A-Data S596 Turbo SSD 2,5" 128GB

Zitat: Off the record, I’ve stated on a few occasions that JMicron has the very best sales team in the SSD market. I guess that’s on the record, though, and since I said it I will have to explain it. JMicron is the only company that failed to deliver a quality SSD controller even though they’ve given it at least five tries (JMF601, 602, 602B, 612 and 616). How the hell can a company go 0 for 5 and still keep selling controllers? They have a really good sales team or someone over there has some really large implants. One of these days I will figure out this great mystery, but to be honest, with every trade show I go to JMicron hasn’t been on my list of must see companies. Maybe if the implant thing was be valid…. Looking forward, ADATA should just kill the S596 Turbo if they can’t manage to get the price significantly lower than the SandForce controlled S599. When I say significant, I mean half, half the cost of the S599. When it comes to the 128GB capacity size, I would honestly look to spend around 150 USD and that is only if I couldn’t raise the other 150 USD to get a SandForce drive, ever. As it sits now, the performance doesn’t justify the price of the S596 Turbo and since the S599 uses the same flash it will be impossible to sell the Turbo at enough of a discount to justify a purchase at all.

Zitat: We didn´t expect the ADATA S596 Turbo to break any records, but it was surprisingly fast in the AS SSD tests, where SandForce´s DuraWrite compression technology isn´t a factor, even if the drive didn´t handle the compressible data of ATTO especially well.

Zitat: We didn´t expect the ADATA S596 Turbo to break any records, but it was surprisingly fast in the AS SSD tests, where SandForce´s DuraWrite compression technology isn´t a factor, even if the drive didn´t handle the compressible data of ATTO especially well. We´re happy to report that JMicron has sorted out its performance issues and got TRIM working as well. It´s just a shame that it´s taken this long - the JMF616 controller a year ago would´ve made quite a splash against the Indilinx Barefoot controller. This is an important observation however, as the world of SSDs has moved on from Indilinx and onto SandForce and the Crucial C300 range. While the S596 Turbo might be a solid alternative to an Indilinx-based SSD, it has to compete with these newer drives to be worth buying, especially as it´s priced similarly. The extras in the retail box, such as the 3.5in to 2.5in drive bay adapter are a nice addition, as is the mini-USB port should you need it, but given the level of performance, the S596 Turbo needs to be cheaper to be a more attractive purchase.