Intel Solid-State Drive DC S3700 Review

Intel set the solid state storage market ablaze when it released the X25-M a few years back. Up until that point, solid state drives had steadily been improving in performance, but there was no real dominant player in the space. When the X25-M arrived though, with its proprietary controller, firmware, and NAND, it blew the doors of the competition and remained "the" drive to own for enthusiasts for quite some time. The X25-M was relatively pricey, but its performance was unrivaled.

However, Intel eventually moved away from its proprietary controller technology in the consumer space. But the Intel DC S3700 we'll be showing you here features a new Intel-built, SATA 6Gbps controller that's designed to offer more consistent, lower latency performance than previous generation Intel SSDs.