Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G2K5 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

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Extremely quickly....my applications never ever take far more than 5 seconds to open. That cuts it down to a 1Ǚ at minimum. No wait time whilst booting up my pc. 30 seconds or less. Comes with what you will need to mount it: Screws, three.25" conversion plate, Sata cable if needed, Molex to Sata power adapter if necessary. Went with Intel due to the fact they seemed to be the most trustworthy to me, specially following the OCZ fiasco. None in my opinion. If this is your initially time using 1 of these babies there's not much to complain about; other than possibly the ocd'ish urge to tweak it and limit writes to it due to the fact numerous folks don't trust the longevity of SSD's but. Create speeds on the low end for SSD's, but I can reside with that considering that it's mainly a boot drive for Reading files. If your impatient like me you may possibly not notice the boost in OS overall performance, but just assume back to those times when a plan refused to open in less than 15seconds..or getting to wait 90+ seconds for your pc to boot, you'll thank oneself for buying an SSD.

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Incredibly rapidly random access time.Tested sequential reads at 260 MB/s on my workstation.Decreased boot time by about 30% (vs. 10k RPM drive) on Gentoo Linux. Pricey, provided the capacity.

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Beyond Rapid. Opens up a number of applications at after with out any hesitation. I only use for applications and OS, I have a 1 TB that is attached that is NON (as in not, not another acronym)-RAID. I have had it for ӱ months, but have had zero issues since I switched to the newer Computer, only a blazing quick pcThe personal computer itself is practically nothing wonderful:Intel Core two 6300 @ 1.86 GHzfour GB DDR2518 MB DDR2 video (ATI Radeon HD 5500) (Crossfire)So an older Computer that loads Windows 7 in about 20 seconds from the BIOS screen. The Cost was rather higher. But, if it truly lasts as long as a SSD ought to, then it was effectively worth it considering that it will save my storage HD with moving parts a lot of wear and tear. Initially purchased this for an incredibly old Computer that would only recognize smaller challenging drives. Then upgraded the newer 1. Ridiculously fast.

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Runs my OS good. Boots up swift and is quite dependable. Applied a second drive for my substantial programs. Storate/price is nonetheless quite higher, but you are paying for the speeds, not the capacity. Just recall, don't expect miracles outta this thing. It's great, but your pc isn't going to boot up promptly or anything.

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Man does this thing fly. Installed Windows 7 on it and my laptop just flies now. Really speedy and worth just about every penny. Thank you Santa! None so far

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Rapidly speeds throughout Windows 7 setup as well as opening large files. I need to have bought it sooner.

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Quite rapidly boot occasions and extremely rapidly at every day tasks. Intel G2+ SSD drives can accomodate a wonderful Intel program called "Intel SSD Toolbox". It will give you all sorts of info with regards to your drive which includes other drives if they support Wise. Size is the only con really. Even with windows 7 Ultimate + Workplace and about a year of misc programs installed on it with other drives as storage. Im still sitting at 45.4GB cost-free so its genuinely not a con if you have other drives for storage. If you havent observed an SSD in action, I encourage you to find a friend who has one and see it in particular person. I never would have believed an SSD would make such a difference in efficiency. You really dont see the size of your bottleneck on a high finish method till you put an SSD in compared to a standard HDD. Load occasions are ridiculously quickly and a number of programs getting accessed at after are practically instantanious. A very good example of this is when windows loads at stratup. If you have several programs that load when windows does, all the icons populate virtually suitable away. I have heard they can do wonders for older laptops as properly. So far, according to the Intel toolbox computer software, I have three.88TB in Host writes to the drive at this time with no concerns. You can set the SSD optimzer to run on a weekly schedule which is what I do. This way it is constantly optimized for ideal efficiency. My WEI is at 7.4 with the SSD being the slowest device. This is on an AMD X6 1090T running at 4.04Ghz.

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Extremely quick. There's no TRIM capability proper now for RAID configurations with these strong state really hard drives. With two of these in RAID , I easily place up a 7.9 on Windows Knowledge Index. Solid state difficult drives are nice, simply because you don't have to defragment them all the time and the access times are actually quickly. When I'm previous my BIOS, my Alienware M17xR2 loads Windows 7 Ultimate in seven seconds. Overall, two of these in RIAD are reading 522 MB/s and writing 162 MB/s.

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It has a decent amount of storage space for the technique drive in my media/web server, it just plain functions, sturdy three.five" bracket & premium cables included, good game promos I get annoyed when people complain about the cost of SSDs in this section. They're nonetheless expensive, so deal with it (read: quit whining) or obtain the standard sort of hdd. I followed the offers this final holiday season knowing that SSDs would have some excellent promos and Intel didn't let me down. This one came with a absolutely free Steam game of LP2 & also a downloadable one from Ubisoft. The drive itself has been flawless and I seriously like the hefty three.five" mounting bracket. So far, it has been great and my WEI score went for five.9 to 7.six, so no complaints there. The intrinsic value for my above-typical computing requirements far outweighs the cash worth these drives just haven't reached however. Superb package, general.

