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ИнфраГость-5WRDZ
24.06.2013
4/10
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Ужасно
- + Тихий
- - Ненадёжный
Проработал 5 мес на работе, на компьютере запускали только 1 программу на VBA, плюс карты...
Лунатик-8IAOG
15.01.2013
6/10
Оценка пользователя
Плохо
- + скорость, тишина, энергопотребление
- - Неудовлетворительная интеграция с окнами, малый объем, высокая цена.
6 мес эксплуатации, нареканий нет кроме одного - не работает в AHCI режиме. Windows 7 x64, GA-MA790GP-UD4H, стоит еще WD Green 2ТБ. При установке в AHCI постоянные BSOD на выходе из слипа, а также внезапные зависания машины на несколько минут, при этом постоянно горит индикатор HDD. Плясал с бубнами неделю, плюнул...
Спектр-1FTRI
26.10.2012
4/10
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Ужасно
- + Работает.
- - После года наработки на рабочем ПК, система стала валится в синий экран. Перед установкой SSD винта были проделаны все операции рекомендованные для увеличения срока жизни накопителя. Установлена с чистого листа Windows 7 64х. Первый сбой произошел спустя месяцев 9 эксплуатации накопителя, после 5ого Blue Screen уже понял? явно косяк с винтом. Запускал стандартную и полную диагностику Intel Toolbox, показывает что все чики-пуки...
Зета-Орион-3IMDY
06.01.2013
4/10
Оценка пользователя
Ужасно
- + 5 лет гарантии.
- - Не удалось достигнуть заявленной производителем скорости.
У меня скорость работы ограничилась в 366Мб на чтение и 92Мб на запись, это через sata3. Через интерфейс sata2 - результат аналогичный, только скорость чтения понизилась до 260Мб.
P.S.: Все рекомендации...
P.S.: Все рекомендации...
ТехноНаблюдатель-7IKSH
18.12.2012
10/10
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Великолепно
- + 4 месяца работает без проблем. Всё быстро.
OCZ Vertex 2 180GB за это время уже отбросил коньки. - - Нет.
Если не ожидать от SSD чего-то чудесного, то будете вполне довольны результатами.
Например: загрузка системы, а не пофигу какая она? Я перезагружаюсь раз в 1-2 недели, когда надо обновления...
Например: загрузка системы, а не пофигу какая она? Я перезагружаюсь раз в 1-2 недели, когда надо обновления...
Эксопилот-7QWNN
24.12.2012
2/10
Оценка пользователя
Ужасно
- + Не обнаружил.
- - 1. Низкая скорость записи без функции TRIM (под Win XP). 60-70 МБайт/сек максимум.
2. Ошибки (опять же под Win XP) фирменной программы Intel SSD ToolBox. После запуска функции оптимизации выдает ошибку (с кем не бывает) после чего система перестает...
ИнфраГость-3RHNS
11.12.2012
10/10
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Великолепно
- + Быстрый. Даже нa Sata1, видна существенная разница со штатным hdd.Обещанная надежность и гарантия 5 лет от производителя. Поставил и забыл.
- - Плохо дружит с Macbook, Macbook Pro до 2011 года (выражается в том, что с данными буками постоянно работает на Sata I 1,5 Гигабит) . После...
Астероид-2DXLU
19.11.2012
10/10
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Великолепно
- + Стабильный, проблем и зависов, вылетов нет. Почти не греется.
- - Когда захламляется, скорость падает, только у нового скорость ничего. Но куда быстрее раптора и тише, коим пользовался до.
Дорого, бренд берет свое.
Скорости на порядок меньше заявленных,...
Альфа-Юнит-3XXEB
11.11.2012
10/10
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Великолепно
- + 1) Лучшая скорость и объем за эту цену
2) Intel - это серьезная контора, не гараж дядюшки ляо в гонконге. Они выбрали новый контроллер от SandForce (www.sandforce.com), допилили его прошивку и выпустили на ней 520-тые
3) 5(!) лет гарантии это вечность в современном мире - - нет
Перед тем,...
Сатурниан-3BSAE
01.05.2012
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
- + Феноменальная скорость по сравнению с обычным HDD,комплектация,компактность,без шумность,Intel.
- - Цена. 63 р.за 1 Гб.
Windows 8 CP с DVD-привода установилась за 5 минут!Установка обновлений,программ,сканирование антивирусником в 8-10 раз быстрее обычного.Восстановление раннего состояния системы-3 сек.! Программы включая Fire Fox открываются мгновенно. Выход из спящего режима вместе с автоматическим коннектом в интернет 4 секунды!Загрузил Intel SSD ToolBox,а он не устанавливается,пишет что не тот интерфейс, предлагает установку через консоль,заморачиваться...
Небулоид-5QMZW
25.08.2012
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
- + Надежность,никаких bsod,грамотная Intel SSD ToolBox.
- - Нет.Цена - качество.
Несколько месяцев выберал из разных брэндов.
В сервисных центрах их не бывает если только не вина покупателя.Если у вас Win7,матплата с sata 600 - смело брать.В Bios выставить AHCI.Никаких мучений с прошивками - Intel SSD ToolBox сама решит,что нужно.Использование - более 3-х месяцев.Купил сыну на 120 ГБ.Так же все ОК!
В сервисных центрах их не бывает если только не вина покупателя.Если у вас Win7,матплата с sata 600 - смело брать.В Bios выставить AHCI.Никаких мучений с прошивками - Intel SSD ToolBox сама решит,что нужно.Использование - более 3-х месяцев.Купил сыну на 120 ГБ.Так же все ОК!
КиберНаблюдатель-0EBJP
10.09.2012
8/10
Оценка пользователя
Хорошо
- + семерка с холодного старта до показа десктопа грузится за 14 секунд
- - пока не известно
используется только под систему + проги требующие быстрого запуска и работы типа офис, 3д макс,...
КиберНаблюдатель-3DFPJ
19.06.2012
2/10
Оценка пользователя
Ужасно
- + 3 дня работы
- - Почти все!
Частые вылеты в синий экран, и через 3 дня не реагирует вообще, перепрошивать, не помогло, по гарантии сдать не приняли сказав что вы сами все это наделать, хотя шил прошивку когда...
Альфа-Юнит-4APLW
23.05.2012
2/10
Оценка пользователя
Ужасно
- + скорость
- - стоимость
абсолютная ненадежность
Нормально проработал 4 дня, теперь в сутки по 2-3 bsod. В конце концов словил еще один bsod, после которого винда не грузится.
Вставил hdd, а ссд подключил через бокс для 2.5: раздел, на котором былавинда, просит...
Вставил hdd, а ссд подключил через бокс для 2.5: раздел, на котором былавинда, просит...
ОмниКод-6DRNZ
04.07.2012
4/10
Оценка пользователя
Ужасно
- + Тихий, как и все SSD во общем то.
- - Заявленной скорости в 520/550 Мб здесь и не пахнет, в HD Tune она максимум 403Мб/c
Цена! Брал за 4100, слишком много для такого недоразумения.
Хотел поставить для кэша HDD работающим в RAID0 (рапторы) их максимальная скорость 386Мб/с, так вот вместе с этим SSD рейд работает хуже
254Мб/с.
254Мб/с.
Супернова-8CMHA
09.07.2012
8/10
Оценка пользователя
Хорошо
- + Сравнивая с SATA диском, этот очень быстрый
- - Для Windows 7 брать не стоит. Безбожно места не хватает. Система...
Плазмоид-6CSHI
18.04.2012
6/10
Оценка пользователя
Плохо
- + Как и у всех ССД. Скорость, бесшумность, отсутствие вибрации. Примечателен красивый дизайн, но в корпусе его не видно.
- - Цена явно завышена, несмотря на отсутствие прямого отношения диска к Тайвани.
Ставил знакомому в качестве системного диска,...
Дроид-4DZKD
28.01.2012
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
- + Быстрый. Система грузится влёт, программы открываются почти моментально, ничего больше не "свопит". Оценка производительности - 7.5 (из 7.9 максимальных). За компьютерами с обычными HDD стало уже неудобно работать, сразу замечаются подтормаживания.
А главное, уже не так страшно стукнуть или уронить...
Пандорец-3QNHV
21.02.2012
8/10
Оценка пользователя
Хорошо
- + Быстрее моих прежних HDD (WD 1,5Tb и Hitachi 640 Gb).В комплекте поставки есть все необходимое. Win 7 x64 подняла оценку с 5.9 до 7.7
- - Читал комментарии что SSD очень быстрый,...
