Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB SATA 2.5-Inch MLC Solid State Drive

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Price: $185.00    

Product Feature

• 160 GB Solid State Drive provides outstanding performance and durability in a 2.5" form factor
• No moving parts for faster performance and higher durability
• Sustained sequential write speeds of up to 250 MBps and read speeds of up to 70 MBps
• SATA interface provides up to 3GBps data throughput
• Backed by a three-year warranty

Product Description

160GB SSD 2.5 SATA INT MLC X25-M 9.5MM

Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB SATA 2.5-Inch MLC Solid State Drive Review

I upgraded an intel 2.4ghz IMAC which had a Hitachi 7200RPM drive in it. The speed of this drive over a regular hard drive is night and day. I ran xbench 1.3 with my original drive and got a score of 64 which is average for these type of drives. With the new Intel drive I now get a score of 255. The boot time with this drive is less then 10 sec. and makes the machine blazingly fast. It takes me longer to get through the BIOS load during the boot process then it actually takes to get to the desktop.

I like the firmware upgrade of this drive over the OCZ Vertex. For MAC users this can be very import. For the intel drive you burn an ISO to a CD then boot your MAC/PC off the CD and update your drive. The update also does not delete the data you already have on the drive saving you a rebuild. For the OCZ you have to remove the drive and install a pin so you can update the drive. You then have to boot into a Windows OS to run the firmware upgrade. The firmware upgrade for the OCZ DOES delete the drive causing you to have to rebuild it.

Make sure if you do get one of these Intel drives it is running at least firmware 8820. This firmware addresses some fragmentation issues causing the drive to lose performance over time.

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