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The 240GB Intel SSD 520 Series is a terrific-performing solid-state drive at a slightly less-than-terrific price. When Intel released its 510 Series solid-state drive (SSD) a year ago, it used a ...

Intel has a very enjoyable SSD in their hands with the 520 series. We honestly where surprised though that after everything that has happened with the SandForce 2200 series controllers and their ...

Intel SSD 520 speeds performance for the most demanding applications and intense multitasking, to dramatically improve user experience. Intel SSD 520 gives users more capacity choices to drive ...

Intel hasn’t gone back to keeping it “all in the family” with its newest SSD, the 520 Series, but it has chosen SandForce instead—and to good effect. Based on our review unit of the 240GB drive in the ...

Here we see that the Intel SSD 520 Series 240GB delivers strong sequential read performance for a SandForce SF-2281 drive. With a bandwidth of 503.9MB/s it matched the ADATA S511 240GB while it was ...

On this page we want to share some thoughts on how to increase the lifespan and performance of your SSD. But first, the installation. Installation of an SSD drive is no different than installing any ...

Intel has decided that AES encryption feature of the 520 Series SSD (Cherryville) does not actually feature 256-bit encryption. It turns out that the SSD actually only supports 128-bit encryption, ...

There are few upgrades left for PCs that can offer tangible, substantial performance gains in daily usage tasks anymore. Assuming the desktop (or especially laptop) is relatively recent and has 4GB of ...

Having tested some of the fastest computer systems available today, it takes a lot to impress us here in the CRN Test Center. But the out-of-the-box performance of Intel's Solid-State Drive 520 Series ...

Intel is launching a brand new line of solid state drives today, built around SandForce’s popular SF-2200 family of storage processors. The new SSD 520 Series solid state drives, as they are known, ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. A leaked roadmap earlier this year showed Intel was planning to release a successor to their 510 ...