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Reviews of Intel 2.5 inch X25-M G2 Series SATA300

Testseek.com have collected 65 expert reviews of the Intel 2.5 inch X25-M G2 Series SATA300 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel 2.5 inch X25-M G2 Series SATA300.
Award: Most Awarded September 2010
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65 Reviews
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The editors liked

  • Excellent Performance
  • 34nm NAND Flash
  • Lower Cost Per GB
  • Random Write Performance
  • Blazing fast application open times
  • Low cost per gigabyte
  • Fast
  • Low power consumption
  • Works with both laptop and desktops
  • Includes 3.5" adapter
  • Brings new life to older laptops/desktops
  • Built in TRIM support
  • Works with Intel SSD toolbox
  • Threeyear warranty

The editors didn't like

  • Price Per GB High In Comparison to Hard Drives
  • Sustained Writes Lower Than Competing Offerings
  • Expensive overall
  • Modest write performance
  • Expensive
  • Lacks firmware level garbage collection

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  Published: 2011-01-04, review by: technogog.com

  • Fast, Low power consumption, Works with both laptop and desktops, Includes 3.5" adapter, Brings new life to older laptops/desktops, Built in TRIM support, Works with Intel SSD toolbox, Threeyear warranty
  • Expensive, Lacks firmware level garbage collection
  • The Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB is a competitively priced SSD that offers excellent performance. Aimed for mobile and desktop clients it can breathe new life into an older system or make a cutting edge machine even better. Currently Intel SSDs are opt...

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  Published: 2010-09-06, review by: techreaction.net

  • Upgrading to an X25-M is not only a breeze, but a must for any hardcore gamer or enthusiast. Both the 80GB and 160GB versions of the X25-M SSDs are great performers and will provide any gamer hours of quite, cool, and blazing fast gaming. At the 2.5” f...

 
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  Published: 2010-06-18, review by: techarp.com

  • Abstract:  As Intel's second-generation mainstream SSD, the 160 GB X25-M G2 SSD sports some improvements over its predecessor. It uses Intel's latest 34 nm NAND flash memory, which delivers faster write speeds as well as higher storage capacity. It also supports....

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  Published: 2010-04-30, review by: itshootout.com

  • The tests we ran today provide a good indication of the performance and value of this Intel drive. At around the £200 mark it’s sitting at about £2.50 per GB, which although expensive by traditional HDD standards is par for the course in the SSD world....

 
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  Published: 2010-04-07, review by: tomshardware.com

  • We recently upgraded our storage test system with a SATA 6Gb/s controller and Windows 7 to accommodate the TRIM feature and upcoming SATA 6Gb/s drives. Soon, we’ll be providing a new charts category that lists all of our 2010 SSD tests. This article in...

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  Published: 2010-04-02, review by: storagereview.com

  • If this review has showed us one thing, it is that fast sequential transfer speeds aren’t important in the whole scheme of things. Out of the four SSDs we tested the Intel X25-M had the slowest sequential write speeds by far. This changed when we shif...

 
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  Published: 2009-12-02, review by: madshrimps.be

  • Abstract:  Those keeping track of the SSD evolution know that Intel’s SSD product have set a high standard for others to follow and try to keep up with. Their X25-M series features 10 controllers and has ruled the performance charts for everything but sequential ...

 
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  Published: 2009-09-07, review by: tomshardware.com

  • The good news is that none of the 12 SSDs we reviewed left a bad impression. Only one product, the Cavalry Pelican SSD, failed to reach the performance level we’d expect from modern drives (200+ MB/s reads for desktop/mobile type SSDs). Every other...

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  Published: 2009-08-27, review by: Behardware.com

  • Abstract:  August 27, 2009 Intel made a lot of noise when it arrived on the SSD market in September 2008. With an ultra-high performance 10 channel controller, very effective wear levelling and limitation of writes on memory blocks, the Santa Clara giant had com...

 
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  Published: 2009-07-31, review by: Laptopmag.com

  • Blazing fast application open times, Low cost per gigabyte
  • Expensive overall, Modest write performance
  • Intel’s second-gen SSD represents a good value, but its write speeds could be improved.

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