Not to imply that Intel’s new 510 series of SSDs, which use a Marvel controller, do not improve upon the previous generation at all; instead it is more that they did not reach the lofty goals we had hoped for. Moving the SATA 6G is a great step but considering the incredible performance we saw from their initial (well Rev. 2) drives when compared to the competitors, the bar was set pretty high. Al takes the drive through its paces in his latest article, found here.

"While we were glad to see Intel step up and release this 6Gb/sec part, I can’t help but feel this was a bit of a rush job. While the drive performed decently and reliably, I certainly didn’t get that same feeling of performance awesomeness present with each of their previous releases. I believe this 510 was pushed out as a stop gap measure, with speedier offerings coming down the road. Sure you could argue this is meant to be a consumer drive only and should be ‘good enough’ for most people, but the competition is upgrading the definition of ‘consumer grade’ on a daily basis."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- The Intel SSD 510 @ AnandTech
- Apacer TurboII Series-AS602 120GB Solid State Drive @ Tweaktown
- Corsair Force F90 90GB Solid-State Drive Review @ Techgage
- OCZ RevoDrive 50GB PCIe Solid State Drive @ Pro-Clockers
- OCZ RevoDrive 80 GB PCI Express Solid State Drive @ TechARP
- Seagate Momentus 750GB, 3Gb/s Hard Drive @ Bjorn3D
- OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Solid State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers
- Kingston 64GB SSD (ssdNOW V Series) Review @ BURNED iN
- Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Patriot Torqx XRB 64GB SSD @ XSReviews
- Synology DS211+ SMB NAS @ AnandTech
- Hitachi LifeStudio Plus Hard Drive Review @ t-break
- Pushing The Limits of SSD Storage at 2.4GB/s @ The SSD Review
- Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 64GB @ Legion Hardware
- Akasa DuoDock 2S USB 3.0 Docking Station Review @ eTeknix
- Patriot SuperSonic USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review @ Neoseeker