ТерраБот-6GNAW
08.02.2012
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
- + Хороший диск, работает очень шустро и бесперебойно. Стоит в качестве системного диска в MacBookPro 2010...
Кварковец-2UVMA
15.10.2019
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
Отличная модель
- + Мой первый SSD, покупал на ebay, работает с 2015го года, и похоже легко проживет еще лет 5. Синие экраны были пару раз, но не по вине диска, а топовая мать на Z97...
Зета-Орион-7EVEZ
01.02.2021
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
Отличная модель
- + Отличный диск! Качественный контроллер памяти, что очень важно! Качественные банки памяти! MLC память!
- - Цена! Она не должна быть дорогая! Неоправданное качество...
Спектр-2VIIB
22.06.2019
10/10
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Великолепно
Отличная модель
- + Работает уже несколько лет.
На сегодня трудиться r5 2600+rx588+16gb ram ... Все устраивает . - - Все обзорщики в интернете говорят о низкой скорости этого диска , я купил до того как смотреть начал , но не пожалел .
Для моего компьютера к которому я покупал этот диск это было совершенно необходимо ,...
Гелиос-2AGIS
10.06.2012
10/10
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Великолепно
I just finished intalling this Intel 520 180 GB version into my setup consisting of ASUS Maximus V Gene Z77 motherboard, combined with Intel i7-3770k (3rd Generation) and 2 TB Hitachi Internal HDD.I had used Intel 311 20GB SSD with a Smart Response Technology (SRT) and also Rapid Storage Technology (RST); these I think are not the same technology, and the SRT is implemented only in the 311 version and in their New 313 version.I wanted to install my SSD 520 using a RAID 0 mode, as I had done with my previous SSD 311 to let the SSD act as a giant cache, to be used with my Hitache 2 TB HDD this time.I was not sure if I could do this, because Intel does not say anything about SRT in the SSD 520 series, but only in the 311 and 313 versions.Anyway, I figured a way out to use my 180 GB SSD 520 series as one giant Cache to the maximum capacity of the 64GB and use the rest of the storate space, about 100 GB as a separate drive.I have to see if this set will be working as I hope in time to come; but right now, my system gives me a green light and every systems working in order, with a lighting fast boot up time on the Windows 7.So, here is how I intalled this:1. Install the SSD 520 series into your computer chasis, with a power and SATA III cables accordingly, of course.2. In BIOS setting (Delete Button in the ASUS Motherboard setup), go to Advanced setting and changed the SATA to RAID mode.3. Also, if you are re-installing everything after having used your computer, press CTRL + I when prompted before the chance to go into the BIOS setting, to set every Drives in the Non-Raid mode, or "Blank" mode (I am not a computer person, so I don't know the appropriate terms).4. Before the initiation of the installation of the Windows 7, also clean any partitions that your previous Drives might have, also via Advanced mode and Deleting each "Drives" or "Partitions"; these would not destroy your Drives, but Will Delete all the Saved Files, of course.5. INSTALL YOUR WINDOWS 7 INTO THE HDD, NOT SDD, AS THIS WILL NOT ALLOW THE CACHE FUNCTION TO WORK LATER, based on my 3 attempts to do so (if you doubt, you can try to install the Windows in your SSD).6. After the Windows 7 Installation, install your Drivers on the Motherboard (included with your Motherboard Purchase) and any Video Card CD (e.g. GPU Divers, if you have one).7. From this point onwards is IMPORTANT. Using the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Software that you must have intalled by now, included in your Motherboard CD (the icon is located on the lower right corner, if you click on the upwards triagle symbol--it is a squarish SSD-looking symbol in there, or find the software in your Intel Folder from the All Progrom Folder if you click on the Windows Start button on the lower right corner). Then, Accelerate the Device--there are two modes that you can choose from (I chose the more stable, but supposedly slower mode); you can choose the maximum Cache capacity allowed, the 64 GB. After you let the Devices Accelerate your two or three or whatever HDD with the SDD (wait until it is complete), DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AT THIS POINT!!!8. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AT THIS POINT!!!9. NOW GO TO INTEL SUPPORT WEBSITE, [...], AND DOWNLOAD THEIR LATEST SSD TOOLBOX AND RUN FIRST, SYSTEM TUNER BUTTON TO "OPTIMIZE THE FEATURE" AND THEN RUN FULL DIAGNOSTIC SCAN. (THESE MAY NOT MATTER, BUT ON MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, FOR SOME REASON, IF I START THE COMPUTER, FOR EXAMPLE AFTER DOWNLOADING INTERNET EXPLORER 9, WHICH PROMPTS YOU TO RESTART YOUR COMPUTER, BEFORE I USE THE INTEL SSD TOOLBOX AND THE FULL DIAGNOSTIC SCAN, MY COMPUTER WOULD NOT BOOT PROPERLY, BUT JUST TRIES TO RE-INSTALL THE WINDOWS 7)10. IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE REST OF YOUR SSD CAPACITY AFTER USING THE MAXIMUM OF 64 GB AS THE CACHE (E.G. 180 GB - 64 GB = APPROXIMATELY 100 GB), THEN GO TO DISK MANAGEMENT, BY CLICK ON THE WINDOWS BUTTON ON THE LOWER LEFT CORNER--RIGHT CLICK ON THE COMPUTER--CHOOSE MANAGE--AND THEN CLICK ON THE DISK MANAGEMENT UNDER STORAGE; THE REST OF THE STORAGE REMAINING AFTER THE CACHE ASSIGNMENT CAN BE ALLOTED TO BE USED AS AN EXTRA DRIVE, BY RIGHT CLICKING ON THE SCREEN AND FOLLOWING THE PROMPT, JUST A FEW CLICKS OF WORK.This is how I set up my SSD 520 to be used with my HDD, so that I can use it both as a Giant Cache and SSD.If you see any problems with the way I set up, please feel free to criticize me.Thanks.Ken.
