New Intel 520 in stock here

[groberts101]

Better get em' fast if you need em' fast.
http://www.applied-computer.com/Inventories/TechnoteDetail.aspx?Acpn=000000&GroupID=5467193

 

[Coup27]

Those prices are very suprising. Adding the usual UK inflated price, plus 20% VAT, it comes on about the same as the m4 and 830. That's suprising considering their 510 pricing strategy and I expected the 520 to command a premium over the competition for the "Intel factor".

 

[groberts101]

huh?.. did I miss something?

That company is in California and shipping is only 16 bucks to my door.

LOL.. never mind.. I misunderstood the "adding" part.

 

[Coup27]

This is one of those moments you need a delete post button.

AT Forums - The only vb forum in the world where you can't delete your own posts!

 

[groberts101]

that's funny!.. I was looking around for one just a moment ago and had the same exact thought.

Much harder to erase those old man moments around here as you need to change the posts before soimeone quotes you. lol

 

[Coup27]

I asked in forum issues why the feature has been removed but I was not granted an answer.

 

[palladium]

Reviews.....

 

[Concillian]

Reviews.....

It's another Sandforce 2xxx drive. It's gonna perform just like all the other ones, just this one has an Intel name on it instead of OCZ / Corsair / Patriot / OWC / etc...

 

[bryanW1995]

It will be interesting to see if these are as reliable as the 510 series.

 

[slow_poke]

Got two on the way from them last nite.

 

[Brunnis]

Got two on the way from them last nite.

Nice! Would be awesome if you could run a few tests on them once you get them.

 

[razel]

From the latest pcper podcast, their storage guy teased it. Apparently review samples are out. Sites are under NDA, meaning reviews are to be released very soon, but he said it's impressive and when asked if it was, 'If you can't beat them, join them' He made no comment.

It probably is Sandforce driven. I think Intel maybe done making controllers. Frankly the G1, G2, G3 (320) Intels are just improvements and not new controllers. Neither is the 700 series. I think Intel sees no need to Conroe performance. I agree that SSDs are held back by SATA interface/controller latencies. Sequential performance is beyond what we need. It's the latency they need to work on.

PCIe interface is the future. It's available on laptops and desktops. PCIe straight to the controller without the SATA in between is a great solution to removing SATA latency and bandwidth. OCZ's Kilaminjaro SSD is a great example if that can be seen as a drive on bootup without drivers. Luckily with UEFI BIOS this can be possible. Yes, I used OCZ and great in the same sentence.

Intel maybe done with controllers and is very happy selling chips. They scored another record profit. I kinda miss the back to back AMD beats Intel... Intel beats AMD days.

 

[Obsoleet]

It's another Sandforce 2xxx drive. It's gonna perform just like all the other ones, just this one has an Intel name on it instead of OCZ / Corsair / Patriot / OWC / etc...

It's interesting when people think because the 510 used Marvell that it's "just another Marvell drive" and you could pickup an offbrand with the same controller, and it's the same thing.

 

[groberts101]

It's interesting when people think because the 510 used Marvell that it's "just another Marvell drive" and you could pickup an offbrand with the same controller, and it's the same thing.

that's because in essence?.. it's completely true. No matter how much money Intel throws at a "standardized controller".. the firmware can only do so much to change the way these things work.

IOW, weaknesses and strengths can only be circumvented and improved upon so much. They just write code for the firmware.. not change how it actually operates or the performance received from it.

 

[palladium]

Nice! Would be awesome if you could run a few tests on them once you get them.

*Begging for benchmarks*

 

[groberts101]

the specs have been posted for months. Expect Sandforce like performance from a Sandforce based drive.

My guess is that IOPS will be on par, if not slightly better than most.. and sequentials will be slightly reduced as the specs have already pointed out.

 

[groberts101]

*Begging for benchmarks*

ask and ye shall receive.

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With the typical "lack of compression" related losses shown in AS SSD.. the dispute should now be over as to whether or not they will be Sandforce controlled.