A-Data 2.5 inch S599 Series SATA300

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

0
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros:

Low price, Higher performance than other Sandforce drives, Excellent synthetic performance, Supports TRIM, 3 Year warranty, Nice looking, rugged metal case, Includes 2.5 inch bracket
Outstanding 286/287 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, SandForce SF1200 processor supports TRIM, SMART, and RAISE, DuraWrite technology extends NAND lifetime, Very good enthusiastlevel operational I/O performance, Lightweight compact storage solution.

Cons:

Limited warranty and technical support, Lacks integrated USB MiniB data connection, Not 3rdGeneration SATA6.0 compliant, No public firmware updates available

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Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Low price, Higher performance than other Sandforce drives, Excellent synthetic performance, Supports TRIM, 3 Year warranty, Nice looking, rugged metal case, Includes 2.5 inch bracket
Outstanding 286/287 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, SandForce SF1200 processor supports TRIM, SMART, and RAISE, DuraWrite technology extends NAND lifetime, Very good enthusiastlevel operational I/O performance, Lightweight compact storage solution

Reviewers Didn't Like

Limited warranty and technical support, Lacks integrated USB MiniB data connection, Not 3rdGeneration SATA6.0 compliant, No public firmware updates available

Expert reviews and ratings

The A-DATA S599 64GB is large enough as a boot drive for Windows PCs, or could be used to speed up and quieten down a laptop. To stay competitive against the likes of Corsair’s Force Series 3, for example, it needs to drop its price by at least...

By PC Advisor on December 22, 2011

It would be fair to say that ADATA aren’t known as one of the more established SSD brands however they have had a range of SandForce powered units in retail for some time now. Today we are testing their 256GB SSD and will be putting it through...

By Kitguru.net on March 12, 2011

At nearly 10 times the price of a normal HDD, the ADATA S599 SSD is surely for early adopters. The performance benefits of SSD technology are currently more in access and seek times than in actual speed. However the ADATA S599 is lighter, noiseless...

By ThinkDigit on February 23, 2011

At the moment A-DATA's S599 128 GB is the cheapest 128 GB Sandforce SSD available on the market. It uses 8 GB of overprovisioning, whereas many other drives use 16 GB. Our testing shows that this does not have any negative effect on performance at...

By techPowerUp! on December 22, 2010

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 that all...

By Benchmark Reviews on March 30, 2010

Final Words & Conclusion With the release of the SandForce 1200 based S599 ADATA is placing a superb piece of hardware onto the market. The results show potential and here and there even are flabbergasting. As such we can only conclude that...

By Guru of 3D on April 07, 2010

The SandForce SF-1200 SATA-3GBps controller is new to the industry, but many manufacturers are already hailing it as the replacement for Indilinx's industry-leading Barefoot processor. Both are second-generation SATA products limited to 3.0 GB/s...

By Benchmark Reviews on April 04, 2010

Neben den hier aufgeführten Benchmarks wurde die SSD von A-Data auch noch einem langen Alltagstest unterzogen. Wer von einer normalen HDD kommt, sich diese Platte als Systemplatte einrichtet und damit arbeitet, der möchte sicherlich nicht mehr...

By pcmasters.de on June 19, 2011

Alors tout d’abord, coté prix, difficile de se prononcer car le S599 est très mal distribuée en France. Actuellement, on trouve quelques exemplaires, pour un prix d’environ ~2,00€/Go soit bien plus que ses concurrents...

By CowcotLand on February 28, 2011

Kopf an Kopf, im Gesamtvergleich dann aber trotzdem ein Stück hinter der „MX-DS“, schlängelte sich das ADATA-Produkt der S599-Series durch unseren Testparcours. Ebenfalls durchgehend hohe Transferraten sowie niedrige Zugriffszeiten machten das Arbeiten...

By Allround-PC.com on December 01, 2010

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