Дроид-6AIFN
10.06.2012
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
I just finished intalling this Intel 520 180 GB version into my setup consisting of ASUS Maximus V Gene Z77 motherboard, combined with Intel i7-3770k (3rd Generation) and 2 TB Hitachi Internal HDD.I had used Intel 311 20GB SSD with a Smart Response Technology (SRT) and also Rapid Storage Technology (RST); these I think are not the same technology, and the SRT is implemented only in the 311 version and in their New 313 version.I wanted to install my SSD 520 using a RAID 0 mode, as I had done with my previous SSD 311 to let the SSD act as a giant cache, to be used with my Hitache 2 TB HDD this time.I was not sure if I could do this, because Intel does not say anything about SRT in the SSD 520 series, but only in the 311 and 313 versions.Anyway, I figured a way out to use my 180 GB SSD 520 series as one giant Cache to the maximum capacity of the 64GB and use the rest of the storate space, about 100 GB as a separate drive.I have to see if this set will be working as I hope in time to come; but right now, my system gives me a green light and every systems working in order, with a lighting fast boot up time on the Windows 7.So, here is how I intalled this:1. Install the SSD 520 series into your computer chasis, with a power and SATA III cables accordingly, of course.2. In BIOS setting (Delete Button in the ASUS Motherboard setup), go to Advanced setting and changed the SATA to RAID mode.3. Also, if you are re-installing everything after having used your computer, press CTRL + I when prompted before the chance to go into the BIOS setting, to set every Drives in the Non-Raid mode, or "Blank" mode (I am not a computer person, so I don't know the appropriate terms).4. Before the initiation of the installation of the Windows 7, also clean any partitions that your previous Drives might have, also via Advanced mode and Deleting each "Drives" or "Partitions"; these would not destroy your Drives, but Will Delete all the Saved Files, of course.5. INSTALL YOUR WINDOWS 7 INTO THE HDD, NOT SDD, AS THIS WILL NOT ALLOW THE CACHE FUNCTION TO WORK LATER, based on my 3 attempts to do so (if you doubt, you can try to install the Windows in your SSD).6. After the Windows 7 Installation, install your Drivers on the Motherboard (included with your Motherboard Purchase) and any Video Card CD (e.g. GPU Divers, if you have one).7. From this point onwards is IMPORTANT. Using the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Software that you must have intalled by now, included in your Motherboard CD (the icon is located on the lower right corner, if you click on the upwards triagle symbol--it is a squarish SSD-looking symbol in there, or find the software in your Intel Folder from the All Progrom Folder if you click on the Windows Start button on the lower right corner). Then, Accelerate the Device--there are two modes that you can choose from (I chose the more stable, but supposedly slower mode); you can choose the maximum Cache capacity allowed, the 64 GB. After you let the Devices Accelerate your two or three or whatever HDD with the SDD (wait until it is complete), DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AT THIS POINT!!!8. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AT THIS POINT!!!9. NOW GO TO INTEL SUPPORT WEBSITE, [...], AND DOWNLOAD THEIR LATEST SSD TOOLBOX AND RUN FIRST, SYSTEM TUNER BUTTON TO "OPTIMIZE THE FEATURE" AND THEN RUN FULL DIAGNOSTIC SCAN. (THESE MAY NOT MATTER, BUT ON MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, FOR SOME REASON, IF I START THE COMPUTER, FOR EXAMPLE AFTER DOWNLOADING INTERNET EXPLORER 9, WHICH PROMPTS YOU TO RESTART YOUR COMPUTER, BEFORE I USE THE INTEL SSD TOOLBOX AND THE FULL DIAGNOSTIC SCAN, MY COMPUTER WOULD NOT BOOT PROPERLY, BUT JUST TRIES TO RE-INSTALL THE WINDOWS 7)10. IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE REST OF YOUR SSD CAPACITY AFTER USING THE MAXIMUM OF 64 GB AS THE CACHE (E.G. 180 GB - 64 GB = APPROXIMATELY 100 GB), THEN GO TO DISK MANAGEMENT, BY CLICK ON THE WINDOWS BUTTON ON THE LOWER LEFT CORNER--RIGHT CLICK ON THE COMPUTER--CHOOSE MANAGE--AND THEN CLICK ON THE DISK MANAGEMENT UNDER STORAGE; THE REST OF THE STORAGE REMAINING AFTER THE CACHE ASSIGNMENT CAN BE ALLOTED TO BE USED AS AN EXTRA DRIVE, BY RIGHT CLICKING ON THE SCREEN AND FOLLOWING THE PROMPT, JUST A FEW CLICKS OF WORK.This is how I set up my SSD 520 to be used with my HDD, so that I can use it both as a Giant Cache and SSD.If you see any problems with the way I set up, please feel free to criticize me.Thanks.Ken.
Кронос-6DIOM
14.11.2012
8/10
Оценка пользователя
Хорошо
The Intel 520 series represents an update of Intel's SSD line, which has traditionally offered very high reliability for a decent price, though especially early on was not at the top of the heap in terms of read and write speeds. I bought this in the 240GB version to upgrade my wife's ThinkPad X201, and the update has made her machine even snappier. Disk-bound tasks are done in a flash; file transfers that once took minutes now take a matter of some seconds.The transfer was a bit of a sticking point. I was unable to use an existing external 2.5" drive case) to do the transfer with the included Acronis software, since that case apparently does not transmit full enough device info to the OS, which caused the software to exit. I wound up buying another transfer cable at extra expense.The transfer software then finished successfully on the first try, but I didn't much like the way it apportioned the space. My wife's old 500 GB drive had a 1.17 GB system partition, and a recovery partition of about 10 GB at the end, with the space in the middle taken up by one last huge partition. I began by archiving wasteful data, getting her C: partition down to about 80 GB, then was able to shrink that partition (at somewhat of a hassle due to "unmovable files"; Google is your friend if you are having the same issue). I then had 1 1.17 GB partition, followed by an ~80 GB partition, followed by a bunch of unused space, followed by a ~10 GB hidden recovery partition.Well, the way this all transferred over, the 1.17 GB partition grew to 2.8 GB, the recovery partition grew to about 23 GB, and the rest was given to the C: partition, with no unused space left over. It is a bit irksome that I will have to someday monkey about with partition management software if my wife is to see the full use of her purchased drive space, though for now I'm leaving things as-is.Pros and cons of this model as I see them:+ Intel is known for reliability of their SSDs, extremely much so, due to extensive engineering and testing in this area; Intel's reliability engineering for this drive is reported to include creating special firmware with the manufacturers of the Sandforce controller itself+ A huge leap forward in speed, compared with the 510 series and previous laptop SSDs from Intel; this drive is screaming fast for both reads and writes, and competitive with the best laptop SSDs on the market today+ Spacer/shim can be removed to use the drive in slimmer late-generation 7mm laptop drive bays, as well as left in place for older 9.5mm ones+ Transfer software is included to make cloning an old drive easier (though it may entail a bit of extra expense, as it did for me)+ Intel SSD Toolbox software eases maintenance of the drive, and is free+ A 5-year warranty is included- SandForce controller may mean less reliability than previous Intel drives; frequent backups are advised for important data (always advisable anyway)- SandForce technology means this drive is not as power-miserly as many previous Intel drives (though it is also much faster, which must be weighed in any determination of efficiency); the drive has been tested independently by StorageReview as drawing much more power at peak than Intel claims in marketing info, and draws somewhat more (about .8 watts instead of .6) at idle, which is about middle of the pack for power consumption of late-model SandForce drives- Transfer software simply grows all pre-existing partitions proportionally, which is guaranteed to be wasteful for such items as system and recovery partitions; to avoid this, one should take care to match partition sizes to about the capacity of the target drive prior to transfer, a step that I would have appreciated being advised to take
Квазар-5PWBD
14.11.2012
8/10
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The Intel 520 series represents an update of Intel's SSD line, which has traditionally offered very high reliability for a decent price, though especially early on was not at the top of the heap in terms of read and write speeds. I bought this in the 240GB version to upgrade my wife's ThinkPad X201, and the update has made her machine even snappier. Disk-bound tasks are done in a flash; file transfers that once took minutes now take a matter of some seconds.The transfer was a bit of a sticking point. I was unable to use an existing external 2.5" drive case) to do the transfer with the included Acronis software, since that case apparently does not transmit full enough device info to the OS, which caused the software to exit. I wound up buying another transfer cable at extra expense.The transfer software then finished successfully on the first try, but I didn't much like the way it apportioned the space. My wife's old 500 GB drive had a 1.17 GB system partition, and a recovery partition of about 10 GB at the end, with the space in the middle taken up by one last huge partition. I began by archiving wasteful data, getting her C: partition down to about 80 GB, then was able to shrink that partition (at somewhat of a hassle due to "unmovable files"; Google is your friend if you are having the same issue). I then had 1 1.17 GB partition, followed by an ~80 GB partition, followed by a bunch of unused space, followed by a ~10 GB hidden recovery partition.Well, the way this all transferred over, the 1.17 GB partition grew to 2.8 GB, the recovery partition grew to about 23 GB, and the rest was given to the C: partition, with no unused space left over. It is a bit irksome that I will have to someday monkey about with partition management software if my wife is to see the full use of her purchased drive space, though for now I'm leaving things as-is.Pros and cons of this model as I see them:+ Intel is known for reliability of their SSDs, extremely much so, due to extensive engineering and testing in this area; Intel's reliability engineering for this drive is reported to include creating special firmware with the manufacturers of the Sandforce controller itself+ A huge leap forward in speed, compared with the 510 series and previous laptop SSDs from Intel; this drive is screaming fast for both reads and writes, and competitive with the best laptop SSDs on the market today+ Spacer/shim can be removed to use the drive in slimmer late-generation 7mm laptop drive bays, as well as left in place for older 9.5mm ones+ Transfer software is included to make cloning an old drive easier (though it may entail a bit of extra expense, as it did for me)+ Intel SSD Toolbox software eases maintenance of the drive, and is free+ A 5-year warranty is included- SandForce controller may mean less reliability than previous Intel drives; frequent backups are advised for important data (always advisable anyway)- SandForce technology means this drive is not as power-miserly as many previous Intel drives (though it is also much faster, which must be weighed in any determination of efficiency); the drive has been tested independently by StorageReview as drawing much more power at peak than Intel claims in marketing info, and draws somewhat more (about .8 watts instead of .6) at idle, which is about middle of the pack for power consumption of late-model SandForce drives- Transfer software simply grows all pre-existing partitions proportionally, which is guaranteed to be wasteful for such items as system and recovery partitions; to avoid this, one should take care to match partition sizes to about the capacity of the target drive prior to transfer, a step that I would have appreciated being advised to take
