xbitlabs.com Updated:
2018-11-01 04:50:41
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We’ve posted a number of reviews of solid state drives based on the second-generation SandForce controller. The rest of available controllers can only feel jealous of its popularity which is not even diminished by certain problems such as its somewhat...
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The first mSATA-based SSDs we reviewed wowed us with diminutive dimensions, but not as much with performance. Today's best efforts are a lot more like their desktop equivalents, though. We round up 10 models between 64 and 256 GB and nail down a winner...
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The company Intel does not need much of an introduction. It has been a market and technology leader in CPU technology forever. One of their less well-known areas of expertise is the production of flash memory chips, so it comes as no surprise that Inte...
Extra capacity vs 120 GB drives, Low cost per gigabyte, SATA 6 Gbps support, Supports TRIM, 3-year warranty...
Slower than typical high-end SSDs...
Intel's 330 Series SSD offers 180 GB of storage capacity, which has the potential to turn into the new sweet spot segment. Nowadays, drives with 120 GB end up being too small for many users, but 240 GB is still too expensive. Also, many users don't nee...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2018-11-01 04:50:41
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Intel may be best known for its industry-leading computer processors, but the tech behemoth makes NAND flash chips as well (). And with a history in the consumer solid-state-drive (SSD) market that started with the drive back in 2008, the company has...
Fast sequential read speeds for a budget drive, Approaches high-end drives in some benchmark tests, Custom firmware designed to increase drive stability and longevity...
Pricey compared to other "mainstream" drives, 9.5mm thickness means it won't fit in many laptops, A bit sluggish (relatively speaking) in our real-world file-transfer test...
Intel's mainstream SSD mostly impresses on performance and bundled accessories. It's priced a bit higher than some faster drives, though, so you may want to look elsewhere unless you put stock in Intel's stability and longevity claims...
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Intel has a reputation for producing some of the most reliable solid state drives on the market. They tend to lag behind the market slightly in terms of technology, as they spend more time ensuring that their SSDs offer the best performance and reliabi...
We can see from our tests that the Intel 330 Series 120 GB and the Kingston HyperX 3K 120 GB are fairly evenly matched in terms of performance, as there were no tests in which one significantly outperformed the other.From the comparison table in the Intro...
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runaroundtech.com Updated:
2018-11-01 04:50:41
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I'm pretty sure once you've used a computer with a solid state hard drive you'll never go back to using one with a traditional drive. intel's 330 series is the company's newest line of SSDs made for both laptops and desktops. I'm no computer guru. When it...
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Earlier this year Intel introduced its second SandForce based SSD: the Intel SSD 330. While Intel had previously reserved the 5xx line for 3rd party controllers, the 330 marks the first time Intel has used something other than its own branded control...
Of the available SandForce drives, I've felt most comfortable recommending Intel's own. The pass through Intel's validation labs provides that extra peace of mind that hopefully translates into a better overall experience. In the past Intel has been a rel...
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Behardware.com Updated:
2018-11-01 04:50:42
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At last! After many long weeks of work, here’s our new SSD report. For 2012, we have decided to focus on the flagship 120 and 128 GB models and limit our selection to SSDs with an SATA 6 Gbps/s interface. We have tested no fewer than seventeen models:...
Tieing up a 24-page roundup in a few lines isn’t easy, especially as the cost of flash memory is currently dropping, meaning that the price of 120 to 128 GB SSDs is changing almost daily, with some manufacturers responding faster than others. Pricing i...
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rwlabs.com Updated:
2018-11-01 04:50:42
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After launching a very successful premium drive based on the most prolific solid state processor of all time the LSI SandForce 2281, Intel decided to launch a value oriented drive based on the same LSI SandForce 2281 processor. We have heard a lot of...
Intel did it again. They decided to go a different route than everyone else. Instead of using crap Asynchronous NAND like every other drive manufacturer to produce a cost effective drive they used a slightly lower binned Synchronous NAND along with fi...
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Our SSD analysis today will examine the Intel Series 330 SATA 3 SSD, the value priced little brother of the Intel 520, and the similarity between the two is rather odd. In fact, one could almost consider them twins as they contain exactly the same SandFor...
Intel has the size and weight to throw it's muscle around and we are seeing that all too well. In less than a year we have seen SSD entries in every corner of the market to include today's 330 Series for the value minded, the 520 for the enthusiast, 710...
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Intel was one of the last manufacturers to adopt SandForce controllers for their enthusiast grade SSD 520, but apparently they seem to be doing well enough with it to commit to a second line of SandForce-based SSDs with the Intel SSD 330 family. The SSD 3...
Highly underrated 4K random read and write speeds, Very competitive performance to price value, Same NAND as found in the Intel SSD 520, just fewer channels...
Large impact on incompressible write speeds compared to SSD 520, 9.5mm drive height excludes growing ultrathin market...
The Intel SSD 330 delivers on Intel's plan to expand their mainstream SSD offering with a much more competitive drive than what they had to offer with the SSD 320. Even with current street pricing the SSD 330 is appealing, and the value proposition will o...
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