Testseek.com have collected 63 expert reviews of the Intel 2.5 inch 530 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel 2.5 inch 530 Series SATA600.
October 2014
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Abstract: In my recent articles doing RAID 0/1/5/6/10 benchmarking on Btrfs/EXT4/XFS/F2FS, I've been using four 120GB Intel 530 Series SSDs. I went with these four solid-state drives for getting a deal on them and having been pleased with numerous Intel SSDs I've u...
Abstract: Last month on Phoronix I posted some dual-HDD Btrfs RAID benchmarks and that was followed by Btrfs RAID 0/1/5/6/10 testing on four Intel solid-state drives. In still testing the four Intel Series 530 SSDs in a RAID array, the new benchmarks today are a co...
Strong performance in real-world workloads, Competitive in sequential performance and random mixed workloads
Saw a drop in performance in mixed workloads compared to the SSD 520 it replaces, Power consumption under load increased compared to 520
The Intel SSD 530 line is a progressive addition to Intel’s family of SSDs and the successor to their 520 SSDs. One of the more attractive things about the 530 is that it ships in a plethora of mid-range capacities in several form factors including 80...
Published: 2013-11-15, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
Ultimately there is one crucial thing that the SSD 530 provides over the SSD 520: price. The SSD 520 has been rather expensive and it hasn't really been able to compete, in price or performance, with the newer SSDs with smaller lithography NAND. As a resu...
Published: 2013-10-31, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.com
It 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 that...
Choice 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 tho...
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Published: 2014-10-29, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
It's difficult to believe, but we wrote our SandForce SF-2000 Series introduction article at the start of 2011. At the time, the market was ready to move from SATA 3Gb/s to SATA 6Gb/s, and SandForce was our hero. SandForce came on the scene fast, and dom...
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Published: 2014-01-03, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
On the surface, it's pretty clear the Intel 530 Series 240GB is slower than the majority of its rivals, and equal pricing doesn't make up for the deficit. When you start peeling back the layers, the picture starts to change. Until we move past SATA III, ...
Samsung'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 ar...
Abstract: Unless 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 a...