НоваГость-9VGME
17.12.2012
10/10
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Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I decided to upgrade my desktop from windows 7 pro to 8 pro. When I completed the upgrade, I noticed that I only had 8 gig remaining on my 74 gig WD Raptor. Needing a drive that day I went to Best Buy to purchase a 300 Gig Raptor, and they were only available on line, so I bought an Intel 180 gig SSD and cloned the old Raptor using the Apricorn SATA Wire Notebook Hard Drive Upgrade Kit ASW-USB-25. Bare in mind that this kit (WILL NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH POWER TO CLONE A FULL SIZE HARD DRIVE, but will clone from the full size hard drive in the computer to the ssd by usb). After a 40 minute clone, I removed the raptor and installed the newly cloned Intel SSD. Prior to removing the raptor, I timed the boot to password in windows 8. The Raptor did it in 58 seconds. I installed the SSD, and turned on the computer and in 8 seconds I was at the password screen. I liked this drive so well, I bought the 480 gig from Amazon and one other, I think it was a 240 gig. I have a really hot HP DV7 Laptop with 16 gig of ram and an I7 8 core processor. I cloned the hp drive to the 480 Intel, and oh my goodness how wonderful this Intel product works with the intel products in the HP laptop. These drives are rock solid, and I would highly recommend them. I also own a Crucial M4 purchased here on Amazon, and I like it too, but for longevity, I believe the Intel is worth the extra money over the Crucial. All of these 6 gps drives are fast, but I like the Intel's reliability over and above all of the other drives. If you computer is running a Sata III controller, the Intel SSD toolbox download works perfect on these drives. My desktop is an old AMD Athalon 6000 duel core, so all of the Intel Toolbox features do not work due to the sata 2 controller. However, the ssd made the old desktop 12 times faster than it was, and more fun to play with. Hope this helps all of you. Oh by the way, after you install an ssd, be sure to turn OFF your defragmentor in windows by double clicking my computer, right click on Drive C:, click properties, then click the tools tab, click defragment now, and when that window opens, go into the defrag schedule and turn off defrag. Defraging an ssd is bad for the drive, because it shortens the life, and each manufacturer has its own software to optimize their drives. Even though all of the features in the intel tool box do not work on my desktop, the optimize feature does, and that is how you defrag these drives. If you own a newer computer like my laptop with all the intel features, this drive is a must. Moreover, should the drive fail, you still have your old completely bootable hard drive. Knowing that, I purchased Mini Tool Pro partition wizzard online and flawlessly deleted the HP recovery partition and extended the entire drive C; partition to the full capacity of the 480 gig ssd without harming the system files or the boot record. Have fun, because this drive flys low and very very fast!UPDATEI benchmarked my drive today @ 491.80 MB/s Read and 287.07 MB/s write, total score at 713. Very fast and high score.
НаноРейдер-7NEPU
17.12.2012
10/10
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Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I decided to upgrade my desktop from windows 7 pro to 8 pro. When I completed the upgrade, I noticed that I only had 8 gig remaining on my 74 gig WD Raptor. Needing a drive that day I went to Best Buy to purchase a 300 Gig Raptor, and they were only available on line, so I bought an Intel 180 gig SSD and cloned the old Raptor using the Apricorn SATA Wire Notebook Hard Drive Upgrade Kit ASW-USB-25. Bare in mind that this kit (WILL NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH POWER TO CLONE A FULL SIZE HARD DRIVE, but will clone from the full size hard drive in the computer to the ssd by usb). After a 40 minute clone, I removed the raptor and installed the newly cloned Intel SSD. Prior to removing the raptor, I timed the boot to password in windows 8. The Raptor did it in 58 seconds. I installed the SSD, and turned on the computer and in 8 seconds I was at the password screen. I liked this drive so well, I bought the 480 gig from Amazon and one other, I think it was a 240 gig. I have a really hot HP DV7 Laptop with 16 gig of ram and an I7 8 core processor. I cloned the hp drive to the 480 Intel, and oh my goodness how wonderful this Intel product works with the intel products in the HP laptop. These drives are rock solid, and I would highly recommend them. I also own a Crucial M4 purchased here on Amazon, and I like it too, but for longevity, I believe the Intel is worth the extra money over the Crucial. All of these 6 gps drives are fast, but I like the Intel's reliability over and above all of the other drives. If you computer is running a Sata III controller, the Intel SSD toolbox download works perfect on these drives. My desktop is an old AMD Athalon 6000 duel core, so all of the Intel Toolbox features do not work due to the sata 2 controller. However, the ssd made the old desktop 12 times faster than it was, and more fun to play with. Hope this helps all of you. Oh by the way, after you install an ssd, be sure to turn OFF your defragmentor in windows by double clicking my computer, right click on Drive C:, click properties, then click the tools tab, click defragment now, and when that window opens, go into the defrag schedule and turn off defrag. Defraging an ssd is bad for the drive, because it shortens the life, and each manufacturer has its own software to optimize their drives. Even though all of the features in the intel tool box do not work on my desktop, the optimize feature does, and that is how you defrag these drives. If you own a newer computer like my laptop with all the intel features, this drive is a must. Moreover, should the drive fail, you still have your old completely bootable hard drive. Knowing that, I purchased Mini Tool Pro partition wizzard online and flawlessly deleted the HP recovery partition and extended the entire drive C; partition to the full capacity of the 480 gig ssd without harming the system files or the boot record. Have fun, because this drive flys low and very very fast!UPDATEI benchmarked my drive today @ 491.80 MB/s Read and 287.07 MB/s write, total score at 713. Very fast and high score.
НеоВояжер-9NRIS
17.01.2013
6/10
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Плохо
I installed the drive last week and ran the optimization software (it ran fine) this week I went to run it and it gives me an error "Error: RAID array detected". The thing is I have no RAID setup on my system (my drive is set to ACHI in my BIOS), I've changed nothing since last week. And I'm not the only one with this problem, if you search the intel support forums you will see people have been complaining about this for a year.It is my understanding that, because each location can only be written to a certain number of times that the optimization software is critical to the long life of the drive. It looks like my drive will fail earlier than advertized if I'm not able to get this software to work. I regret my purchase and should have went with another brand. The reason I went with Intel is because of the trust in the brand. I was certainly wrong about that. As I've mentioned above People have been posting about this problem for a year and Intel has not responded, nor fixed the problem.The drive does speed up my system considerable, but any SSD drive will do that and the software may or may not work for you. Look elsewhere.UPDATE:OK I figured out how to get it to run. I spent hours on this. Windows said all my drivers were up to date, but I backed them all up then I was going one by one uninstalling them and letting windows reinstall it. When I got to the "AMD SATA driver" which was provided to me by my motherboard manufacturer (GIGABYTE) after the uninstall and reboot, windows replaced it with the microsoft "standard SATA driver". All of the sudden the intel optimization tool works. This is a serious bug in the intel toolbox, because I'm sure the AMD SATA driver wasn't reporting that a RAID system was in operation when it wasn't.Anyway, if you have a motherboard that comes with the AMD SATA driver, uninstall it, delete it, and let windows install the standard microsoft SATA driver and this problem may go away.This shows very poor quality control on intel's part. This problem was first reported a year ago and has not been fixed yet.Also I'm sure the generic Microsoft SATA driver will work fine, but I usually like to use the driver provided by the manufacturer of the hardware. Anyway I updated my rating from 1 star to 3.
Вояджер-4AVKE
17.01.2013
6/10
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Плохо
I installed the drive last week and ran the optimization software (it ran fine) this week I went to run it and it gives me an error "Error: RAID array detected". The thing is I have no RAID setup on my system (my drive is set to ACHI in my BIOS), I've changed nothing since last week. And I'm not the only one with this problem, if you search the intel support forums you will see people have been complaining about this for a year.It is my understanding that, because each location can only be written to a certain number of times that the optimization software is critical to the long life of the drive. It looks like my drive will fail earlier than advertized if I'm not able to get this software to work. I regret my purchase and should have went with another brand. The reason I went with Intel is because of the trust in the brand. I was certainly wrong about that. As I've mentioned above People have been posting about this problem for a year and Intel has not responded, nor fixed the problem.The drive does speed up my system considerable, but any SSD drive will do that and the software may or may not work for you. Look elsewhere.UPDATE:OK I figured out how to get it to run. I spent hours on this. Windows said all my drivers were up to date, but I backed them all up then I was going one by one uninstalling them and letting windows reinstall it. When I got to the "AMD SATA driver" which was provided to me by my motherboard manufacturer (GIGABYTE) after the uninstall and reboot, windows replaced it with the microsoft "standard SATA driver". All of the sudden the intel optimization tool works. This is a serious bug in the intel toolbox, because I'm sure the AMD SATA driver wasn't reporting that a RAID system was in operation when it wasn't.Anyway, if you have a motherboard that comes with the AMD SATA driver, uninstall it, delete it, and let windows install the standard microsoft SATA driver and this problem may go away.This shows very poor quality control on intel's part. This problem was first reported a year ago and has not been fixed yet.Also I'm sure the generic Microsoft SATA driver will work fine, but I usually like to use the driver provided by the manufacturer of the hardware. Anyway I updated my rating from 1 star to 3.