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Uncomplicated installation, low energy, no heat, unbelievable speed! Pc is considerably snappier! Still high priced per GB compared to HD, but if you stick to smaller drives then it's not undesirable. Installed on Dell Studio XPS 1340 laptop with 4GB RAM, Intel P8600 at two.4GHz. Replaced 7200RPM SATA2 HD. Using HD, Win 7 Pro booted in 60 seconds from power-on to steady desktop with no bloatware. Now it's 30 seconds. iTunes, itself a pig, opens to ready state in about four seconds vs. 10+ seconds prior to. Word and Excel 2003 opens in .5 seconds, basically immediate.No heat because there's no spinning HD consuming power.For Win 7, you ought to purchase at least a 60GB SSD, 80GB (this evaluation) is better as the WinSXS folder can be enormous. Plan on carrying an external two.5" drive for information. My SSD is for OS, apps, and some information. Large content material like music, videos, movies, ZIP files, etc. go on the portable HD. It's a killer combo.I applied Acronis TrueImage ($) to clone the drive. Worked flawlessly. Can\'t comment on Intel's free of charge utility.

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Excellent obtain. My OS will boot in about ten seconds with this drive and Windows 7. So far it has been blazing rapid for every thing. Great OS drive. none

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My current history of key drives: 1.original 1st run - raptor 36gb (still operating my sons Computer, all these years laterƜ.ƒ) 250Gb WD sata2 in raid03.velociraptor 150gb (about to set up into my sons, and retire the old 36gbƞ.Intel X25-M 80gb (my 1st SSD)It is distinct than a platter drive in a lot of ways. And I'm no tough drive surgeon, but I notice faster response instances in all aspects. App installs-load instances, Gaming - map loading and such, all round "crispness". I didn't "need" this drive, but I'm glad I purchased it. As quickly as I can I'm buying one more for raid0.This Drive is rapid, don't let anyone tell you a really hard drive can not strengthen efficiency, due to the fact it can, and does!like I say, I'm no surgeon, but i swear it even tends to make net browser knowledge more rapidly. I'm not speaking world wide web speed either. I'm employing FF4 beta browser, makes use of GPU acceleration. Possibly that has something to do with it as well. I notice a enhance more than my old VR150gb. not huge, but there.Newegg Boosts my chi :) I didn't buy it here, I got it at BB (regretfully) . . I purchased it there for a little less income. three days later newegg beats the cost I got it for by ฮ with the discount and rebate integrated. ACK!---- The Drive, So far, $ per Gb only complaint.NEWEGG = no cons! (mostly all from newegg)I7 920 @ 3.33ghz Turbo mode onEVGA X58 SLI moboEVGA GTX 285 SSC edition video6gb ddr3 Corsair dominator (tweaked񤕸watt Ultra X3 energy** Intel X25-M SSD sata2Ɣ) WD black 1tb hdƘ) Scythe 120mm fans of unique models and speeds for the place and objective. (all are on speed controllers)---- All Jammed into a personally customized Antec p182 complete tower, got flames everyone? I do :ဠ" LED LCD - BR disc player - X-fi Titanium sound card - Klipsch (oldschool 4.1) speakers.Also numerous other goodies/peripherals to mention.btw, NEWEGG ROCKS!

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This is a good drive. Ive had it for a handful of months now and switching to and SSD is almost certainly the ideal selection Ive produced in my profession as a computer builder. It genuine nicely and i haven't had any challenges. None come to Mind

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Fairly rapid, but not as fast as the OCZ drives. Wonderful functionality for the price. doesn't come with dancing girls and margaritas. Solid decision If you are in the market place for an SSD

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RapidIntel Reliability Got this when there was a rebate, internet site for it didn't exist. Looks like intel rebates are about as good as corsair ones....nonexistent. Only time will tell if this ssd hold up. I was on the fence amongst intel and ocz. Went with intel and so far am fairly satisfied.Installed it in a 13inch macbook(MB466LL/A) and runs like a champ. Programs open insanely fast

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Quickly, Quiet, light weight to the point that I thought I received a hollow shell. None. Initial time employing a solid state drive. Rebooting is really rapid, installations take mere seconds, there's a fluidity to the complete knowledge that you just can't get with a HDD.

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Quite rapid and trustworthy. Intel did a fantastic job with the packaging. No trim support for raid. Buy one particular now and get a lot of when gen 3 SSD's come out with trim for raid.

