Intel® SSD 540s Series

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3 Expert reviews

Overall Review Score

The overall review score is calculated from averaging this product's international review scores.

08/17/2016

Summary

Intel set the bar very low for mainstream SSDs with the SSD 540s, but the market will continue on. This drive delivers less performance per dollar compared to market leaders and fails to compete with offerings from Tier 3 manufacturers. If you want a...
tomshardware.com

Pros

SSD Optimizer software is very good and includes several nice features, Reliability, 5year warranty

Cons

Expensive, Under performs compared to other mainstream SSD offerings with lower prices
06/23/2016

Summary

The Intel SSD 540s is their first entry level consumer SSD in quite a while, and our first look at Silicon Motion's new SM2258 controller. It's a little surprising to see Intel being an early adopter of a third-party SSD controller after their SandForce-b...
anandtech.com

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