Review: ADATA 16GB S102 Flash Drive

Posted by Dexter K.

Wednesday, 23 November 2011 22:54

Article Index
Review: ADATA 16GB S102 Flash Drive
Specifications and Pictures
Test Rig, Procedures, and Results
Conclusion, Rating, and Final Thoughts

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Introduction

Ever since USB 3.0 launched I have been excited to see what all the hoopla is about when it comes to the speed increases. ADATA has been kind enough to send a couple of their USB 3.0 drives, the N005 wowed us already now its time to see what the S102 can do.

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About Adata

ADATA Technology, the world’s 2nd largest vendor of DRAM Modules, 3rd largest of USB Flash Drives (iSuppli, April 2011), and a Top 20 global brand in Taiwan, provides complete memory solutions, including DRAM Modules, USB Flash Drives, memory cards, solid state drives and portable hard drives. ADATA products are internationally recognized by Germany’s iF Design Award, red dot Award, CES Best of Innovations Award, Japan’s Good Design Award, Best Choice of Computex Award, and Taiwan Excellence Gold Award. The company’s slogan of Love, Life, Dreams, embodies the ADATA brand and the role of innovative memory products in the human pursuit of universally cherished ideas.

All

In this review, we'll be taking a look at one of the brand spanking new ADATA S102 flash drives. While it is not as fast as the previous drive I reviewed, it still packs quite a punch especially when it comes to Read speeds

We'll be testing it my test rig, which is comprised of the following components Asus P8P67 WS Revolution, Intel Core i7 2600K (LGA1155) at 4.4ghz, G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133MHz 2x2gb kit, MSI Radeon 6970 Lightning, Western Digital 300gb Velociraptor, 1200w Antec power supply