A-Data AS511S3-240GM-C S511

hybrid drive at around $180 if storage is important to you.

Outstanding 559/516 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, TCG OPAL security with 256-bit AES encryption, SandForce SF-2281 processor supports TRIM, SMART, and RAISE, DuraWrite technology extends NAND lifetime, Top-level enthusiast operational I/O...

Some manufacturers offer five-year warranty, Expensive enthusiast-level product, Firmware appears to throttle performance

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...

Revised controller ; Quickest read times ; Competitive price

Uncompetitive writes

Hello, A-Data S511. What's that? You can read and write at over 500 MB/s? Why, that's quicker than a spelling bee champion on MDMA. In fact, in both synthetic and real-world benchmarks, this solid state drive (SSD) is quicker than OCZ's similarly...

slightly less expensive than the Vertex 3 ; class leading performance ; IOPS results are better than Vertex 3

none we can see, but many will opt for the less expensive 128GB or 60GB version

Kitguru says: A strong challenger for the OCZ Vertex 3, and very closely matched.

Fast

Adata! I originally had no problems with the drives and posted a positive review. However, I have started getting the blue screens that others have mentioned. I emailed adata tech support and have had no response.... They do not seem to back up their...

Installed Win 7 in around 6 minutes. This thing is FAST

The firmware update tool isn't particularly informative on the results. Trying to update it in my old rig, I got a red x, without any further info. Even when it works, it doesn't really report success other than showing a green check mark

It is fast when it works

It will randomly blue screen. some times it will go a week other times it does it 3 times a day. For the last week it has been blue screening at least once a day ; Also the firmware update program is horrible the only thing that is worse is their...