Testseek.com have collected 96 expert reviews of the Intel 2.5 inch X25-M Series SATA300 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel 2.5 inch X25-M Series SATA300.
September 2008
(82%)
96 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(86%)
82 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
82010096
The editors liked
Freakin Fast
Seamless Gaming
Compact
Snappy Menus in Game
Start Up
Shut Down
And over all Productivity Improvement
Did I Mention it was Fast?
Really Really Ridiculously Fast
Super fast read speeds
Recent price drop makes it a more feasible purchase
Impressive overall performance during testing
250MB/s read speed specification
Price of around $180 (US)
3-year warranty on parts and labor
Very fast read speeds
Exceptional write performance for an SSD
Almost no heat
Silent.
Fast application opens
Great multitasking performance
Saves battery life
Silky smooth operation as a system drive and completely stable
Excellent reading performance
Outstanding 4K random I/O performance
Excellent multitasking potential
Lightning fast access times
Completely silent operation
Fast operating system st
Blazingfast reads and random writes
Decent capacity. Cost per GB keeps falling.
Fast transfer speeds
Improves laptop battery life
Shorter boot times.
Phenomenal linear read speed of 243.5 MBps
Extremely swift 0.09 ms response time
Low power consumption may reduce data center energy costs
Resistant to extreme shock impact
Up to 80 GB of SSD capacity
5-Year Intel product warranty
Fast
Rugged
Cool
Silent
Plug-and-play replacement for traditional SATA laptop drives
Pushes the limits of the SATA 3GB interface!
System Is Snappier
Fantastic RAID Like Speed
Quiet
Never Gets Hot
Standard Sata Inteface
Easy To Hide In The Chassis
Did We Mention Fast
The editors didn't like
Ouch...Price Tag Hurts...
Like with other SSDs
You get less capacity for the money
70MB/s write speed specification
Comparably priced drives from other brands offer much greater write speeds
Expensive
Write performance in some apps still inferior to fast rotating storage.
Not available for retail purchase
Slow sequential writing speed.
Can't keep up in sustained writes.
Low gigabyte-to-dollar ratio.
6.25 per gigabyte of MLC SSD storage space
Poor linear write speed in comparison to the competition
Abstract: The less expensive Intel X25-M with capacities of 80 and 160 gigabytes seem to be universal products. Like every other SSD, they deliver excellent speed of reading, both sequential and random. You should not expect them to be fast at sequential writing..
The 8820 firmware has completely renewed my faith in the X25-M. The weak link has been eradicated, and I’m thoroughly impressed with the renewed performance it will bring to all M series drive users. I am also thoroughly pleased with Intel for bei...
The Intel SSC X25-M 80 GB is superior to a normal hard disk in almost every field, but especially the secondary advantages like low energy needs, complete absence of noise and vibration, low weight and impact insensitivity makes the Intel SSD to an perfec...
Here is the big problem with the X25-M, the price. The drive costs about $500-$600 at the time of this writing. For 80GB, this is extremely expensive. The cost is very prohibitive in anything but enterprise class hardware. Mainstream users should be lo...
Phenomenal linear read speed of 243.5 MBps, Extremely swift 0.09 ms response time, Low power consumption may reduce data center energy costs, Resistant to extreme shock impact, Up to 80 GB of SSD capacity, 5-Year Intel product warranty
6.25 per gigabyte of MLC SSD storage space, Poor linear write speed in comparison to the competition
While we at Benchmark Reviews thoroughly enjoyed testing the Intel X25-M 80 GB SSD we would be totally remiss if we didnt make mention of the current American economy. Manufacturers such as Intel are having to become extremely creative when it comes t...
Abstract: Intel was always innovator in IT industry even if we don’t consider microprocessor manufacturing. Intel is “guilty” for many IT standards that we all use every day. Some of them become widely accepted and some don’t (BTX for example). SSD disks (Solid ...
System Is Snappier, Fantastic RAID Like Speed, Quiet, Never Gets Hot, Standard Sata Inteface, Easy To Hide In The Chassis, Did We Mention Fast
Price, Read Speed A Little Slow
Theres a little more to testing drives than just raw speed. You also have to take into consideration the Random Access Time. In every test we ran, the Intel 80GB X25-M SSD kept a consistent 0.1ms access time. That translates into blazing fast perform...
Abstract: Back in June of 2008, the Western Digital Velociraptor 10K 3Gb/s 300GB SATA drive became the new "darling" of the fast boot volume enthusiasts. We continue to enjoy our pair but theres a "new sheriff in town": A striped pair of Intel X25-M Solid State...
