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| | Features | 160 GB Solid State Drive provides outstanding performance and durability in a 2.5" form factorNo moving parts for faster performance and higher durabilitySustained sequential write speeds of up to 250 MBps and read speeds of up to 70 MBpsSATA interface provides up to 3GBps data throughputBacked by a three-year warranty
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| | Description | 160GB SSD 2.5 SATA INT MLC X25-M 9.5MM | |
| | Product Details | | Product Weight: | 0.25 pounds | | Package Length: | 6.7 inches | | Package Width: | 5.3 inches | | Package Height: | 1.2 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 11 customer reviews )
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10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Best SSD for MAC Jun 05, 2009
By D. Valdez
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.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
IBM Lenovo T500 with Ubuntu Linux -- No Problems & Fast -- Note Optimizations at the end of review. Jul 07, 2009
By Robert
"Linux User, Attorney, Hacker"
This drive is very fast. (Note, the linux optimizations I have included at the end of the review.) However, one might get confused when reviewing the technical specifications of this drive and comparing them to the specifications of the rebranded samsung drives that now come in capacities as high as 250 GB. I really would prefer the larger size, but after a lot of research I discovered that the benchmark data for the rebranded (non-Intel) drives are done using hypothetical non-real world scenarios. From what I have learned the Intel X25-M can handle multiple read/writes much more efficiently then the other SSD drives. With most usage scenarios a modern operating system will have multiple files open. Finally, with respect to price/performance I believe this drive is a reasonable purchase if: (1) you want a fast laptop, (2) you want more storage then the 80 Gig model which is about 40% of the cost of this drive, and (3) power consumption is an issue (for example you need to travel alot and you hate running out of power). Considering 8 GB of DDR3 memory for a T500 is about the same price, I consider the cost consistent with other premium laptop components. Optimizations for linux: (a) replace relatime with noatime in fstab; (b) add the following to fstab tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0 (uses memory as a buffer for tmp); and (c) elevator=deadline as a kernel boot parameter.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great drive, but get the current firmware Jun 09, 2009
By Pipper
This drive is blazing fast, and I love it except for one problem: any firmware older than 8820 has a fragmentation issue that causes serious performance degradation. Intel fixed this issue with the 8820 firmware version. My problem is that it's been impossible for me to upgrade the firmware because the necessary BIOS changes are locked out on my brand new HP laptop. I've tried to upgrade the firmware by installing the drive in 3 other computers and boot from the image update CD, but the update software will not recognize the drive in any of them even though the drive subsequently mounts on the desktop. I'm returning this for another with the current firmware.
All in all, though, this is a great product: programs that took 30 seconds to load seem to open instantaneously. It runs silent and cool. Just check the firmware version in the upper right corner of the drive's label. Depending on your system, you might have difficulty performing an update. Also, don't format these drives: formatting writes a pattern to every sector and will degrade performance.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
My computer is cleared for takeoff... Feb 22, 2009
By R. Jager
"R. Jager"
Wow. This product has singlehandedly rejuvenated my computer! I have a relatively old thinkpad t61 and I don't think it has ever been faster. Everything just POPS. Want to open a Word document --> blink. done. Open an AVI file. Doubleclick and... Bam.
The hard drive's screaming performance is just incredible. In fact, I first thought that my computer could never be so fast, but... you really have to try it to believe it.
The only con is the price. The 160gb version is very expensive... but in the end, for me, at least, it has been well worth it. (FYI I'm sure prices will come down in the future...)
Good luck!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Failed, just over > 1 yr. later Oct 13, 2010
By iomatic
While it lasted, it was quick and instantaneously responsive, so I can't give it a single star.
Now, it's dead, though, and that means I can't get any data off of it (yes I do run backups). Tech Tool Pro, Disk Utility-- nothing can report it now; it's clinically dead. Alas, I cannot recommend this product, and you will find more backup if you search for this failure.
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