Intel Unveils SSD 5 Series Mainstream Solid State Drives

btarunr · Apr 14, 2016

Intel unveiled the SSD 5 series (SSD 540s) of mainstream solid-state drives. The SSD 5 Series is part of Intel's new nomenclature for its consumer SSD lineup. The SSD 7 Series leads the pack with the highest performance, leveraging exotic interfaces such as M.2 PCIe, U.2, or PCIe add-on card, and NVMe protocol; the SSD 5 Pro series retains conventional 2.5-inch SATA 6 Gb/s and M.2 SATA interfaces, but with the fastest MLC NAND flash memory. The SSD 5 series, however, offers TLC NAND flash memory, and is designed to be cost-effective.

The SSD 5 series comes in capacities of 180 GB, 240 GB, 360 GB, 480 GB, and 1 TB, and in two form-factors - 7 mm-thick 2.5-inch, and 80 mm M.2 with SATA 6 Gb/s interface. Transfer rates vary by model, but you're looking at read speeds of up to 560 MB/s, with write speeds of up to 480 MB/s. The SSD 5 Series is perhaps the only TLC NAND flash SSD in the market to ship with a 5-year warranty.

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Chaitanya · Apr 14, 2016

Still no 3D Nand from Intel/Toshiba. Also TLC Nand coupled with Intel warranty might be a good thing but pricing has to be lower than Samsung's 850Evo for to sell well. Else I dont see a reason why people will choose this Intel drive over already cheap and good 850Evo.

Ferrum Master · Apr 14, 2016

I really expected more. This thing doesn't bring competition... it just exists.

RejZoR · Apr 14, 2016

Who even buys Intel SSD's these days? Back in days of X25-M series SSD, sure. But today? I don't see a single reason to buy one when you ca get cheaper and probably just as good SSD's from pretty much anyone else.

dj-electric · Apr 14, 2016

This SSD is sent to fight the samsung 850 EVO.
It will lose, like everybody else.

deemon · Apr 14, 2016

Just when I was hoping for affordable NVMe U.2 SSD-s... the hope was crushed. Thanks intel for not making your retarded U.2 more popular. (and thanks ASUS for putting this retarded U.2 onto your Z170 Impact board, NOT!)

RejZoR · Apr 14, 2016

U.2 is a stupid standard. The damn thing is way too big, way too clumsy and has almost as much support as SATA Express (meaning, none).

They really can't make SATA sized cable/connector with higher transfer rates?

RazrLeaf · Apr 14, 2016

RejZoR said:
U.2 is a stupid standard. The damn thing is way too big, way too clumsy and has almost as much support as SATA Express (meaning, none).

They really can't make SATA sized cable/connector with higher transfer rates?

Isn't that connector called USB Type-C? Why not just adopt it as an internal header as well?

efikkan · Apr 14, 2016

I'll take an Intel SSD over a "better value" Samsung SSD any day, especially given the reliability of Samsung's SSDs.

cdawall · Apr 14, 2016

efikkan said:
I'll take an Intel SSD over a "better value" Samsung SSD any day, especially given the reliability of Samsung's SSDs.

What reliability issues?

efikkan · Apr 14, 2016

cdawall said:
What reliability issues?

Have people forgotten the firmware issues with the 840/850 series?

cdawall · Apr 14, 2016

efikkan said:
Have people forgotten the firmware issues with the 840/850 series?

Those issues weren't causing widespread drive failure. When you complain about drives with issues look into the older OCZ junk. (agility 3 and the likes)

Abdo shniba · Apr 14, 2016

cdawall said:
What reliability issues?

Is he serious!

cdawall · Apr 14, 2016

Abdo shniba said:
Is he serious!

Samsung holds 44.7% of the market

So obviously there will be more users with issues that's what happens when you sell 4:1 of your nearest competitor

R-T-B · Apr 14, 2016

efikkan said:
Have people forgotten the firmware issues with the 840/850 series?

850 Evo's were not affected by the 840 evo firmware bug.

Prima.Vera · Apr 14, 2016

OCZ only 0.6% ... LOL (Agility caugh....caugh...)

ironwolf · Apr 14, 2016

efikkan said:
Have people forgotten the firmware issues with the 840/850 series?

850 models had firmware issues? That would be news to me.

ds4130 · Apr 14, 2016

Fair the 840 did have firmware issues, regardless Samsung are and in my opinion will continue to be the go-to for consumer desktop SSD's for the foreseeable future. Maybe when Xpoint filters down to the mainstream things will change, but for now they have all bases well covered, 850 PRO/EVO, 950 PRO and the upcoming SM961 for OEM, given current pricing it's hard to see why you'd bother looking elsewhere. 830 in the old lounge box is still trooping along with a horrible amount of writes over its life in various rigs

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Intel Unveils SSD 5 Series Mainstream Solid State Drives

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where the hell are my stars

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cdawall

where the hell are my stars

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cdawall

where the hell are my stars

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