel de recursos...
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Abstract: Pendant plusieurs dizaines d'années, le disque dur a été le point faible des ordinateurs. Avec des temps d'accès exprimés en millisecondes (10-3) alors que les mémoires et caches de la machine travaillent sur des latences qui s'expriment plutôt en nano...
