micromart.co.uk Updated:
2017-02-13 03:40:15
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When Intel launched the 520 series of SSD drives at the start of 2012 I wondered whether the chip giant had run up the white flag by switching from its own SSD controller to SandForce silicon. It baffled me that Intel could manufacture chipsets and proces...
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digitalversus.com Updated:
2017-02-13 03:40:24
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Just like SanDisk with its 240 GB Extreme SSD, with the 520 Series (codenamed 'Cherryville') Intel is claiming read speeds of 550 MB/s and write speeds of 520 MB/s. But... We regularly measure considerable differences in data transfer speeds between SSDs...
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...
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'...
The SandForce controller and synchronous memory are a winning team. They ensure fast speeds and reliability, which is one of Intel's selling points with the five-year warranty and 5,000 P/E cycles. This is an SSD for people who like reliability; Intel has...
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In June, 2012 we published a large group test of SSDs with capacities of 120/128 GB and 240/256 GB . Those are still the most popular sizes, judging from what people search for on Hardware.Info. The world of SSDs didn't stand still, and since then a num...
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SSDs have gone down in price a lot in recent months. It's now possible to find 64 GB SSDs for less than £50. That means that the cheapest SSDs are now on the same level as the most affordable hard drives, in theory taking away any arguments for not incl...
You buy a 64 GB SSD because you'd like to add an SSD to your computer for as little money as possible. Now that 128 GB models are becoming affordable, the choice seems obvious. But if you want to assemble a cheap (office) PC or have another scenario tha...
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Intel's latest batch of SSDs, the 520 Series, offers a variety of different capacities, but the 60GB is the smallest on offer. That doesn't sound like much, but it's more than enough for an installation of Windows and some key applications, which makes...
Despite its relatively low price, we can’t recommend the 60GB Intel 520...
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SSD prices are dropping so quickly that it makes more and more sense to have one in your PC. 120 or 128 GB versions you can find already for £90, and for less than twice that you can buy an SSD with double the capacity. It will still take a long time be...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
2017-02-13 03:40:43
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For most PC users, choosing a solid-state drive is a question of balancing cost against capacity and performance. For those whose budgets stretch a little further, really big SSDs such as the new 480GB Intel 520 Series SSD are on the menu.Conventional mag...
Big capacity, SandForce controller...
Poor write speed, Expensive...
Intel plus SandForce and a ton of NAND chips ought to be a winner. But poor write performance spoils the party...
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Name240GB 2.5-inch SSD: Intel 520 Series (SSDSC2CW240A3K5)At a glance:Great performance backed by Intel commitment to reliability and security,Steep priceSummary:Premium SATA 6Gbps SSD from Intel based on the Sandforce SF2281 controller.Rating:4.5/5RRP:$8...
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As well as its main line in PC processors, Intel now offers an expanding selection of solid-state drives (SSDs). The Intel 520 Series sits near the top of the company’s range, promising sequential read/write performance of 550 and 520MBps, and up to 80...
The Intel 520 Series 240GB stands as one of the leading SSDs for enthusiast users today. It’s using a SandForce controller that runs conspicuously slower than the competing Marvell or Samsung controllers in sequential write speeds, but maintains excell...
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vortez.net Updated:
2017-02-13 03:40:55
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£611inc. VAT (At time of review)Intel’s 520 SSD aka Cherryville is the latest rendition of consumer SSD. With their previous 510 Series they relied upon Marvell for their controller but with the 520 Series Intel has switched to SandForce in a bid to d...
Excellent overall performance, Generous accessories pack, 5 years warranty...
Visual aesthetics are lack-lustre...
Intel’s 520 Series has, since its arrival taken a firm hold in the SSD consumer SSD market and its obvious to see why. It may have an unobtrusive visual appearance but the 520 Series’ package and performance is everything to shout about. Intel has bee...
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Intel's solid state drives (SSDs) have been highly sought after by enthusiasts for its performance and reliability established since the days of the legendary Intel X25-M . The recently launched Intel SSD 520 Series (codenamed Cherryville) is the latest f...
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...
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Intel has not been making SSDs for the mainstream market for as long as some others, but it has learned quickly, and as usual, quickly worked its way into a position of power. If the previous drives weren't good enough, Intel has greatly improved its dri...
Intel's latest SSD range offers faster read/write speeds and a longer warranty. We put the 520 240GB model through its paces...
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Intel has not been making SSDs for the mainstream market for as long as OCZ, but it’s learned quickly, and as usual quickly worked its way into a position of power in a very short time. The 520 series is no different; coming out on top of the OCZ Octa...
A fantastic product at an acceptable price...
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Intel has not been making SSDs for the mainstream market for as long as OCZ, but it's learned quickly, and as usual quickly worked its way into a position of power in a very short time. The 520 series is no different; coming out on top of the OCZ Octane i...
A fantastic product at an acceptable price...
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tbreak.ae Updated:
2017-02-13 03:41:49
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When solid state drives exploded onto the PC enthusiast scene a few years ago, reliability was one of the main concerns people had. Sure, data being available at unbelievable speeds is all well and good, but it’s useless if there is no data to use at t...
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...
