Intel® SSD 530 Series (480GB, 2.5in SATA 6Gb/s, 20nm, MLC)
Expert reviews
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11/07/2014
SummaryIn 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...
phoronix.com -
11/23/2013
SummaryThe 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...
storagereview.comProsStrong performance in real-world workloads, Competitive in sequential performance and random mixed workloads
ConsSaw a drop in performance in mixed workloads compared to the SSD 520 it replaces, Power consumption under load increased compared to 520
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11/15/2013
SummaryUltimately 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...
anandtech.com -
10/31/2013
SummaryIt 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...
tomshardware.com -
08/15/2013
SummaryChoice 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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