Intel 320 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSA2CW120G3K5

Pros: 10 months and running strong in Windows 7 64bit with AHCI mode enabled. Access is very quick to files and boot speed is great. Benchmarks are not as quick as some modern ssd’s, but this isn’t noticed in most daily use. The warranty is fantastic, though I hope I don’t need to use it. Intel SSD toolbox shows 100% life remaining. Most of the time I have about 30% free space remaining.

Cons: Price is relatively high per GB, and 120 GB isn’t as large as I might like to have available.

Pros: Really fast. After reading countless horror stories about OCZ, I went with Intel, and I'm happy with the purchase. Rated 7.7/7.9 by my Windows 7 Experience Index. Super quick installs/uninstalls, boot, application startup

Cons: Expensive. Was hard to pry the plastic apart on my laptop for installation (not a fault of the HD)

Overall Review: Got this for a Dell Inspiron 17R-2ndGen and it is the fastest piece of equipment in the laptop (as per Windows Experience Index). Sometimes my computer freezes during shutdown but I'm not sure if this is the fault of the HD. Crysis II and SCII run smooth with high video settings and load quickly

Pros: This thing is a beast. Took my Windows Experience index from 5.9 to a 7.4! There's nothing else right now that will give your system a huge boost like that other than a nice SSD like this, and if you want quality and stability, look no further than Intel, and for the price this is a very nice package. You get a cool "speed demon" case sticker, a mounting bracket, tons of screws, and even a couple of SATA cables. I went SATA II since I didn't want to bother with buying a SATA III adapter and fiddling with all the things buying an adapter makes difficult. This is definitely one of the best SSDs on the market right now, and Intel knows what they're doing. And if you know what you're doing - installation can be a breeze.

Cons: I installed an SSD in an Intel Z68 configuration. But on the system this was going on - based off the Intel X58 (running Intel i7-920 and Asus P6T), it was a whole different ball game! It took about an hour to iron out all the kinks in my motherboard's BIOS but it finally recognized the drive as an SSD (and so did Windows) and I was able to boot and install Windows in less than ten minutes. I had a couple of problems with the WD Caviar drives I paired it with but once I got all those flaws ironed out (it was mainly due to a faulty connection on my PSU) it was up and running in no time.

Overall Review: The rest of the build: Corsair Graphite 600T Corsair TX 750 Asus P6T Intel Core i7-920 Thermalright Silver Arrow Intel 320 120GB SSD Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB Dual EVGA GeForce GTX 550Ti in SLI mode Plextor B940SA Vizio 42" LED Monitor

Pros: Did a fresh install with Windows 7 x64. Windows recognized it as SSD and made appropriate settings. Install was lightning fast. Windows update patches install lightning fast. Everything runs lightning fast now. I waited a year for prices to come down to a reasonable level. Another year and they will be substantially lower. But, I want to be able to enjoy the performance and am willing to pay more for it. I will never go back to platters for the main drive!

Cons: $/GB is the only ding. Performance is worth it, though.

Overall Review: Funny all the non-verified owners venting here. Must be plants from other vendors or just paranoid about their prn stash getting hacked. LOL.

Pros: Fast, best value I found, Intel has the highest reliability rating. Good packaging. My computer boots so fast, and video games load fast. I'm very glad I decided to add a SSD to my new computer.

Cons: Computers seem to still be struggling to recognize SSD tech (plug and play) as automatically as I would like. It took some tweaking to configure my computer with this drive. (Read below). Also, SSD is still expensive, so if you don't NEED this drive right now, waiting will only benefit you at this point.

Overall Review: Here are some important tips if you are installing this drive in your new computer: 1. Yes, you can use this as the primary drive without the annoying 100Meg system partition. Read articles in the Internet how -- this helps Windows recognize the speed of the drive. I'm running just fine with one primary partition on this drive, Windows 7 Ultimate 64. 2. It is important to go into your BIOS before you install Windows and change the drive from IDE to AHCI. It is important to use AHCI. 3. Install all of the drivers for storage that comes with your motherboard. 4. Put Service Pack 1 on Windows 7 (along with ALL updates). 5. Disable defrag (for whatever reason, Windows doesn't always automatically disable defrag for SSD) 6. If you do all of the above, NOW your windows experience index should show 7.X for this drive. I'm registering 7.7 for my subscore on this drive. but I was only getting 5.9 until I followed the above steps. Which step(s) helped the most? Who cares, they are all important

Pros: Very stable and smooth running drive. I have not experienced any problems whatsoever. Benchmarks show results at or even a tad above advertised speeds (275/138 MB/s sequential read/write). However, this drive is much less about flexing high seq. read/writes, and more about performance, value, and reliability. It is also important to look at its quick access times, low latency, and high IOPS. Windows 7 installed smoothly on the first run, and then I used Intel SSD toolbox for configuration. 120gb seems like a comfortable size for me- fits all my os, all applications, benchmarks, and games that I am currently playing. It makes them much snappier, increasing productivity and enjoyment.

Cons: SSD's are still pretty expensive, but as others have said, its worth it, and the damage isn't so bad with this one. This drive is the more mainstream, affordable version in Intel's line up.

Overall Review: Some may have overstated the difference between a hdd and ssd, but my experience has been extremely positive. I moved from a 5400 rpm drive to this, and it definitely feels like a removed a huge bottleneck from my system. Make sure to move away from IDE by changing to AHCI/RAID (depending on situation) before installing Windows 7 to avoid problems.

Pros: - Fast - No hassle setup - Intel SSD toolbox is a straight-forward and easy way to maintain the drive - All other SSD vs. HDD pros (small, silent, etc.)

Cons: - Still so, so expensive, but this is the SSD market in general...for now.

Overall Review: This is my first SSD, and I put it in a Core i7 / 12gb RAM / Nvidia GTX 285 equipped computer where the standard 1TB HDD was the biggest bottleneck. The HDD kept my Windows 7 performance score down to 5.9, and I also clocked Windows taking 8 minutes (!) to boot up fresh, with the HDD cranking the whole time. With the Intel 320 SSD installed, as well as all of my old software (office, steam, dropbox, etc.), my performance score has gone up to 7.3, and boot up time is about a minute. Apps launch fast and there were no setup problems. I really hate having the old HDD in there for storage (most games, etc.), as I can still hear it in the case sometimes, and I get slightly annoyed by its "cranking-away" noise. ;) I purchased this drive because of Intel's reputation of SSD reliability and my SATA-II limited system. Also, since this was my first SSD, I was sure the performance would be insane (to me) no matter what I bought!

Pros: If you go by the old saying you get want you pay for. For a 120GB the price is very high so you should be getting the best SSD out there.

Cons: The number of failures at this price range is very bad. What very strange is no response from Intel reps. They do have a lock on CPU but there not the only one selling SSD Drives . I paid the high dollar for this drive because of there Name and Reputation of Intel.

Overall Review: I will stick with there CPU but that all. I spend my money else were.