What was once ultra-expensive and rare quickly becomes cheap and common in the personal computer market. Storage is possibly the best example of this. Indeed, the storage market has changed quite a bit in the 17 years I have been a computer enthusiast.

Solid-State Drives were expensive when they were first introduced to the consumer market. Back in 2008 Legit Reviews spent nearly $3,600 to purchase five Intel X25-E 32GB SSD's for the server that was running the site.

Transcend's premium SSD offering consists of a custom Silicon Motion controller that enables encryption and DEVSLP, but questionable flash makes it a poor choice. Transcend makes solid-state drives (SSDs) for both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and channel customers.

A low cost SSD that is fast enough for casual users

What drive did I just buy: silver; black; Micron; SpecTek? Questionable flash; questionable marketing; and unknown reliability

The Transcend SSD370S is a pretty good, affordable SSD to consider. It comes with a number of extras, plus the fact that it comes with quite a number of goodies, and is sturdy to boot.

Performance; Extras

Price

It seems like no matter what you are purchasing there are always many various levels of quality, prices, and performance. I know I personally get stuck desiring the top of the line everything and my spouse gets a little upset about this since we end up spending extra money at times.

Good Mixed File Performance; No Loss In Performance With Incompressible Data; Desktop Mounting Kit Included; Minimal Performance Drop Off as Drive Fills; Transcend Toolbox Software; Good Performance at Higher Queue Depths; Real World Performance is Excellent; 7mm Form Factor; 3-year warranty

Warranty and Endurance Lower Than Some Competitors; Performance Slightly Lower Than SSDs In Same Price Range

Transcend has an interesting drive in the SSD370S. Though it has been on the market for two years, it means it is using older, higher endurance NAND. These offer endurance ratings not even the newest 3D MLC NAND can quite hope to match.

Transcend SSD370S 512GB SSD retails at RM 699, this model is the one with aluminum case. There's a model that's without the ‘S' on the product name that retails less and uses plastic instead of aluminum. Transcends SSD comes with 3-years warranty.

If you've made it this far, we have a treat for you. If you skipped straight to the end, though, we're validating your poor choices and short attention span. Either way, we're sure you'll be gratified by the return of our overall performance graph and value scatter plots.