Intel Announces TLC-Based 540s, 5400s SSDs

[Guest]

Intel announced new consumer and business client class SSDs. The company moved away from The (Sand)Force and chose Silicon Motion's SM2256 to tame SK Hynix's 16nm TLC.

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[Lutfij]

Intel's products with underlying SK Hynix parts seems like a recipe for success. If only Intel employed a team for their aesthetics and design elements I think it'd have garnered more followers.

 

[Avicel]

The presell price of 240GB capacity is about 90 USD(on taobao)

 

[Avicel]

The presell price of 240GB capacity is about 90 dollars(Taobao)

 

[alextheblue]

The warranty is a big plus in my book. I'll be interested to see how it fares against my current favorite affordable SSD, the 850 Evo.

 

[photonboy]

Sustained WRITES is pretty low though.

I get around 500MB/second with my Samsung drives (by copying a movie between two SSD's). I timed it.

 

[hitman400]

Intel's products with underlying SK Hynix parts seems like a recipe for success. If only Intel employed a team for their aesthetics and design elements I think it'd have garnered more followers.

Do parts really need design if they are interior components? I can understand if you are a PC builder and have a case window.

 

[bikerepairman1]

Do parts really need design if they are interior components? I can understand if you are a PC builder and have a case window.

Even then the drive is in a cage and only shows the cables or the other small side. Also design makes the drive more expensive.

 

[littleleo]

These drives will probably sell and sell well because of 5 letters I N T E L. Whether they are better than the competition's current models or not.

 

[firefoxx04]

I would be happy with a sustained speed above 250 but less than 150 is pretty bad.. I guess the iop and read performance will still make the system fast.