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Intel 180GB 530 Series M.2 Form Factor SATA 6.0 gbs Solid State Drive SSDSCKGW180A401

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180 GB
M.2 Form Factor
  • New level of performance
  • Superior data protection features
  • Intel Solid-State Drive 530 Series - Solid state drive - 180 GB - internal
  • M.2 Form Factor
  • SATA 6.0 Gb/s
  • Intel NAND Flash Memory Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Technology
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Intel 180GB 530 Series M.2 Form Factor SATA 6.0 gbs  Solid State Drive SSDSCKGW180A401 + Intel Core i7-4790K Processor  (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz) (BX80646I74790K)
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Product Details

Capacity: 180 GB | Style Name: M.2 Form Factor
  • Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B00EC50A0O
  • Item model number: SSDSCKGW180A401
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (451 customer reviews)
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  • Date first available at Amazon.com: August 2, 2013
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Product Description

Capacity: 180 GB | Style: M.2 Form Factor

Stay ahead of the competition when you level up to 6.0 Gb/s performance. Intel Solid-State Drives (Intel SSDs) continue to evolve with the Intel SSD 500 Family. The Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series offers built-in data protection features and delivers exceptional performance over hard drives.

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Customer Reviews

So, about performance... I am very happy with the speed increase.
Max Air
I trusted Intel for their reliability and the review performance statistics show that it is more like an above-average SSD.
Wallace Tan
I would definitely recommend this product to anyone looking for a decent sized, fast, and affordable Solid State Drive!
Raymond Villa

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

158 of 174 people found the following review helpful By Al on October 17, 2013
Style Name: Drive OnlySize Name: 180 GB Verified Purchase
UPDATE: Amazon no longer sells this drive at the introductory price. Although the drive has increased in price, it's still an excellent SSD, and it's still extremely competitive on a $ per GB basis.

Intel is now a price leader in the 5-year warranty consumer space. This drive was (at Amazon's introductory price) almost the same price as the Samsung 840 Pro 128GB (before provisioning). Intel was giving 50% more space than the Samsung 840 Pro for nearly the same price. Even with the higher price, it's still a better deal per GB than the Samsung 840 Pro.

I have 5 SSDs on my personal computers. 3 of my 5 SSDs are Intel, my other 2 are Samsung 840 (Pro and non-Pro) drives. I have an Intel 330 120GB and 2 of these new 530 180GB drives. Synthetic benchmarks can show the advantages and disadvantages of all my different drives, but for all practical purposes, I can't tell the difference in my daily use. My backups show a small difference, but since my backups are automated weekly, it doesn't make any difference.

Both Intel and Samsung have excellent software packages.

Reliability and price rule my choices. Since flash drives wear out through the process of programming and erasing cells, and use wear-leveling to make the drives last longer, I did a search for these statistics.

A simple search of the reviews of my various drives shows my SSD's different program/erase (p/e) cycles.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful By Denise A Gniewkowski on July 17, 2014
Style Name: Reseller KitSize Name: 240 GB
The 240GB Intel 530 Series is one of the most reliable consumer level SSD's on the market. For those of you who have not yet upgraded to Solid State, this would be the perfect drive. I can say this after working with other OCZ, PNY, ect. drives that I watched die within weeks. Ocz's customer support is pretty terrible replacing their drives with another one of the same failing devices. After doing a lot of research on the intel 530 series I chose to purchase 2 of these for a laptop that has dual bays. I have not had a single issue, my boot times are fast, my software that use to hang up due to 5200rpm laptop drive speeds no longer occurs. With that being said I have been running these for about 8 months without any issues, a single freeze, crash, NOTHING at all.

I have seen others complain about the price or the drive not being the fastest 240GB on the market. I find other OPINIONS to be very inaccurate for the following reason. This drive was built for reliability, which it amazingly is. Intel has been the only brand of SSD I have worked with to not have an issue. They also have a great 5 Year warranty in case anything were to go wrong. You cant beat it. The speeds are amazing, no mechanical drive is going to match it, so if you want speed but more importantly reliability, this is the drive for you.

To put the cherry on the top, the retail version of this drive does include your brackets, screws, and everything you need to mount the drive in the desktop. My package also came with some cool Intel stickers.

I can safely recommend this to anybody who wants to make he transition to Solid State Drives.
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58 of 70 people found the following review helpful By wrightwinger on October 11, 2013
Style Name: Reseller KitSize Name: 240 GB Verified Purchase
Item COMES WITH 3.5" ADAPTER AND SATAIII cable (but with 180* angled head).
So no need to order an adapter for a desktop.
(No review of actual ssd yet)
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40 of 50 people found the following review helpful By Tan Yao Zong on November 25, 2013
Style Name: Reseller KitSize Name: 240 GB Verified Purchase
I noticed that not many people left reviews about this product and its compatibility with MacBook, so here's what i gathered so far based on my usage! =)

Laptop Model: MacBook Pro 13" (Mid 2012) Non-Retina
OS: Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks AND Bootcamp Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

About the product:
Item came in a good sturdy box, and was easy to install. But there was no USB to SATA cable, so those of you who prefer installing the OS on the drive before physically mounting it into your MacBook, you may want to consider getting this cable first. For myself, I clean installed the OS 10.9 from a USB thumbdrive after fitting it into the MacBook.

Compatibility with MacBook Pro:
Boot time:6-8s
Shutdown time: 10-12s

I read on another forum that some other MacBook users experienced problems on a warm reboot (ie. the drive doesnt allow them to reboot after its been startup, and can only do a cold reboot), but so far I have not encountered any of such problems, even with both OSX and bootcamp installed.

Since installation (just a day ago), I'm liking every bit of it, especially the significantly faster bootup times, and that applications and processes are much snappier than before (I was previously using the stock Toshiba 500GB mechanical HDD that shipped with the MacBook).

So for those of you who have doubts over its compatibility with MacBook, i'd go as for to say that there certainly isnt any compatibility issues.. However, if optimisation for efficiency and power-saving features etc is your primary focus, I'm not so sure how well this performs just yet.. Certainly, the low price point (as compared to other brands of SSDs) is a heavy consideration that made me purchase this over the others..
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