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Intel 510 Series (Elm Crest) 2.5" 250GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2MH250A2K5
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- 2.5"
- 250GB
- SATA III
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Launch fast. Land safe. Take responsiveness to new heights with a 6Gb/s Intel Solid-State Drive 510 Series and experience fast SATA sequential performance. By combining Intel's leading 34nm NAND flash memory technology with SATA 6Gb/s interface support, the Intel SSD 510 Series delivers sequential data transfers of up to 500MB/s. Available in a 2.5 inch form factor, the Intel SSD 510 Series makes desktops, workstations, and notebooks come alive by transferring more data in less time - expediting storage I/O and unleashing system performance!
Amplified performance that outperforms Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)Featuring the latest generation SATA 6Gb/s interface with advanced architecture employing eight parallel NAND flash channels equipped with multi-level-cell compute-quality Intel NAND Flash Memory, the Intel SSD 510 Series (250GB Model) delivers exceptional throughput, sequential read speeds up to 500MB/s and sequential write to 315MB/s - dramatically outperforming traditional HDDs, even two SATA 6Gb/s 10,000 rpm RAIDed hard disk drives!
Solid State means rugged, lower powerUnlike traditional hard disk drives, Intel Solid-State Drives have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers faster system responsiveness. Boot time, application launches, file loads, sleep recovery, benchmarks; each activity is faster with an Intel SSD 510 Series device. Designed to satisfy the most demanding gamers, media creators, and technology enthusiasts, the Intel SSD 510 Series brings high performance storage and reliability to notebook and desktop PC systems.
Proven support – SSD management tool suiteThe Intel Solid-State Toolbox with Intel Solid-State Drive Optimizer provides a powerful set of management, information, and diagnostic tools to maintain the health of your Intel SSD and optimize performance to "fresh-out-of-the-box" levels. The FREE Toolbox also includes the System Configuration Tuner that will configure your system to take full advantage of your SSD performance. Download the Intel SSD Toolbox at www.intel.com/go/ssdtoolbox.
Start Solid-State Computing with IntelThe Intel Data Migration Software helps you install an Intel SSD. With minimal steps, this tool clones the operating system and files from a hard drive or SSD to any Intel SSD. The FREE Intel Data Migration Software supports Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, and XP and is available for download at www.intel.com/go/ssdinstallation. In addition, a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch mounting bracket is included with the SSD for compatibility with standard hard drive mounting.
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Warranty
- Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
- Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years
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Pros: Speed, speed, speed. Quiet, quiet, quiet. Using with an older Asus P5E Deluxe motherboard in a desktop configuration with a Seagate 1TB drive for user data. An Asus U3S6 add-in card is used for the USB 3.0 and SATA 6G/s interface. Benchmarks: HD Tach: 300 MB/s average read, 2690 MB/s burst (?) HD Tune: 283 MB/s average read, 1600 MB/s burst (?) Command Prompt - winsat disk: 360 MB/s sequential 64 read, 173 MB/s random 16 read, 184 MB/s sequential 64 write.
Cons: Cost.
Overall Review: The add-in card is a 4x PCIe in a 16x slot. The motherboard is supposed to run both 16x slots at the full 16x. And the card is supposed to take advantage of the 4x to give 50% performance over a 1x card. A single lane (1x) bottle necks at 320 MB/s burst. So according to ASUS I should see 480 MB/s from this card. Others have stated that you cannot get full SATA 3 (6Gb/s) performance from this card no matter what - it will perform closer to SATA 2 (3Gb/s), which is what I am seeing. It could also be that the Marvel chip on the card has only one lane to the PCIe bus - as most of the early implementations. So I guess I may have to wait until I get a motherboard upgrade in the fall to see the full performance from this drive. But even so, this drive is smokin' hot. I will never want to go back to a spinning HDD for my main drive. Time will tell if the reliability stacks up to all the reviews - especially since it is using the Marvel chip set and not an Intel.