Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW240A3K5 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

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2.5"
240GB
SATA III

Stay ahead of the competition when you level up to 6.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) performance. Intel Solid-State Drives (Intel SSDs) continue to evolve with the Intel SSD 500 Family. Available in a wide range of capacities up to 480 GB, the Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series delivers leading performance for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)-based computers. By combining Intel's leading 25nm NAND flash memory technology with SATA 6Gb/s interface support, the Intel SSD 520 Series delivers sequential read speeds of up to 550 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 520 MB/s. The industry-standard 2.5-inch form factor enables interchangeability with existing hard disk drives (HDDs) and native SATA HDD drop-in replacement with the enhanced performance, reliability, and ruggedness offered by an SSD.

The Intel SSD 520 Series also offers built-in data protection features including Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit Encryption, End-to-End Data Protection, and Data Compression. Now that your work is safe, use the world-class performance of the Intel SSD 520 Series to dominate your gaming competition or to reach new levels of creativity and productivity. The choice is yours!

New level of performance Built with compute-quality Intel 25 nanometer (nm) NAND Flash Memory, the Intel 520 Series 240GB SSD accelerates PC performance where it matters most. With random read performance up to 50,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) and sequential read performance of up to 550 megabytes per second (MB/s), your PC will blaze through the most demanding applications and will handle intense multi-tasking needs. Couple that read performance with random writes up to 80,000 IOPS and sequential writes of 520 MB/s to unleash your applications. With the Intel SSD 520 Series, Intel continues to deliver solutions designed to satisfy the most demanding gamers, media creator and technology enthusiasts.
Superior data protection features The new Intel SSD 520 Series offers Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption capabilities to keep your data safe. In the event of theft or loss of your computer, you have the peace of mind that your personal data is secured by an advanced encryption technology. Additionally, the Intel SSD 520 Series contains “End-to-End Data Protection” ensuring integrity of stored data from the computer to the SSD and back.
2.5" to 3.5" Bracket Included This SSD features a standard 2.5-inch form factor for notebooks and select desktops. The included 2.5" to 3.5" bracket lets you install your 2.5” SSD into a standard 3.5” drive bay to extend the storage of most desktop computers.

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General

Brand: Intel

Series: 520 Series Cherryville

Model: SSDSC2CW240A3K5

Device Type: Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Used For: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: 2.5"

Capacity: 240GB

Memory Components: MLC

Interface: SATA III

Controller: SandForce

Height: 9.5mm

Performance

Max Sequential Read: Up to 550 MB/s (SATAIII)
Up to 280 MB/s (SATAII)

Max Sequential Write: Up to 520 MB/s (SATAIII)
Up to 260 MB/s (SATAII)

4KB Random Read: Up to 50,000 IOPS

4KB Random Write: Up to 60,000 IOPS

MTBF: 1,200,000 hours

Features

Features: Out-of-the-Box Write Performance (IOPS): up to 80,000 IOPS

Environmental

Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ +70°C

Quick Info

Warranty

Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years

Manufacturer Contact Info

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Lister7 6/15/2013 3:19:12 AM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 1/5Lost alot! Pros: Newegg, Long live Newegg. This is not there fault. Cons: Completely died, dead. No way to recover anything at all. Just dead. Hope I can get the 5 year warranty to work. I will never get my programs and data back. First time for me to loose like this. Thanks Intel. Other Thoughts: Lucky for me this was a second drive. My operating system and other important stuff was on another drive. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
KillGriff 6/3/2013 4:33:42 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5 Pros: Runs my Hackintosh at amazing speeds. Cons: None. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
hugozoon 6/2/2013 6:22:14 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 2/5	Rating: 5/5 Pros: the intel software did not work for me.Paragon was flawless.Super fast drive WEI went from 5.9 to7.8 Cons: none Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Nicolas 5/31/2013 8:34:41 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Fantastic SSD Pros: I bought this drive in january and it is still working like a charm. I bought it to replace an old 64 gb SSD (I bought it when SSD were first released) And wow, what an upgrade !!! Cons: Kinda pricey but you got to pay for quality. What's the point in saving 20 bucks to get a SSD that won't work in a month ? Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 5/30/2013 10:38:16 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Fast and alive after one year Pros: Fast, works. Unlike other solid state drives lasts longer than six months. Cons: Kinda pricey? Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
summitflier 5/29/2013 8:32:04 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Fast drive, good price Pros: Very fast, decent price. SATA 6GB. Cons: Only 240GB (but I knew that when I bought it) Other Thoughts: If you have a mother board that supports SATA 6GB, get a SSD drive. I have to say this is the single best upgrade for the money (I upgraded my CPU and RAM at the same time) but this hard drive really makes the computer much faster. (I sometimes need to boot from the old 7200rpm spindle drive) and it is a very noticeable speed difference. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Striker444 5/16/2013 7:00:26 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 5/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5 Pros: Picked this up for $200 after a $100 mail in rebate. AMAZING SSD, I get 520 MB/s reads and 500 MB/s writes Cons: nothing, this is the best SSD you can buy, frimware was perfect, worth the wait for this to come on the market. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 5/7/2013 9:58:05 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Perfect Pros: Easy install - Worked perfectly Cons: So far, I have found no Cons to this SSD. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Eric 5/7/2013 9:33:14 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 1/5reconsider buying these drives Pros: 3/5 drives work. Cons: I received one bad drive (out of 4 I purchased). The drive errored out upon initial fdisk. Because a month had elapsed I contacted Intel directly for warranty service. I paid the price of the drive to facilitate a cross-ship. When Intel sent the warranty replacement it was used and failed in the same manner. After paying the cost of the drive for a cross-ship for the first drive, they demanded that amount again for the replacement of the replacement. I suggest not dealing with Intel on these drives unless you have very large credit card limits. And two faulty out of 5 drives = 20% drive failure rate?!? Something must be amiss at Intel quality control. Other Thoughts: Please get your act together Intel! 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Sage 5/1/2013 10:01:37 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5Great Product Pros: Worked great, Windows 8 loads insanely quick. Love it for gaming as it loads content in games fast which gives an advantage over a normal HDD. Cons: Has issues every now and again where is will cause a blue screen with windows 8. Other Thoughts: Coolmaster HAF X Case EVGA Geforce GTX Titan Corsair AX850 Power Supply Asus Sabertooth Z77 Motherboard Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Intel I7-3770k Processor Intel 520 Series Cherryville 240GB SSD CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB)DDR3 1600 Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
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