Квантум-9JNHD
29.12.2012
10/10
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I replaced my 5400 RPM HDD in my laptop with the Intel SSD, and it is by far the best upgrade I have made in a long time. It is now clear that by having an i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and an Nvidia graphics card, a HDD was a bottleneck in performance.The read/write speeds on this device are phenomenal. Windows 8 boots, from the moment I press the start button to the login screen, in about five seconds. Applications like Google Chrome load instantly, and others like Libreoffice take no more than a second to load from a cold start. Also, loading of levels or maps in games is now almost instantaneous.This drive is quiet, which should be obvious since there are no moving parts. As a side effect, there aren't any vibrations coming from it either. Now the only part moving in my laptop is the cooling fan, and I am no longer bothered by the low hum of a HDD.Power consumption for this drive is great. I can now push six hours on a charge compared to five hours before with the HDD.Support is pretty good. Intel has their SSD Toolbox available for download which provides functionality like service configuration, diagnostics, updating firmware, etc, for extending the usable lifespan of SSDs. Also, having a five year warranty is always nice.Unfortunately, I have encountered some problems. The cables which come with the SSD are for desktop machines. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but a USB-to-SATA adapter which was recommended in the manual for data migrations in laptops was absent. While I did have a spare drive bay, this can be an inconvenience for anyone trying to migrate their data from one drive to another.Another thing was that the migration utility could not migrate my data, having chosen the new SSD as a target drive while failing to select my HDD at all. I had to manually migrate data between the two drives, which was a nuisance. It seems that the problems were caused by the GPT layout of the HDD, which is a ridiculous problem to have in 2012 after Windows 8 ships with GPT by default.Besides the problematic experience regarding data migration, I am very satisfied with the drive and I recommend it.
Капеллан-6RWQH
29.12.2012
10/10
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I replaced my 5400 RPM HDD in my laptop with the Intel SSD, and it is by far the best upgrade I have made in a long time. It is now clear that by having an i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and an Nvidia graphics card, a HDD was a bottleneck in performance.The read/write speeds on this device are phenomenal. Windows 8 boots, from the moment I press the start button to the login screen, in about five seconds. Applications like Google Chrome load instantly, and others like Libreoffice take no more than a second to load from a cold start. Also, loading of levels or maps in games is now almost instantaneous.This drive is quiet, which should be obvious since there are no moving parts. As a side effect, there aren't any vibrations coming from it either. Now the only part moving in my laptop is the cooling fan, and I am no longer bothered by the low hum of a HDD.Power consumption for this drive is great. I can now push six hours on a charge compared to five hours before with the HDD.Support is pretty good. Intel has their SSD Toolbox available for download which provides functionality like service configuration, diagnostics, updating firmware, etc, for extending the usable lifespan of SSDs. Also, having a five year warranty is always nice.Unfortunately, I have encountered some problems. The cables which come with the SSD are for desktop machines. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but a USB-to-SATA adapter which was recommended in the manual for data migrations in laptops was absent. While I did have a spare drive bay, this can be an inconvenience for anyone trying to migrate their data from one drive to another.Another thing was that the migration utility could not migrate my data, having chosen the new SSD as a target drive while failing to select my HDD at all. I had to manually migrate data between the two drives, which was a nuisance. It seems that the problems were caused by the GPT layout of the HDD, which is a ridiculous problem to have in 2012 after Windows 8 ships with GPT by default.Besides the problematic experience regarding data migration, I am very satisfied with the drive and I recommend it.
НаноПилигрим-7YNQZ
05.01.2013
10/10
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great drive.but, be sure that it is enabled at the 'system level' to run to its maximum potential (if necessary).had an older series intel ssd (sata ii) as the boot drive and it has been rock solid.wanted to upgrade to a faster sata iii drive with more space, and then use the old drive in another build.went with intel 520 becuase of the good reviews here on amazon, and elsewere, and my own positive experience with intel ssd.so, i migrated the data from the old ssd to the new ssd using the free intel download migration software, and then swapped the drives and rebooted. that went well.i then ran performance tests against the new ssd and was in shock to find that the performance WAS NOT what I expected (crystaldiskmark, atto, as ssd). note: these 3 tools can give different numbers from each other, but that is ok as one can use the #s as benchmarks for before and after tests using the same tool, and for comparisons against other people on the internet.so, it was a little faster than my old sata ii ssd, but not by much. wt??????? I checked bios, cables, motherboard ports, etc - all seemed fine. hmmmm.... I wondered if it was defective.i started doing some internet research (just google it) and found that i needed to do two things on my system:- change a windows registry setting to support ahci.- change the motherboard bios sata setting from ide to ahci.once that was done, and rebooted, the ssd was blazing fast and my numbers from the test tools were in line with others on the internet.note: some systems might already be setup for ahci; mine was not.i mention this in case your expectations have not been met by the drive - it may not be the drive, but your system settings.i also mention it in case you came from a regular hard drive to the ssd. the ssd, even without the changes (if required), would be faster than the hard drive and you might be happy, but you might be able to get even more happy.highly recommended.update: liked it so much, i just ordered a second one for one of my other computers.
НаноПилигрим-5GIYA
05.01.2013
10/10
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great drive.but, be sure that it is enabled at the 'system level' to run to its maximum potential (if necessary).had an older series intel ssd (sata ii) as the boot drive and it has been rock solid.wanted to upgrade to a faster sata iii drive with more space, and then use the old drive in another build.went with intel 520 becuase of the good reviews here on amazon, and elsewere, and my own positive experience with intel ssd.so, i migrated the data from the old ssd to the new ssd using the free intel download migration software, and then swapped the drives and rebooted. that went well.i then ran performance tests against the new ssd and was in shock to find that the performance WAS NOT what I expected (crystaldiskmark, atto, as ssd). note: these 3 tools can give different numbers from each other, but that is ok as one can use the #s as benchmarks for before and after tests using the same tool, and for comparisons against other people on the internet.so, it was a little faster than my old sata ii ssd, but not by much. wt??????? I checked bios, cables, motherboard ports, etc - all seemed fine. hmmmm.... I wondered if it was defective.i started doing some internet research (just google it) and found that i needed to do two things on my system:- change a windows registry setting to support ahci.- change the motherboard bios sata setting from ide to ahci.once that was done, and rebooted, the ssd was blazing fast and my numbers from the test tools were in line with others on the internet.note: some systems might already be setup for ahci; mine was not.i mention this in case your expectations have not been met by the drive - it may not be the drive, but your system settings.i also mention it in case you came from a regular hard drive to the ssd. the ssd, even without the changes (if required), would be faster than the hard drive and you might be happy, but you might be able to get even more happy.highly recommended.update: liked it so much, i just ordered a second one for one of my other computers.
