Intel DC S3500

28 reviews

May, 2025

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 28 reviews of Intel DC S3500. The average rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the size and usability. The reliability and price are also mentioned favorably.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Intel DC S3500 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Intel DC S3500

alaTest has collected and analyzed 13 user reviews of Intel DC S3500 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the usability. The reliability also gets good views.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2025

Expert review by : Anand Lal Shimpi (anandtech.com)

Intel SSD DC S3500 Review (480GB): Part 1

Last year Intel introduced its first truly new SSD controller since 2008. Oh how times have changed since then. Intel's original SSD controller design was dual purpose, designed for both consumer and enterprise workloads. Launching first as the brains...

All in all I've been pleased with Intel's work in the enterprise SSD space. Most interesting to me is just how aggressive Intel has been in terms of enterprise SSD pricing. The S3500 shows up at well under $1.50/GB, and consumer drives aren't that far...

Jun, 2013

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Expert review by : Paul Alcorn (tomshardware.com)

Intel M.2 DC S3500 Enterprise SSD Review

Density is king in the datacenter. Compute, performance and storage density are three of the top items on any datacenter architects' wish list.

Jul, 2015

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Expert review by : Paul Alcorn (tweaktown.com)

Intel DC S3500 480GB Enterprise SSD Review

Intel launches the DC S3500 Enterprise SSD for read-centric applications and light mixed workloads with enterprise-class features at rock bottom pricing. The DC S3500 targets the rapidly growing mainstream SSD market, follow us as we review it.

Jun, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Very Reliable! Decent speeds.

Not the cheapest drive. You're probably ok buying a 1TB for half the price for your home desktop, but if you want piece of mind and a top binned drive, go with this one.

Very reliable drive. I've used these in datacenter applications with only 1 failure (out of like 80) and now use them for personal use. 400/400 instead of 500/500 like the consumer Samsungs and Sandisks.

None really. Buy this if you want reliability and don't care about benchmarks.

Apr, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Reliable Enterprise SSD

Installed 6 of these in a server for storage tiering. The performance gain was amazing.

Mar, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

solid

Fast and reliable, bought two of them to replace two failed crucial SSDs. No issues over 12 months of continuous operation.

none

Mar, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Fast!

Adding an SSD to my PC for my Windows/Linux installation has added performance and speed to my PC. Recommended!

SSD is lightening fast

None

Jan, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Solid Solid State Drive

A solid business-focused SSD that works exactly as advertised. This is a great successor to the S3700. Highly recommended.

Fast as advertised ; Sufficient packaging to prevent damage in transit ; I ran several drive tests on each one I ordered and found zero manufacturing defects in all of them ; Great value/GB

None come to mind. All drives were recognized and played nice together as expected

Oct, 2014

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