Pros: Fast Stable Lower power (even for SSD) 5yr warranty Intel custom Firmware

Cons: Price?

Overall Review: I got the 120GB on sale (about $100 shipped!) and vs other mSata SSDs this was a STEAL! I'd honestly still buy this drive at full price now that I know how it performs. I came from a Muskin Atlas DX 60GB (which was also a awesome SSD!) but I needed more space and this Intel one couldn't be beat with the sale price, warranty, power consumption and speed. Honestly the only competitor to this mSata SSD would probably be Samsung... but sadly they have no consumer mSata SSDs available. I'm running this in a M14x R2. next to a WD Blk 750GB for a best of both worlds type system. I have My OS, core Programs and VMs on the SSD and docs/Games on the HDD. I easily get 6hrs On a unbloated Windows 7 install with lower brightness, browsing with Chrome & streaming Pandora. I have gotten 7-8hrs on a few less demanding sessions which wasn't possible with the Muskin Atlas. this is currently the Best 120GB mSata you can buy. there might be some that are a tad faster for cheaper but when you factor the 5yr warranty (something very important on SSDs IMO) and lower power consumption nothing on the current market can touch this.

Pros: Straightforward installation, great price for mSATA drive (I got the 120GB version at $120), and really good speeds in my Acer Aspire M5-581T. For anyone who's curious it gets an 8.1 in WEI.

Cons: Doesn't include mounting screw(s)

Overall Review: For anyone trying to use their recovery media to change drives in your laptop please read this. I started by removing the hard drive so it would not possibly install to that, then installed the mSATA SSD and inserted my USB recovery dive. When in UEFI mode it wouldn't boot into the USB, it would just say "NO BOOTABLE MEDIUM DETECTED." So I put it in legacy BIOS mode and it booted fine from the USB and I went through the recovery process. When finished I was unable to boot from the SSD. In the end I figured out I needed to boot into UEFI mode with F12 boot select enabled and to mash the F12 key before it told me there was no boot media so I could select the USB and boot from it. After that everything went as expected.

Pros: Got it when newegg has category coupon on all SSDs. Excellent mSATA! Put it in Toshiba Z935 without any issue. This drive is not just perform well out of box, it still runs pretty fast when it became dirty. Intel SSD Toolbox software works very well too!!! 5 years warranty baby!

Cons: None!

Pros: Great upgrade! Fast. Loaded this into the MSATA/ WWAN radio slot of my Dell M4700, never entered the bios, but Win7 recognized right away. I downloaded the Intel Migration software and within 15 minutes I had all data copied to the SSD. Did the switch up in the bios and everything is loading a lot faster now! This was a piece of cake to install and one of the easiest upgrades I've done. The nice part is that with this MSATA, I get to keep my 7200RPM drive as data storage. Fast startup plus lots of storage. Newegg shipped this so fast. Ordered it Thursday at lunch and received it the next day before lunch.

Cons: Price, but this included the Intel Migration software which made everything a breeze. No re-loading Windows! Needed to scavenge a mounting screw. It would be nice if it came with a screw, but this drive is OEM.

Overall Review: I wanted to order my Dell M4700 with a MSATA installed, but Dell would not allow the order with only the MSATA. They were forcing me to order the MSATA + a standard hard drive, raising the cost $600. This drive fit the bill for less than half the price.

Pros: I have this in my Intel NUC (Centrino) home media server. It is perfect for Win7 Ultimate, Plex, Filezilla and Dropbox. I made sure to turn off unneeded Windows features and compress the drive. The media is stored on an external 4TB Seagate HDD. RDP with my phone makes use of a keyboard, mouse and monitor almost non-existent. The rig has been running strong for almost a year with minimal downtime/ maintenance.

Cons: I recently have started to maintain Plex logs that are taking up space on the C: drive. The limited capacity makes for a monthly check-up on disc space a necessity. Metadata could cause a problem with disc space, depending on how much media is being stored. Approximately 1.8TB is giving me 4.7GB of metadata. Eventually an upgrade of my SSD and HDD will coincide.

Pros: Low profile and fast. Does what it is intended to do. Safe up to 70°c...

Cons: Naturally runs warm and has reached 80°c one time before the "temp governor" stepped in and performed some managment. Although it reached this temp, it remained stable... Quote from Intel: "The Intel SSD 525 Series drive has a safety feature for monitoring temperature and for protecting the module from overheating, The operating temperature specifications of the Intel SSD 525 Series drive or 0-70 degrees Celsius as measured by the temperature sensor, SMART Attribute BEh," Intel explains. "The drive may occasionally exceed that temperature range and will continue performing, however the Temperature Governor will act to regulate performance to a level that will maintain drive integrity. The host system should be designed to accommodate measures such that normal, typical, operations do not maintain drive temperature outside of specified operating temperature conditions."

Overall Review: would buy another

Pros: Price and Capacity I am using this drive in a pFsense box. I had to pair it with a SYBA SI-ADA40066 50mm (1.8") mSATA SSD to 2.5" SATA Converter Adapter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186205 because it is mSata and the board I am using doesn't have a mSata port. The drive isn't listed as being compatible with the adapter. It works fine so far. If something changes I will update the review.

Cons: None.

Pros: The Intel SSD works well. It requires no special drivers. My first SSD was replaced by Intel after I reported that it overheated. The Intel support was first rate.

Cons: There is nothing bad to say about the Intel SSD. However, be aware that there can be install/recognition problems with some ultrabooks. My HP Spectre XT would not boot from the Intel 525. It took a recent BIOS update (and no help from HP Support) to finally reslove this issue. Be aware also that this SSD heats up more than others under intense usage (example: cloning 40GB operating system/software). Good ventilation is needed, but the temperature drops quickly at the end of an intense operation and there is no problem at all in normal use. As for any needed mSATA-to-SATA needed to put the 525 into a 2.5 laptop setting, or USB external for cloning op system, the Intel SSD does not have any problem. It works like any other drive with standard drivers. My Startech hardware worked well, although I do think that the enclosure needs some holes to help dissipate built-up heat.

Overall Review: Intel will be the force in newer, faster technologies. The 525 is a leading-edge product. The warranty is great with Intel support/knowledge behind it. Despite my problems getting it to work in my ultrabook - no fault of Intel - I'm glad I bought this SSD. Why did the first SSD run so hot? Don't know, but Intel resolved the issue.