Туманник-7CZSG
20.04.2011
10/10
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This is my first SSD, and I absolutely love it. Very fast boot up and shut-down;incredibly fast program launch - even monsters like Photoshop: blam - they're on. Since my system worked reasonably well before, I worried about every aspectof this project. (If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Why spend the $250, what if I have boot problems,what if the performance increase is marginal or worse?). Incredibly the installationwas totally quick and flawless. Bravo, Intel! Now for some details. I bought the retail kit ($10 to $25 more than the OEM version). The two cablesare handy (sata power and data), I used the bracket, and even thetiny 3 inch CD with installation instructions was useful. Amazingly,those instructions are not on Intel's website.) They worked flawlessly. I installed it in my 2008 Intel desktop tower that runs Windows XP Pro32-bit and that has an Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 processor. This system was topof the line when I bought it, so I really wanted to wait another year beforeupgrading to a 64-bit OS (to get > 4gb of DRAM) and a faster processor(like Ivy Bridge). I love WinXP, and I have a lot of old drivers, so I was hesitantto upgrade to Win7 now or to make any expensive hardware upgrades now.) I think I made the perfect choice, but this decision was not without anxiety. After reading all the reviews for Intel's SSD X25-M (it's Gen 2,34 nano SSDs), it was apparent that most buyers raved about them:their speed and their reliability, but, cruising the internet youfind all kinds of potential worries. I list them here, only to dismiss them.(BTW, the Series 320 SSDs are from Intel's 25 nano fab in Utah: they areeven faster and more reliable than the X25-M series. Although they onlysupport 3gb/sec data transfer, that's all my old mobo can dish out, so that's fine.)1) SSDs, WinXP, and TRIM. This was a worry, since WinXP was written a decade ago,long before SSDs. My worry was that WinXP does not support TRIM, which isa command to tell the SSD to overwrite deleted data. Without TRIM, the efficiencyof the SSD might deteriorate due to unavailable pages. The solution for WinXP isto use a small, free program, the Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox, to perform thisdrive optimization. (Win7 does it automatically.) So, a non-worry -not a reason to upgrade to Win7. BTW, SSDs and TRIM are explained in awell-written 2009 article on AnandTech "The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs."2) SSDs and BIOS or other drive recognition problems. This was a huge worry,since this has been a recurring catastrophe about every five years: having ahard drive that simply does not show up either in Windows, or even worse, not inthe BIOS. I spoke to some professionals; they had never experienced this wheninstalling Intel SSDs on customers desktops. In fact, I did not have to touch theBIOS at all. I just connected the sata power and data cables, and the drivemagically appeared on the BIOS list and in Windows (on the Device Manager drive list).(The 'raptor HD is disconnected for now.)3) Installing Windows (or anything) on the SSD. I need to mention that although,I could SEE the SSD in the Device Manager, it does NOT show up on "My Computer"along with the C drive. The reason is that it ships, of course, unformatted.(I had hoped to just copy my entire mechanical hard drive (a WD 600 gb Velociraptor)to the SSD using Norton Ghost.) Instead, I resorted to reading the directions that came withthe drive on that tiny little CD. Again, Intel to the rescue with their Drive Migration softwareprovided by Acronis. Don't be scared off by the minutiae of that program. In fact, you onlyuse one single command: Clone Now - the rest is automatic. The bottom line is that this was a hugely worthwhile and easy project with athrilling result: incredibly fast performance. I think mechanical drives will go the wayof magnetic tape: for archival storage only and to museums. (I also write aboutthe future of biotech, neuroscience, and AI: see BobBlum.com )PS: Don't stress about mounting the SSD. (See the YouTube "Samsung SSD Awesomeness"with the guy trampolining with 24 SSDs.)
Альфа-Юнит-3VKBS
22.01.2013
10/10
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I have a 15" Macbook Pro with a stock 5400 RPM drive, And when I first turned it on i though the mac was fast. Since my previous mac had a crucial M4 I couldn't live without and SSD so i figured since the Intel in terms of other reviews is the best of both world's (Reliability, Performance) I'd hop aboard the Sandforce family.Installation in my mac was easy and flawless remember to take the screws of the stock drive with a Torx T9 and attach to this drive.First boot: Mac instantly recognized the unpartitioned drive and using the built EFI Internet Recovery I partitioned it Mac Os Journaled Extended. After the download completed it was time to install the 4GB OS and boy I did not expect it to go so fast!! It took about 5 Min and I was at the start screen. So installation and drive compatibility was perfect.Day tasks: My mac starts in about 10 seconds and it's so fast the computer doesn't even connect to WI-FI as yet. I have 4 programs that start auto. Chrome, iTunes, Mail, Skype and the 4 load almost instant!Speed Test: 425MB/s Read, 198 MB/s Write based on Black Magic speed test.Conclusion/Other InfoIn the end im very amazed on how fast this drive is compared to 5400 Drive world apart difference. The drive performs all the tasked I throw at it with no slow downs, beachballs, error's. Sandforce perfected the issues it had with previous gen drive this uses 2281 chipset with intel proprietary technology this combo creates a reliable and SUPER fast drive!Mac Users: Make sure you use Trim Enabler and Disable Virtual Memory Swapping if you have 8GB or more of RAM this insures the drive will run smooth for as longs its in your computer without slow downs.BTW: I purchased this on amazon but I got the barebones non-resller kit, but wanted to post my review on this one
Аргонавт-3BRYL
22.01.2013
10/10
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I have a 15" Macbook Pro with a stock 5400 RPM drive, And when I first turned it on i though the mac was fast. Since my previous mac had a crucial M4 I couldn't live without and SSD so i figured since the Intel in terms of other reviews is the best of both world's (Reliability, Performance) I'd hop aboard the Sandforce family.Installation in my mac was easy and flawless remember to take the screws of the stock drive with a Torx T9 and attach to this drive.First boot: Mac instantly recognized the unpartitioned drive and using the built EFI Internet Recovery I partitioned it Mac Os Journaled Extended. After the download completed it was time to install the 4GB OS and boy I did not expect it to go so fast!! It took about 5 Min and I was at the start screen. So installation and drive compatibility was perfect.Day tasks: My mac starts in about 10 seconds and it's so fast the computer doesn't even connect to WI-FI as yet. I have 4 programs that start auto. Chrome, iTunes, Mail, Skype and the 4 load almost instant!Speed Test: 425MB/s Read, 198 MB/s Write based on Black Magic speed test.Conclusion/Other InfoIn the end im very amazed on how fast this drive is compared to 5400 Drive world apart difference. The drive performs all the tasked I throw at it with no slow downs, beachballs, error's. Sandforce perfected the issues it had with previous gen drive this uses 2281 chipset with intel proprietary technology this combo creates a reliable and SUPER fast drive!Mac Users: Make sure you use Trim Enabler and Disable Virtual Memory Swapping if you have 8GB or more of RAM this insures the drive will run smooth for as longs its in your computer without slow downs.BTW: I purchased this on amazon but I got the barebones non-resller kit, but wanted to post my review on this one
НаноПилигрим-0GVQN
09.11.2012
10/10
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If you are tech savvy and did your homework before buying a SSD drive, you may have reached the conclusion from various web articles that you should not use an SSD with Windows XP, because of the technical issues relating to drive alignment and the "trim" command that will stop you from achieving the speed benefits associated with SSDs.Those articles are wrong.Intel put together a great SSD and combined with with three pieces of software which make it easy to use their SSD with Windows XP: 1) Acronis Align Tool, 2) Intel Data Migration Software, and 3) Intel SSD Toolbox.Following the instructions that came with the drive, I attached it directly to my motherboard (not via a USB enclosure) and initialized it and formatted it as you would with a regular drive under XP.Then I ran Acronis Align tool to fix the sector offset of the SSD under XP (otherwise the SSD would have to write twice as much data as it would otherwise, because of the "sector" format of SSDs).Next, I used the data migration software to copy over my old C drive to the SSD. Keep in mind, it is important for SSDs to have lots of spare space so that the SSD cells don't wear out too quickly. I had about 60GB on my old C drive, and copied it over to a 240GB SSD. Also, in preparation for minimizing excess wear and use on the SSD, I moved the windows temp folder, the "My documents" folder and my browser's webpage cache to different drive.Next, I ran Intel SSD Toolbox optimizer, which provides a way to perform the "TRIM" command that was otherwise only available in Windows 7 or higher. Without the TRIM command, the speed of the SSD would deteriorate over time. Intel recommends that you run it once a week.I'm extremely pleased with the boot up time and quietness of the drive. Who says you can't use an SSD drive with XP? I don't know if the other SSD manufacturers have equivalent utilities, so if you want to play it safe, buy these newer Intel SSDs if you want to use it with XP.
