Thread: ADATA S596 Turbo JMicron 616

The JMF616 builds on the foundations of the JMF612 and Provides out-of-the-box Windows 7 TRIM support, and Duly Claims Improved performance too. Gently ADATA U.S. Report That The Reporter 260MB / s read and 210MB/sec write Though maybe a little overzealous - a best case scenario - Even Though ADATA's website and still brandishes These box numbers.

Just like the S596 with STI JMF612 controller , the newer JMF616 in the S596 is paired with Intel Turbo NAND and Hynix DDR2 cache. However, the S596 Turbo doubles respecting the capacity of the previous 64MB to 128MB cache.



Other controllers unlikable Many These Days, JMicron Continues to include a mini-USB port option in ITS SSD controller chip, so it CAN be Used as an external drive Without the Need for an enclosure, or extra power. It's a nice backup feature Should all else fail, although frankly it's not Something we've ever Heard Demanded from readers - Doubt Anyone Would we miss the port if it WAS removed.

On the sticker-side of the SDD, ADATA Integrates a little blue LED activity Which Is Actually Useful as visual feedback for checking if the SSD is working. With no moving heads or spinning platters like an ordinary hard disk, it's Difficult to know the Difference between a dead drive, a duff cable, broken or dodgy PSU SATA port.