ccokeman takes a look at Intels new 520 Series SSD:
http://www.overclock...ntel_520_240gb/
Intel 520 Series 240GB Reviewed
Started by Bosco, Feb 06 2012 09:30 AM
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 09:30 AM
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 10:21 AM
Another very nice product & nice review too.
Personally, I would prefer Vertex3 over this.
Personally, I would prefer Vertex3 over this.
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 05:58 PM
Another very nice product & nice review too.
Personally, I would prefer Vertex3 over this.
my dual force 3 drives in raid 0 have 240gb capacity, and are currently limited to 500mb read write, but when i can put them on sata 3, it will be alot faster, and it only cost 320 for both of them
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Posted 07 February 2012 - 10:46 AM
When you buy an Intel drive you are most likely buying for reliability and the five year warranty. Speed is probably a secondary concern to it's intended market.Another very nice product & nice review too.
Personally, I would prefer Vertex3 over this.
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Posted 07 February 2012 - 11:09 AM
Seems like a nice drive in terms of speed and reliability.
Though personally I'd go for 2 much cheaper drives in RAID 1 if I wanted a decent ammount of reliability and speed.
Though personally I'd go for 2 much cheaper drives in RAID 1 if I wanted a decent ammount of reliability and speed.
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Posted 07 February 2012 - 01:52 PM
+1When you buy an Intel drive you are most likely buying for reliability and the five year warranty. Speed is probably a secondary concern to it's intended market.
In reality the Vertex 3 is what you get when you realise you cant afford Intel
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Posted 07 February 2012 - 03:27 PM
Intel SSDs have to be some of the best SSDs out there but they are way over my budget, but hey you get what you pay for.
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 04:40 AM
+1
In reality the Vertex 3 is what you get when you realise you cant afford Intel
Actually I don't have any SSDs. :-(
OT: Intel don't sell their SSDs here, OCZ don't have good resellers. So only good option is corsair with their awesome support guys.
