** CRAZY ADATA SSD DEAL!! ** - PRE-ORDER NOW!!

Soldato
Joined
20 Jul 2009
Posts
4,826
Location
The bleak North East arm pit of Britain
Hello

OcUK and ADATA have come together to offer a fantastic deal on the ADATA S510 120GB SSD for just £119.99inc VAT!!!

Not only are you getting a full retail package including Metalic BLUE SSD tray and fixing screws you will also recieve a code to download the Acronis True Image software worth up to £25 so you can be sure that your OS, Data and settings are kept secure and intact even if your computer fails!

This truely is a fantastic well priced SSD Sandofrce SSD offering blistering speeds!

The S510 is a near identicle match to Corsairs Force 3 120GB for an even better price and with a fantastic software package as standard.

The slightly more expensive S511 is a near carbon copy of the Vertex 3 120GB. This too offers the free Acronis software and at stunning price too!


Stock is due to land on December the 7th so a delivery will be more than in time for Christmas!


Pre-Order Pricing is on offer on the S510 so this price WILL increase upon the stock landing and will be honoured until the 7th of next month.

If your looking for a stunning new drive for your PC or the perfect Christmas Gift then look no further!

:D


ADATA S510 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - Retail with Acronis True Image ** PRE-ORDER PRICE ** @ £119.99 inc VAT

HD-015-AD_400.jpg


The S510 is a highly cost-effective option for SSD upgrades of existing systems, and for new SATA 6Gb/s enabled computers. The S510 utilizes the new generation SandForce SF-2200 series controller, with native support for the SATA 6Gb/s platform. In both desktop and notebook computers, users will enjoy an unprecedented high-speed experience. The S510 can reach 550/510MB read and write speeds respectively, with 4K random write speeds as high as 85,000 IOPS.


Superior to Mechanical Drives on all Fronts

Solid state drives require no defragmentation, and support the Windows TRIM command. The S510 provides vibration-free running and low power consumption, while taking full advantage of the 6Gb bandwidth transmission capability.


What is the Windows TRIM command optimizing component?

If your computer is running the Windows 7 operating system, the Windows TRIM optimization command can directly delete stored data in the Flash memory and release unused space (Free Blocks) to be used for system writes immediately. This results in more accelerated transfer and write performance for solid state drives, and is also effective in slowing down efficiency decline and depletion chances, maintaining effective operation and extending the life of the disk.


Powerful and Free Software Solution to Eliminate Reinstalls

All purchasers of the S510 can download the free Disk Migration Utility software. It facilitates the quick transfer of all files to the new solid state drive, significantly reducing the troublesome and time-consuming process of reinstalling software and restoring data from backups.

* Disk Migration Utility software runs on these operating systems: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7

Software Download Area: http://www.adata-group.com/index.php?action=ss_main&page=ss_software_5

- Capcity: 120GB
- Read: Up to 550MB/S
- Write: Up to 510MB/S
- Seq Read: Up to 200MB/S
- Seq Write: Up to 140MB/S
- 4K Random Write (Aligned): 60,000 IOPS
- Maximum 4K Randdom Write: 85,000 IOPS
- Sandforce SF-2281



Was £128.99 Inc. VAT

Only £119.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW








ADATA S511 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - Retail with Acronis True Image ** PRE-ORDER PRICE ** @ £158.99 inc VAT

HD-016-AD_400.jpg


The S511 utilizes the new generation SandForce SF-2200 series controller, with native support for the SATA 6Gb/s platform. The S511 completely brings into play the revolutionary high-speed performance of solid state drives, embracing a new world of transfer performance. With read and write speeds twice that of SSDs using the older SATA II specification, the S511 reached 550/520MB read and write speeds respectively, with 4K random write speeds as high as 85,000 IOPS in real world testing. This means transferring a 5GB video file can be completed in as few as 15 seconds. In actual testing of Windows 7 boot speed, the S511 clocked an impressive 21 second system boot time, giving full satisfaction to the performance needs of power users.


High-speed read and write performance enhances computing efficiency

Currently, the major processor platforms are gradually making the changeover to native SATA 6Gb/s chips. However, traditional mechanical drives are not capable of the corresponding high-speed read and write tasks. The result is that some newly-purchased computers can only utilize a fraction of the performance available when equipped with a traditional hard drive. The S511 solid state drive provides vibration-free running and low power consumption while taking full advantage of the 6Gb bandwidth transmission capability. In both desktop and laptop computers, and in a broad range of computing environments, SSDs built to the latest specification an irreplaceable advantage.



