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Intel Solid-State Drives represent a revolutionary breakthrough that delivers a giant leap in storage performance. Unlike hard disk drives, Intel SSDs have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers faster system responsiveness.
Drawing from decades of memory engineering experience, and industry-leading, compute-quality NAND Flash memory manufacturing processes, Intel SSDs are designed to deliver outstanding performance for a wide range of computing applications. Intel SSDs also feature low write amplification and a unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability, meaning Intel SSDs not only perform better-they last longer.
Posted by: pukeus from none on 04/29/2013Hard drive was very easy to install and is lightning fast. Big improvement over the traditional hard drive that was in my PC. A night and day difference.
Compatible with... : PC
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Amazing SSD
5
Posted by: Tloch from Chicago, IL on 04/26/2013Pro's:
-Very fast, shortened boot time and it takes around 9 seconds to get to desktop (sata 3gb/s)
-256-bit encryption built in
-5 year warranty
-Includes everything you need, software brackets, and cables to install in desktop or laptop.
I am using this in my laptop on an old sata 3gb/s connection and i can still manage around 180MB/s read speeds. Imported my entire library of around 5,000 songs into itunes in under a minute.
Con's:
-Drive gets very hot! I burned myself while doing the initial copy of data
-This is probably my own OS corruption, but HDD light randomly just turns on, computer locks up, and i have to to a hard reset.
Compatible with... : PC
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instant boot (almost)
5
Posted by: acmeink from Tulsa, OK on 04/22/2013Buy this. It's the single greatest speed improvement/upgrade available. This drive will make a noticeable difference in boot time as well as application launching.
Compatible with... : Mac
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Fast and reliable SSD
5
Posted by: JFeuror from Laredo, TX on 04/19/2013This is a great SSD. Installed it in a mid 2012 MacBook Pro. It is alot faster and runs cooler. The performance is fantastic
Compatible with... : Mac
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very fast and responsive
5
Posted by: Jazzyfan from atlanta, ga on 04/15/2013This 2.5" drive come with a standard adapter to install in a 3.5" bay. Unfortunately my brand new Dell Optiplex 9010 has nice but non-standard drive brackets (plastic no tools) so I couldn't cleanly install the drive. This isn't Intel problem it is Dell's. Would you believe that it took 2.5 hours on chat and phone to Dell parts sales and then technical support to order the $6.00 part?
Once installed cleanly, everything else was trivial. You download Intel's version of Acronis from the Intel website, install the software, and clone your current drive. Ten minutes elapsed time. Either change cables or change the boot sequence and you are done.
Comparing the Intel 520 180 GB drive with the Western Digital WD2500AAKX, you get wonderful improvement. My boot time has decreased by more than 90%. There is no longer a noticeable delay when loading porky applications like Excel.
Here is some data from HD Tune.
transfer rate (Intel) 203 MB/sec (WD) 100 MB/sec so twice the performance!
Access time (Intel) 0.1 ms (WD) 15.5 ms just what you would expect
Burst rate: (Intel) 176 MB/sec (WD) 168 MB/sec the same
Compatible with... : PC
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love the ssd
5
Posted by: caliman123 from on 04/13/2013great price, great performance, but what's weird is that sometime it plays my mp3 a bit bad on iTunes although the same mp3 plays perfect on windows media player. so it's not the mp3, not sure what's wrong
Compatible with... : PC
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Simple hard drive upgrade!
5
Posted by: Andy1989 from Houston, TX on 04/13/2013My laptop is over 3 years old and running windows 7. I wanted to get a new ultrabook, but the ones with SSD cost over $800. So I opt for a SSD and Windows 8 upgrade. My laptop now turns on in 15 seconds and shuts down in 4 seconds. My battery used to last 9 hours and now after wear and tear it's down to 5 hours. After installing the SSD and windows 8 it last a little bit longer now. About 5 and a half hours. Laptop is extra quiet now since the hard drive doesn't have any moving parts. Maybe after a couple of more years SSD will be as cheaper.
Compatible with... : PC
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Great solid state drive
4
Posted by: zigzagmuffin from Lafayette, La. on 04/05/2013This solid state drive is worth the money. It was easy to set up, very fast start up, and I have noticed my MacBook running smoother. I just wish they had more hard drive space for the money, but I am still happy with it.
Compatible with... : Mac
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Good performer
4
Posted by: Nodnarb from Springfield, IL on 03/30/2013Got this in a pinch to use with my Blackmagic Design Hyperdeck Shuttle 2. The drive worked fine for my recording (using compressed Avid DNxHD). This is more expensive than many 256GB SSDs, but it was the only SSD available at the store.
Compatible with... : Mac
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Buy this product!
5
Posted by: ontada2 from Honolulu, HI on 03/16/2013The most amazing thing is how fast my windows7 pc turns on and is ready to use approx 30 sec.
Compatible with... : PC
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