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There is no doubt that OCZ technologies rule the SSD market right now, however the competition in recent months has certainly been heating up for them. Patriot for instance have been unleashing some fantastic performance oriented Solid State Drives, such as the Wildfire, and lately the Pyro SE. The competition is no less fierce in the budget sector with many companies continually driving down prices and increasing capacity.
The ADATA S510 120GB is firmly planted in the budget, price conscious sector and it serves a heady dose of performance for the modest asking price. Overclockers have the drive stocked for £119.99 inc vat, which means it is one of the lowest priced Sandforce 2281 powered 120GB drives on the market today.
In regards to overall bandwidth, the drive does suffers when dealing with incompressible data, with performance dropping significantly. In real world terms however, the majority of applications use compressible data, so performance is pretty much on a par with higher priced drives. We do advise caution however if incompressible data performance is a primary concern.
The bundle is surprisingly comprehensive, as ADATA include a useful 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch adapter in metallic blue, and the code for a personalised download of Acronis True Image. This software will allow for a complete mirror copy of a boot drive, which can then be simply replaced without any headaches. We use this software regularly and really rate it highly.
Pros:
- Extremely competitive price point.
- Strong bundle, including Acronis True Image.
- IOPS performance is excellent.
Cons:
- Incompressible data performance.
Kitguru says: The ADATA S510 120GB is one of the best value for money SSD’s on the market today.
yay, the first of many ‘cut price’ 120gb drives. ill wait until they hit £99.99 inc vat 🙂
Don’t corsair do a drive at the same capacity and price (2281?)
Seems good value, especially with HDD prices, although im hoping a 1TB is back to £50 by February.
No stock as always 🙂 but seems good. any ideas when OCUK will have them?
Good deal, but as someone else said, ADATA are hard to get in UK, took them ages to stock the 510 after KG reviewed it.
They are dropping all the time as said on first page,. need to drop a bit more for me to buy one. maybe next year. next gen.
Never heard of them. ill stick with Samsung, got burned with OCZ last gen when it failed in 2 weeks. (huge threads all over on sandforce, no thanks)..
Typical ADATA product, cant buy it anywhere. all preorder or ‘not in stock’.
useless.
Please, review Crucial M4 64GB and 128Gb, they are the kings. 🙂
Don’t care about the winning part when I saw a 128GB SSD going for £50.00 on ebay thought no way but only a few mins later it was mine,was using a 64 GB which wasn’t cutting it.So you made my day thanks EDL Bratcher
COOL
Good price and vet good quality bought mine off ebay Brand new for £50.00 cool or what well appreciated .I will be back
E D L Bratcher