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What makes one SandForce-based SSD different from the others that appear to be just like it? We round up 10 models with 60 GB of capacity to explore the effects of NAND interfaces. We also stumble across some interesting data related to full drives. Ha...
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In many ways Intel’s new 520 240GB is one of the best SSDs currently on the market but with a price of about $500, many will likely overlook it. However, for those that can afford the fastest solution possible, combining two of these drives together i...
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It's been quite a suprise that Intel chose to release a Solid State Drive based on a SandForce SF-2281 controller. Meanwhile the chip giant has an entire line-up of SandForce based SSD. Today for review we have the 240 Gigabyte model that uses synchronous...
Announcement: Despite the circumstance that the rating of a product is based on as many objective facts as possible there are factors which can have an influence on a rating after publication Every autor may perceive data differently over time whereas one...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
2017-02-13 03:42:14
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Intel's latest SSD uses the same Sandforce controller as many others but, unlike its rivals, the 520 Series benefits from custom Intel firmware that promises to improve performance. The disk could read large files at a huge 380MB/s, and write speeds w...
A fast SSD, but its rival from Samsung has the edge for value...
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The rumour mill was working overtime throughout 2011 with suggestions that Intel was considering forsaking the Marvell controllers it had used for its previous generation of consumer SSDs, the 510 series. The story went that the company was jumping int...
For many, the fact that there is the Intel name on a Sandforce controllers drive will allay some of the fears that people might have over the controller's sometimes notorious reliability issues in previous incarnations. It’s a fast drive all right bu...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2017-02-13 03:42:16
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Review date: 10 February, 2012. Review by: Leo Waldock Intel's latest SSD (Solid State Drive) model 520 feels rather familiar as it sports the same light silver casing as the model 510 and 1ooks pretty similar to every Intel SSD since the first X25-M...
Superb performance, fiveyear warranty...
The price is rather high.
SandForce is a superb SSD controller and the Intel 520 is a formidable new entrant to the performance PC/laptop arena. We love every aspect of this drive with one notable exception and that is the horribly high price...
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A few days ago we looked at the latest Solid State Drive from Intel – the 520 series, codenamed ‘Cherryville’. The drive is built around ‘compute quality’ 25 nanometer NAND flash memory and offers a claimed maximum sequential read speed of 550 MB/s...
Class leading performance, 5 year warranty, good with both compressible and incompressible data...
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When we see the name Intel come about, the first thing that rightly comes to mind is their supreme processor department, but what some people may not know is that this is not all they now produce. Along with their many lines of processors, they also produ...
When this drive first came in we said that we had high expectations of it based on Intel's technical abilities and the performance of their older 320 series SSD, and to say the least we are not disappointed.With the SandForce controller paired with Intel'...
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Today we are looking at the latest Solid State Drive from Intel – the 520 series, codenamed ‘Cherryville’. The drive is built around ‘compute quality’ 25 nanometer NAND flash memory and offers a claimed maximum sequential read speed of 550 MB/s.The...
Class leading performance, 5 year warranty, good with both compressible and incompressible data...
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The 120GB could be the SSD sweet-spot, but can Intel's SSD 520 Series 120GB drive hit that head-on? Intel has done the obvious thing and stuck a SandForce controller in its desktop SSDs. If the larger members of the new 520 Series, like the Intel SSD 520...
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...
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If you thought that Intel had conceded the high-end SSD market to its competition, you were wrong. The company's new SSD 520 centers on SandForce's SF-2281 controller, incorporates top-bin IMFT NAND, and is protected by a five-year warranty. Many of th...
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Will it, won't it? That's the question we asked ourselves when we pondered whether or not Intel would turn to SandForce for its high-speed SSD needs.As it turns out, Intel decided to do exactly that, and the first product of its new partnership is bein...
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...
Performance takes a hit with certain data types, Pricier than rival SandForce solutions...
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Solid State drives are becoming more and more popular as a way to increase system performance. Intel has traditionally had its hand in developing high performance solid state drives and now have another to add to the fray. Boot times and general produ...
Performance, Capacity, 5 Year Warranty, Toolbox and Migration Software...
Pricing...
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...
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Intel is looking to SandForce to provide it with a performance-class SSD in the Intel SSD 520 Series 240GB. It changed tack about a year ago and started using third-party controller chips in its consumer class solid state drives (SSDs). From that moment o...
Terrific all, round performance, Intel SSDs have a strong reputation for reliability...
Incompressible performance less than stellar, Same old SSD pricing problem...
Probably the pick of the currently available 250GB-ish SSDs. Just a shame it's not a bit cheaper...
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We’ve been hearing about and anticipating new Intel’s Cherryville SSDs for some time now they are finally being released in the guise of the 520 series. They are built around the same SandForce SF2281 controller we have come to know from numerous othe...
Some companies are content to be first to market with an SSD and then spend months and months squashing bugs which had no business being in firmware released to the general public. Intel on the other hand tends to chart a safer course and while they ma...
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Over the past few years watching the evolution of SSDs, and manufacturer’s approaches, has been interesting. Taking Intel as one example it is fair to say that their early implementations of the technology were class leading, offering performance which very much...
Looking first at the build quality and design of the Intel 520 Series we have a drive which looks good from the top with its brushed metal finish and the casing feels sturdy compared to some competitor products which can have a flimsy feel to the base...
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