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 ...

I'm a bit surprised no one has asked why Intel sampled most media outlets with two and in some cases three identical 520 Series 240GB drives for review. As a consumer I'd rather have seen performance ...

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 ...

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 ...

Will it, won't it? That's the question we asked ourselves when we pondered whether or not Intel would turn to SandForce for its high-speed SSD needs. As it turns out, Intel decided to do exactly that, ...

So the sample that has arrived in our secret test facility is the 240GB version of the drive, which means it's also faster compared to the 120GB model. The 520 series will come with asynchronous NAND, ...

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 ...

Looking back, Intel's 520 Series was the best SSD build using the LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller. Intel was allowed to build its own firmware for the 2281 and as a result didn't need to do 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 ...

When testing with AS SSD Benchmark we see the exact same sequential read performance as we did when using the CrystalDiskMark test. Again a throughput of 503MB/s meant that the Intel SSD 520 Series ...

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Intel is looking to SandForce to ...