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It doesn’t matter how good any of the synthetic suites are, the real meat of the testing has to be under absolute real world conditions. This proves difficult as to record results we have to narrow down fluctuation. Therefore while we would say these are the most useful results to get from this review, there is always going to be a slight margin for error – its not absolutely scientific.
Firstly we installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Edition onto each of the drives and performed a clean update from Microsoft with all patches and security fixes. We then install a basic suite of software, such as Office, Firefox and Adobe Design, then we install AVG free antivirus. We used a digital watch for this startup and repeated the test five times for each drive – once we had these five results we averaged the results and took that for the final figure.
The sequential read time of the ADATA S511 and OCZ Vertex 3 is basically inseparable. We recorded start up times with the same system configuration and both drives scored 22 seconds. Class leading results.
STALKER is a demanding game, especially when waiting almost 40 seconds for it to load via a mechanical hard drive. Adata S511 and Vertex 3 record the fastest times, taking 3 seconds from the load time when compared against the Intel 510 drive. Class leading results, yet again.
Excellent, these guys seem to be on the ball.
A 60gb version is coming? Count me in for a couple of those puppies
This controller is the future of ssd in the next year or two. Amazing speeds…
Price is good. How much will the 60gb version be?
Based on pricing of 240gb. I would say 60gb will be around 110 to 120 pounds
The 60GB appeals to me, ill probably get 4 for QUAD Raid 0 performance. Should only be around £500. much better than a single 240GB drive. Any chance of a test Zardon of this setup?
ADATA seem to be bringing more cool stuff out lately. I dont often see them on stores I use however, which is concerning.
What are the warranty terms on their SSDs? in UK, and also how do we return them if they fail. to their HQ or to the dealer we bought from? I got burned on Patriot before. moer info would help
Im still not convinced to just jump in with ADATA, but they are on my radar now, they weren’t a few months ago. This drive looks really good, I also like their tweaks on this drive, it looks like they put a lot of effort into the tuning
Very good drive, aggressive pricing too.
The 240gb is very nice, but its a hell of a lot of money for a drive. 120gb is more sensible, but I can see them selling a ton of 60gb units.
erm.. why aren’t OCZ selling anything smaller than 120gb? whats up with that?
very nice indeed, shame it cant be bought anywhere yet. 60GB might be a good boot option
They certainly have the pricing right, never heard of the company however !