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Quite fast. I'm impressed. Does precisely what it says. Undoubtedly a fantastic decision, fantastic value and huge sufficient to set up Windows (or other OS) and your key applications, specifically gaming installs. Whatever you want to be faster. Only point I thought was odd is I'm obtaining the laptop version but they give you parts to install in a desktop but NOT the metal piece you need to have to secure in drive bay. I utilized the 1 I had and then added some paper to hold the HDD in place but not significantly area for movement anyways.Set up was screwy. Put HDD in 2nd bay and Windows did not see the SSD until I booted from the Windows set up disk but when laptop rebooted it booted from HDD so went into BIOS and disabled the HDD from booting and then it completed Windows set up and performs completely. Hope that helps. Give the bracket for the laptop instead of components to set up in a desktop. I recognize you want one item with two options I guess.

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Really quickly and does what it is supposed to do. Reduce a 7.four on the windows rating. I did get a substantial speed boost from a 1TB WD Black drive but be cautious with your motherboard. My P5Q Turbo slaved my main data drive randomly and stripped all the data on it to the point where the only way to recover the drive was to reinstall windows and reformat the drive. Technique:Windows 72.66Quad Core8GB Ramtwo -1TB HDDtwo -1.5TB HDD

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Incredibly fast drive, as advertised. Failed following only a week of typical use. Luckily, it failed so swiftly that I nonetheless had my old drives prepared to be dropped back in. Now I have to decide if I want to attempt this SSD again or go for some thing much more trusted.

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Extremely noticeable performance get, will match in a Laptop or PS3, Tiny to no heat dissipation, no noise either! Mounting bracket for Pc is pretty cool. Comes with a cool sticker I place on my automobile (Speed Demon) lol! Only 80Gb but I knew that ahead of I purchased is so no Eggs off for that. Make a SSD to be utilised as Universal Ram or Storage, Consider adding 80렐GB RAM!

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I can have steam open, and shut down and restart with steam open once again in beneath 47 seconds. Comes with a mounting bracket. Not also horribly priced for an SSD. TRIM help, and has stayed rapidly for as long as I've owned it. Pricey, don't know if it was worth the dollar per GB ratio. I have a 500 GB drive for storage, and its lots of space.

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This was my initially time purchasing an SSD and I couldn’t think the speed. Intel has produced a higher high-quality SSD with ease of installation and high top quality SATA cable included. The intel SSD toolbox is a need to download from the intel web page for optimal functionality. A wonderful product by a really good firm. None. ASUS P7P55D-E PROIntel i5 750Coolermaster Hyper 212 CPU coolerCoolermaster Actual Silent Pro 850W4Gb Corsair 1333 HDX RAMIntel X-25 M 80Gb SSDWD 500Gb Caviar Blue SATA IIIWD 500Gb Caviar Blue SATA IIEVGA GTX470 1280MBDual Sony 24x SATA II DVDRWWindows 7 64bit

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Entirely silent. Low power consumption. Quick in some situations. I'm not positive what is up with these points. The transfer speed isn't constant at all, going as low as 135MB/s according to some questionable software. The typical speed is about 220MB/s. Whether or not that actually occurs is a mystery benchmarks have not been able to resolve for me. All I can say is most drives act this way. You have to quit on major of technical troubles for memory disks, like write caching, and a hundred other items (You don't Want virtual memory, but some programs won't run with no it). Running XP and Intel's TRIM thing. I was expecting, or hoping for some sort of 25 second boot, properly, this new technique i5 750 and "iX25" boots in one thing like 50 seconds. No %*$ thought why it's so slow, I couldn't tell you (it is SATA II). Possibly Windows 7 is genuinely quicker. HAHA! I doubt that.

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Rapid, in all probability trusted, straightforward to set up, quiet, low power consumption.Intel's Optimizer does most of the configuration operate for you Way too expensive per GBCreate speed not hugely better than a platterNumerous program quirks after you clone drive, but all can be ironed out, just check event log. Seems like there is more than cloning a platter drive.The Intel cloning software program is just a extremely crippled version of Acronis Correct Image and it doesn't perform if you have many partitions on your boot drive. Are the new strong state drives worth the rather higher cost tag?A 80GB Intel SSD drive charges someplace around 150-200$ That's a wonderful deal of money for a measly 80GBRegardless of whether they are worth it truly depends on your expectations.On their personal merit they are undoubtedly not worth it as computers run just fine with a 7200RPM tricky disks. For that matter a 5 year old personal computer is nonetheless completely acceptable to do the majority of tasks. Almost nobody requirements a SSD unless you are operating a laptop and are afraid of dropping it powered on.The related question is: What personal computer upgrade will give you the greatest overall performance enhance general and for the income spent? If you have a comparatively latest system the clear answer is a SSD. Quite couple of operations are restricted by the CPU, memory, and motherboard architecture, and that is why you don't see significantly difference if you upgrade these elements. No upgrade I have ever done has had such a noticeable effect as a SSD