Intel SSD Series 5 (2012) vs SanDisk Extreme II SSDs

While the Intel SSD 520 240GB wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. TechSpot, CNET, hardwarezone.com.sg, Techradar, and Expert Reviews have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

Moving on to the SanDisk SSD Extreme II 120GB: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like Expert Reviews, TechSpot, CNET, PCmag, techadvisor.com, and hardwarezone.com.sg, enough for them to include them on those lists.

We analyzed all of the review data that we could find on these two Internal Hard Drives. First, we examined sources that tested and scored both of these products - Expert Reviews favored the SanDisk SSD Extreme II 120GB over the Intel SSD 520 240GB, whereas reviewers at TechSpot, CNET, and hardwarezone.com.sg haven't shown a preference for either.

Then we took a look at which sources liked them the most - we found that the Intel SSD 520 240GB was best received by TechSpot - it gave it a score of 8.5, whereas the SanDisk SSD Extreme II 120GB got its highest score of 10 from reviewers at Expert Reviews.