Solid state drives are the best choice when buying a new computer


With the increasing popularity of computing with the use of more diverse applications, computational speed has become a major consideration when buying computers. In video editing, large picture retouching, and computer drafting, reading and writing operations rely on fast and stable data storage.

The S511 adopts specially selected Flash chips from reliable manufacturers, and supports the Windows TRIM command. In both desktop and notebook computers, users will enjoy an unprecedented high-speed experience.


What is the Windows TRIM command optimizing component?

If your computer is running the Windows 7 operating system, the Windows TRIM optimization command can directly delete stored data in the Flash memory and release unused space (Free Blocks) to be used for system writes immediately. This results in more accelerated transfer and write performance for solid state drives, and is also effective in slowing down efficiency decline and depletion chances, maintaining effective operation and extending the life of the disk.


System backup tools, eliminating installation operating procedures

All purchasers of the S511 can download the free Disk Migration Utility software. It facilitates the quick transfer of all files to the new solid state drive, significantly reducing the troublesome and time-consuming process of reinstalling software and restoring data from backups.

* Disk Migration Utility software runs on these operating systems: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7

Software Download Area: http://www.adata-group.com/index.php?action=ss_main&page=ss_software_5

- Capcity: 120GB
- Read: Up to 550MB/S
- Write: Up to 510MB/S
- 4K Random Write (Aligned): 60,000 IOPS
- Maximum 4K Random Write: 85,000 IOPS
- Sandforce SF-2281

Only £158.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
how do these compare to the crucial M4?

The S510 is esentially a force 3 (take that as you will) ;) so its very quick but out done in a few situations.

Would you be able to get some Benchmarks? Or does that break the NDA?

Top SSD cheaper than £1/GB

Less than £1per GB and benchmarks will arrive soon enough :)
 
Although iv ordered this is something i thought too? Like you were best to do fresh install to allign the drive or something?

I would be happy if this is not the case and will work fine.


In theory you can clone the HDD to the SSD but I wouldnt purely because of the modes involced at bios level.

A HDD is usually in IDE mode and an SSD like this performs best in ACHI mode.. as such a clone will more than likely not work correctly or maybe not even at all.
 
S510CDM.jpg


What is this?????

Think I'm gonna cancel and wait for lower M4 prices instead :(


That benchmark for some reason failed, the real speeds are closer to the Force 3, its an anomoly if you look at the other benchmarks. Ill get this updated as the issue was with the computer not the drive.
 
Hmmm, well the thing is, this is my current gaming drive. Its no SSD, but it has 2 Tb space and is still great for loading times in everything I play:



Also I'm having second thoughts of getting a 120 Gb SSD for games, I'll barely be able to fit anything on it, and would hate having to copy and delete stuff from it all the time :(

... How do I cancel my preorder?

All you need to do is call the sales team on 0871 200 5052 and quote your order number.

Just to futher stress my point, all the other benchmarks run at the same (give or take 1-2%) as the Force 3 except for this one test that for a reason due to a motherboard issue didnt perform as it should have. This is not a drive limitation but instead a limitation on the board used.

The speeds are actually more like the following with a new bench being issued later this evening with the settings performed correctly.

500/500
450/450
30/90
110/350

Not

210/100
210/100
30/90
90/100
 
Stock should be arriving monday for delivery on tuesday/wednesday (depending on what time the stock lands with us on monday). All back ords will be honoured so everyone who has commited will get a drive on the the incoming stocks :)
 
These were custompc/bit-tech recomended for a few months taking over the Vertex 3 as they perfom very similar but are much cheaper. its only recently that this has since been replaced with the Samsung 830 as their drive of choice although I would personally buy ADATA in this case due to the masses of value they offer over the competition.
 
The pre-order prices weren't bad on these, but now that has ended I have to ask if the S510 is worth the extra £7 over the Corsair Force 3?
I know you get Acronis too, which is nice, but how does AData's warranty and customer service compare to Corsair's?

Its a good warranty service from my own personal experience however every rma is treated differently and variables can mean an rma will be poor no matter who the company is that your dealing with.
 
Back
Top Bottom