Квантум-7FHSZ
09.11.2012
10/10
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If you are tech savvy and did your homework before buying a SSD drive, you may have reached the conclusion from various web articles that you should not use an SSD with Windows XP, because of the technical issues relating to drive alignment and the "trim" command that will stop you from achieving the speed benefits associated with SSDs.Those articles are wrong.Intel put together a great SSD and combined with with three pieces of software which make it easy to use their SSD with Windows XP: 1) Acronis Align Tool, 2) Intel Data Migration Software, and 3) Intel SSD Toolbox.Following the instructions that came with the drive, I attached it directly to my motherboard (not via a USB enclosure) and initialized it and formatted it as you would with a regular drive under XP.Then I ran Acronis Align tool to fix the sector offset of the SSD under XP (otherwise the SSD would have to write twice as much data as it would otherwise, because of the "sector" format of SSDs).Next, I used the data migration software to copy over my old C drive to the SSD. Keep in mind, it is important for SSDs to have lots of spare space so that the SSD cells don't wear out too quickly. I had about 60GB on my old C drive, and copied it over to a 240GB SSD. Also, in preparation for minimizing excess wear and use on the SSD, I moved the windows temp folder, the "My documents" folder and my browser's webpage cache to different drive.Next, I ran Intel SSD Toolbox optimizer, which provides a way to perform the "TRIM" command that was otherwise only available in Windows 7 or higher. Without the TRIM command, the speed of the SSD would deteriorate over time. Intel recommends that you run it once a week.I'm extremely pleased with the boot up time and quietness of the drive. Who says you can't use an SSD drive with XP? I don't know if the other SSD manufacturers have equivalent utilities, so if you want to play it safe, buy these newer Intel SSDs if you want to use it with XP.
Небулоид-1GFFV
12.04.2012
10/10
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I got the 120 GB drive expecting to just run games from there but I didn't realize how easy it was to migrate my entire existing C drive to the SSD.Intel provides a migration utility that lets you clone existing drives onto this drive. So I cloned my C drive (my Windows installation and my main Program Files), which lets me boot directly to the SSD as if nothing had happened. It was a very simple process and the software and guides will walk you through it.So now I am unexpectedly booting straight from my SSD without having to reinstall anything. What used to take a couple minutes to boot up and settle down is now done in seconds. Windows FLIES. So I kinda wish I'd gotten a bigger drive -- I went with 120 GB because I wasn't going to put Windows on it, but since it was easy, I did so ... but my C drive had about 80 GB on it so that was most of my space! If I'd known that cloning was going to be this easy (and good), I may have gotten the 240 GB instead.One good tip, though, if you do this:You can save yourself some space on your Windows installation drive by moving your Windows "Users" folders to another drive. In Windows 7, just open Windows Explorer, locate your "Users\YourNameHere" folder and right click on the sub-folders ("My Documents", "My Music", "Downloads", etc), go to Properties, select the Location tab and move the location to a conventional drive. Windows 7 will automatically migrate all the contents to the new location and delete the originals, freeing space on your SSD. Since I have a ton of music and some videos and so forth, this freed up 30 GB from my SSD. There's no reason to have My Music taking up expensive SSD space.As for overall ease of install, if you're comfortable installing a regular SATA drive, this is the same thing. Only fancy thing I had to do was go into my BIOS to change the drive boot order, and according to the docs, you could just swap cables instead. Note that this does come with a mount, so you shouldn't need to buy anything extra (I want to say it was a 3.5" drive mount? Meh. I just screwed it in with the other hard drives. I'm only supporting it on one side but it's not like it's heavy or has any moving parts anyway.)I guess I'll see how this is long term, but with a 5 year warranty, it may already be better than my conventional drives.P.S.I went with Intel over other brands after reading reviews and comparing warranties. Intel's 5-year warranty was the longest I could find. I might consider a cheaper brand for less essential data if I decide to get a second one but if you're installing your OS, you might want top grade. (Failure in OS = bluescreen.)
Пандорец-0BXVV
12.04.2012
10/10
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I got the 120 GB drive expecting to just run games from there but I didn't realize how easy it was to migrate my entire existing C drive to the SSD.Intel provides a migration utility that lets you clone existing drives onto this drive. So I cloned my C drive (my Windows installation and my main Program Files), which lets me boot directly to the SSD as if nothing had happened. It was a very simple process and the software and guides will walk you through it.So now I am unexpectedly booting straight from my SSD without having to reinstall anything. What used to take a couple minutes to boot up and settle down is now done in seconds. Windows FLIES. So I kinda wish I'd gotten a bigger drive -- I went with 120 GB because I wasn't going to put Windows on it, but since it was easy, I did so ... but my C drive had about 80 GB on it so that was most of my space! If I'd known that cloning was going to be this easy (and good), I may have gotten the 240 GB instead.One good tip, though, if you do this:You can save yourself some space on your Windows installation drive by moving your Windows "Users" folders to another drive. In Windows 7, just open Windows Explorer, locate your "Users\YourNameHere" folder and right click on the sub-folders ("My Documents", "My Music", "Downloads", etc), go to Properties, select the Location tab and move the location to a conventional drive. Windows 7 will automatically migrate all the contents to the new location and delete the originals, freeing space on your SSD. Since I have a ton of music and some videos and so forth, this freed up 30 GB from my SSD. There's no reason to have My Music taking up expensive SSD space.As for overall ease of install, if you're comfortable installing a regular SATA drive, this is the same thing. Only fancy thing I had to do was go into my BIOS to change the drive boot order, and according to the docs, you could just swap cables instead. Note that this does come with a mount, so you shouldn't need to buy anything extra (I want to say it was a 3.5" drive mount? Meh. I just screwed it in with the other hard drives. I'm only supporting it on one side but it's not like it's heavy or has any moving parts anyway.)I guess I'll see how this is long term, but with a 5 year warranty, it may already be better than my conventional drives.P.S.I went with Intel over other brands after reading reviews and comparing warranties. Intel's 5-year warranty was the longest I could find. I might consider a cheaper brand for less essential data if I decide to get a second one but if you're installing your OS, you might want top grade. (Failure in OS = bluescreen.)
ОмниКод-8OTFS
17.04.2012
6/10
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I extensively tested and benhmarked the Samsung 830 128GB SSD versus Intel 520 120GB SSD, and also now own a Samsung 830 512GB SSD purchased on Amazon.com. My test results revealed a number of surprises, which are not noted in any reviews I could find from others.First, SSD performance is affected by the laptop's (host's) power scheme and whether it is plugged in; the best performance occurs when the laptop is plugged in!Second, for my Dell XPS 17 Core-i7 Sandy Bridge laptops, note the following:- the peSATA port is SATA II, yet it outperforms USB 3.0 significantly (!!!)- the internal SATA connectors are SATA IIIThird, and perhaps most importantly to those who are trying to decide between the Intel 520 and Samsung 830 SSDs, I have determined the following: The Samsung 830 SSD, even at 512GB, generally outperforms Intel's 520 SSD (240GB and 480GB). Moreover, the Samsung 830 512GB SSD takes only minor performance hits over its smaller 256GB sibling, whereas Intel's 520 480GB SSD takes a huge performance hit over its smaller 240GB sibling. The Samsung SSD 512GB SSD, therefore, very significantly outperfomrs Intel's 480GB 520 SSD. That is not all: the Samsung 830 includes Norton Ghost 15 (a possible value add), a full Batman game via online download (another possible value add), a SATA to USB 2.0 conversion cable (a value add), and is higher-capacity across the entire SSD line than the Intel 520 SSD line (e.g., 512GB versus 480GB). Moreover, contrary to the Intel-arranged cooked reviews from Anandtech, Tom's Hardware, and others, which intentionally and quite misleadingly compare the Intel 520 240GB SSD against Samsung's 830 512GB, the only real benefit offered by the Intel 520 SSDs over the Samsung 830 SSDs is that of a longer warranty: 5 years versus 3 years, respectively. However, Samsung too uses top-tier Flash memory in its 830 SSDs. Overall, then, the Samsung 830 SSD series outshines Intel's 520 SSD series.P.S. Though Intel, through reviewers, would have everyone believe that they have produced a stabler and thus superior firmware for the SandForce controller used in their 520 SSD series, actual owners seem to report just as many "blue screens" and other stability issues as occur for lesser brands. In other words, Intel's quality falls short in the 520 series SSDs to date. However, the Samsung 830 SSD series remains quite stable on average by comparison. This is another reason, which is easily verified by reading user reviews of these drives on sites such as Amazon.com, NewEgg.com, etc., that the Samsung 830 series represents a superior value.
