With its top-tier real-world performance and affordable price point, the 530 is a worthy addition of Intel's line of SSDs. In addition to its five-year warranty and record of reliability, the Intel SSD 530 offers a well rounded feature set for mainstream consumers.
By StorageReview onSamsung's 850 Pro SSDs are without a doubt the fastest SSDs of this moment. Given that this product does not seem to have any flaws, we heartily recommend it to those who are looking for the fastest possible SSD. The Vector 150 and AMD Radeon R7 SSDs...
By uk.hardware.info onUnless you're sporting really old hardware, an SSD is the best sure-fire way to boost the performance of your desktop or laptop computer. There is so much choice now it's difficult to know whether there is a significant difference between various SSDs...
By uk.hardware.info onWith SATA 6Gbps Intel was very late to the game, which forced them to use third party controllers (first Marvell and then SandForce). With SATA 3Gbps, on the other hand, Intel was one of the first players to come up with a good controller and firmware (the X25-M series), so I certainly hope that we will see something similar this time around.
By AnandTech onIt was only a matter of time before Intel was compelled to ditch the consumer-grade 25 nm flash in its SSD 520 for something more...modern. Economically, it's what makes sense, and likely helps explain why SSD 530s are a bit cheaper than the SSD 520s...
By Tom's Hardware UK onWe are really beginning to repeat ourselves in our SSD reviews lately. Time and again it's been clear in recent months that LSI needs to come up with a new generation SandForce controller. The SF-2281 was state-of-the-art when it came out, but now it's...
By uk.hardware.info onChoice is good. The Intel series 530 SSD positions itself in a massively saturated market. The model as tested today is a nice performing product, not a top performing one though. The overall read performance is good, the trace tests a little average...
By Guru of 3D onDie Intel 530 Series 240GB (SSDSC2BW240A4) mit dem bewährten SandForce-Kontroller SF-2281 erzielt im Test sehr hohe Transferraten um 500 MByte/s. Die IOPS-Werte für Datenzugriffe sind aber schwach. Praktisch: Die SSD bringt eine Umzugssoftware für die...
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Wie immer liefert Intel ein auberlich sehr hochwertiges Laufwerk ab, das durch schlichtes Design und gut verarbeitete Materialien zu gefallen weib. Im Inneren steckt – bis auf die neue NAND-Generation, ein neues Controller-Stepping und eine starkere...
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Bei der Intel 530 enttäuschte die sequenzielle Schreibrate von lediglich 309 MByte/s und die unterdurchschnittliche Zugriffszeit beim...
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