Астрон-2CPLI
17.04.2012
6/10
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I extensively tested and benhmarked the Samsung 830 128GB SSD versus Intel 520 120GB SSD, and also now own a Samsung 830 512GB SSD purchased on Amazon.com. My test results revealed a number of surprises, which are not noted in any reviews I could find from others.First, SSD performance is affected by the laptop's (host's) power scheme and whether it is plugged in; the best performance occurs when the laptop is plugged in!Second, for my Dell XPS 17 Core-i7 Sandy Bridge laptops, note the following:- the peSATA port is SATA II, yet it outperforms USB 3.0 significantly (!!!)- the internal SATA connectors are SATA IIIThird, and perhaps most importantly to those who are trying to decide between the Intel 520 and Samsung 830 SSDs, I have determined the following: The Samsung 830 SSD, even at 512GB, generally outperforms Intel's 520 SSD (240GB and 480GB). Moreover, the Samsung 830 512GB SSD takes only minor performance hits over its smaller 256GB sibling, whereas Intel's 520 480GB SSD takes a huge performance hit over its smaller 240GB sibling. The Samsung SSD 512GB SSD, therefore, very significantly outperfomrs Intel's 480GB 520 SSD. That is not all: the Samsung 830 includes Norton Ghost 15 (a possible value add), a full Batman game via online download (another possible value add), a SATA to USB 2.0 conversion cable (a value add), and is higher-capacity across the entire SSD line than the Intel 520 SSD line (e.g., 512GB versus 480GB). Moreover, contrary to the Intel-arranged cooked reviews from Anandtech, Tom's Hardware, and others, which intentionally and quite misleadingly compare the Intel 520 240GB SSD against Samsung's 830 512GB, the only real benefit offered by the Intel 520 SSDs over the Samsung 830 SSDs is that of a longer warranty: 5 years versus 3 years, respectively. However, Samsung too uses top-tier Flash memory in its 830 SSDs. Overall, then, the Samsung 830 SSD series outshines Intel's 520 SSD series.P.S. Though Intel, through reviewers, would have everyone believe that they have produced a stabler and thus superior firmware for the SandForce controller used in their 520 SSD series, actual owners seem to report just as many "blue screens" and other stability issues as occur for lesser brands. In other words, Intel's quality falls short in the 520 series SSDs to date. However, the Samsung 830 SSD series remains quite stable on average by comparison. This is another reason, which is easily verified by reading user reviews of these drives on sites such as Amazon.com, NewEgg.com, etc., that the Samsung 830 series represents a superior value.
Спектроник-7WYSW
27.12.2012
10/10
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I bought the drive to put in my Mac mini '12. It was quite an effort to get it in there, but it was so worth it. I love the warranty and Intel's legendary reliability so I'm happy with my choice. I could have saved a bit of money and gotten another drive but so far I can't complain.A few notes for Mac users:If you're going to install in a Mac that has 10.8.2 on it and your goal is *NOT* to make a Fusion Drive (if you already have everything on your HDD and you want to manually manage your OS / App SSD usage for instance) when booting into recovery Apple more or less *forces* you to make a Fusion Drive. There are guides to prevent this from happening and the Internet is your friend when it comes to research. I was lucky and knew an SSD was on the way so I didn't have anything on the HDD I needed to keep, so I just went ahead and erased the drive and now have a shiny new Fusion Drive. Always back up your stuff if you're adding a HD anyway in case you lose anything because of a forced format. Fusion Drive works extremely well, by the way. Another thing is TRIM is not enabled by default with Mac. You need to find a third party enabler or do it manually through the Terminal. I've dabbled in *nix quite a bit so I was comfortable with the Terminal method, but I know most won't.I personally get reads well in excess of 450 MB/s. This thing BLAZES. The first time I booted the mini I knew it would be fast but it's... like.... ~10 seconds fast. Holy nuggets.Also, obviously, my VirtualBox images are insanely fast. Windows XP never even shows the blue three squares that go from left to right it just blanks for a second and boom desktop. SO AMAZING.In short, I love this drive, and it's amazing.
МехаРейнджер-8BVBN
27.12.2012
10/10
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I bought the drive to put in my Mac mini '12. It was quite an effort to get it in there, but it was so worth it. I love the warranty and Intel's legendary reliability so I'm happy with my choice. I could have saved a bit of money and gotten another drive but so far I can't complain.A few notes for Mac users:If you're going to install in a Mac that has 10.8.2 on it and your goal is *NOT* to make a Fusion Drive (if you already have everything on your HDD and you want to manually manage your OS / App SSD usage for instance) when booting into recovery Apple more or less *forces* you to make a Fusion Drive. There are guides to prevent this from happening and the Internet is your friend when it comes to research. I was lucky and knew an SSD was on the way so I didn't have anything on the HDD I needed to keep, so I just went ahead and erased the drive and now have a shiny new Fusion Drive. Always back up your stuff if you're adding a HD anyway in case you lose anything because of a forced format. Fusion Drive works extremely well, by the way. Another thing is TRIM is not enabled by default with Mac. You need to find a third party enabler or do it manually through the Terminal. I've dabbled in *nix quite a bit so I was comfortable with the Terminal method, but I know most won't.I personally get reads well in excess of 450 MB/s. This thing BLAZES. The first time I booted the mini I knew it would be fast but it's... like.... ~10 seconds fast. Holy nuggets.Also, obviously, my VirtualBox images are insanely fast. Windows XP never even shows the blue three squares that go from left to right it just blanks for a second and boom desktop. SO AMAZING.In short, I love this drive, and it's amazing.
Квантум-5YKNU
11.12.2012
10/10
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Bought this one to use it as the OS disk for my HP Pavillion desktop computer. The system setup is AMD A6-3650 with 8GB RAM and a 1 TB disk. The Intel SSD disk come in a package loaded with all what is needed and with a small CD describing how to get it up running. To me this was very straight forward.-Turn off the computer and open the cabinet-Install the disk and connect it to an available SATA socket-Power up the computer-Download the Intel Data Migration tool ([...])-Follow the step by step guide to migrate old disk onto SSD (do a clean up of legacy data to reduce size) including a restart which kicks off the actual migration-After successful migration shut down computer and switch SATA cables between disks or simply alter boot sequence in BIOS-Verify boot through new disk and rename old disk to avoid confusion in future-Ensure to install the Intel SSD Toolbox ([...]) to maintain disk-Ensure to turn off disk defrag in Win Scheduling as you do not want that to ruin your new diskThe computer was pretty fast using the 1 TB disk but now it is just fantastic. Starting Win7 or applications is amazing, installing new software is done seconds after they started. Have a previous version of these Intel disks running Win7 on a really old Dell D620 laptop and have been running this for at least 2 years without any errors at all. Using a regular disk would have made that computer too slow to be user friendly.Have another HP desktop computer running a OCZ Vertex 3 SSD disk. This should according to spec be a really good disk as well but hasn't really impressed me. If having to chose my clear recommendation would be to pay the little extra to go with the Intel disk.Will update the review if any issues are detected.
Сириус-9FWRZ
11.12.2012
10/10
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Bought this one to use it as the OS disk for my HP Pavillion desktop computer. The system setup is AMD A6-3650 with 8GB RAM and a 1 TB disk. The Intel SSD disk come in a package loaded with all what is needed and with a small CD describing how to get it up running. To me this was very straight forward.-Turn off the computer and open the cabinet-Install the disk and connect it to an available SATA socket-Power up the computer-Download the Intel Data Migration tool ([...])-Follow the step by step guide to migrate old disk onto SSD (do a clean up of legacy data to reduce size) including a restart which kicks off the actual migration-After successful migration shut down computer and switch SATA cables between disks or simply alter boot sequence in BIOS-Verify boot through new disk and rename old disk to avoid confusion in future-Ensure to install the Intel SSD Toolbox ([...]) to maintain disk-Ensure to turn off disk defrag in Win Scheduling as you do not want that to ruin your new diskThe computer was pretty fast using the 1 TB disk but now it is just fantastic. Starting Win7 or applications is amazing, installing new software is done seconds after they started. Have a previous version of these Intel disks running Win7 on a really old Dell D620 laptop and have been running this for at least 2 years without any errors at all. Using a regular disk would have made that computer too slow to be user friendly.Have another HP desktop computer running a OCZ Vertex 3 SSD disk. This should according to spec be a really good disk as well but hasn't really impressed me. If having to chose my clear recommendation would be to pay the little extra to go with the Intel disk.Will update the review if any issues are detected.
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