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Intel 520 Series Solid-State Drive 120 GB SATA 6 Gb/s 2.5-Inch - SSDSC2CW120A3K5 (Reseller Kit)

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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (170 customer reviews)

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Size: 120 GB
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  • Capacity: 120 GB
  • Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
  • NAND Flash: MLC
  • Random 8GB Read: up to 25,000 IOPS
  • Random 8GB Write: up to 40,000 IOPS
  • Form Factor: 2.5" SATA
  • MTBF: 1.2 million hours
  • Power Consumption: Active - 850mW (MobileMark 2007 Workload); Idle - 600 mW (DIPM)
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Technical Details

Size: 120 GB
  • Hard Drive: 120 GB
  • Operating System: Windows
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Product Details

Size: 120 GB
  • Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 4.7 x 1.8 inches ; 2.9 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B006VCP7YA
  • Item model number: SSDSC2CW120A3K5
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (170 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: January 9, 2012

Product Description

Size: 120 GB

Intel SSD 520 Series (120GB, 2.5in SATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC) 9.5mm. This come with the bracket.

Customer Reviews

The laptop now boots really fast as advertised and the apps launch very quickly as well. Scott Chou  |  41 reviewers made a similar statement
Highly recommend this drive for its speed. Doug  |  13 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
85 of 90 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Mind = blown April 12, 2012
Size Name:120 GB|Amazon Verified Purchase
I got the 120 GB drive expecting to just run games from there but I didn't realize how easy it was to migrate my entire existing C drive to the SSD.

Intel provides a migration utility that lets you clone existing drives onto this drive. So I cloned my C drive (my Windows installation and my main Program Files), which lets me boot directly to the SSD as if nothing had happened. It was a very simple process and the software and guides will walk you through it.

So now I am unexpectedly booting straight from my SSD without having to reinstall anything. What used to take a couple minutes to boot up and settle down is now done in seconds. Windows FLIES. So I kinda wish I'd gotten a bigger drive -- I went with 120 GB because I wasn't going to put Windows on it, but since it was easy, I did so ... but my C drive had about 80 GB on it so that was most of my space! If I'd known that cloning was going to be this easy (and good), I may have gotten the 240 GB instead.

One good tip, though, if you do this:
You can save yourself some space on your Windows installation drive by moving your Windows "Users" folders to another drive. In Windows 7, just open Windows Explorer, locate your "Users\YourNameHere" folder and right click on the sub-folders ("My Documents", "My Music", "Downloads", etc), go to Properties, select the Location tab and move the location to a conventional drive. Windows 7 will automatically migrate all the contents to the new location and delete the originals, freeing space on your SSD. Since I have a ton of music and some videos and so forth, this freed up 30 GB from my SSD. There's no reason to have My Music taking up expensive SSD space.

As for overall ease of install, if you're comfortable installing a regular SATA drive, this is the same thing. Only fancy thing I had to do was go into my BIOS to change the drive boot order, and according to the docs, you could just swap cables instead. Note that this does come with a mount, so you shouldn't need to buy anything extra (I want to say it was a 3.5" drive mount? Meh. I just screwed it in with the other hard drives. I'm only supporting it on one side but it's not like it's heavy or has any moving parts anyway.)

I guess I'll see how this is long term, but with a 5 year warranty, it may already be better than my conventional drives.

P.S.
I went with Intel over other brands after reading reviews and comparing warranties. Intel's 5-year warranty was the longest I could find. I might consider a cheaper brand for less essential data if I decide to get a second one but if you're installing your OS, you might want top grade. (Failure in OS = bluescreen.)
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and a 5-year warranty March 30, 2012
Size Name:120 GB|Amazon Verified Purchase
After being burned by lousy OCZ drives, I decided to pay a little more and buy the Intel drive. I went through 3 different OCZ drives in less than 2 years and I would never buy another one.

This drive is fast and although my current laptop doesn't have 6gb/s SATA, the Windows performance index for this drive is 7.9, the maximum. I'm still a little weary because Intel is using a Sandforce controller for this drive and all my failed OCZ drives had Sandforce controllers. I think Intel's testing procedure is more rigorous than OCZ's and they are backing this drive with the longest warranty in the business.

Check out the benchmark numbers in the User Pictures.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Boots Windows 7 x64 in 11 seconds June 28, 2012
Size Name:180 GB|Amazon Verified Purchase
All I need to say is that my new 180 GB Intel 520 boots Windows 7 x64 in 11 seconds. All disk operations are speeded up significantly.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Causes first world problems.
I bought this drive to replace the Windows install drive in my laptop that had two 500gb mechanical drives. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Darrel Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Best upgrade ever
My machine is dramatically faster after this was installed. I know it's not the largest capacity, but it has been out for a while, and all the reviews talk about the data... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Per
5.0 out of 5 stars FAST
These drives are fast. We use these as a replacement when mechanical drives fail or for power users. Read more
Published 3 days ago by FCB
5.0 out of 5 stars Installing on a laptop? Get the drive only version (ps this thing is...
In case anybody else is confused like I was about the difference between the "Reseller Kit" and the "Drive Only Version," the reseller kit includes mounting hardware to install... Read more
Published 6 days ago by JJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Smoking Fast!
I really don't have another SSD to compare this to but I've had this installed for a few months so far and haven't had any problems with it. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Dan Archibald
2.0 out of 5 stars Intel 520 series SSD seems to have chronic system "Lock Up" issues!
Intel Flash memory has a reputation of being among the finest available and I don't doubt it. Yes, this drive is fast and seems like a dramatic improvement over the rotating drive... Read more
Published 20 days ago by mailman
1.0 out of 5 stars Crashed every day until I returned it. DO NOT BUY THIS JUNK!!
This drive has some serious firmware issues. DO NOT buy it unless you want to spend 100 hours with tech support.
Published 21 days ago by KB
5.0 out of 5 stars Intel 520 Solid State Drive- A Must Have!
I love my new little solid state drive. Boosted my windows experience index rating to a 7.5 for my gaming rig. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Zoe G.
3.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected
This by far beats any normal hard drive but when it comes to preformance and relaibilty compared to other drives this is not something you should look at read speeds at 400mbs and... Read more
Published 25 days ago by dominic
5.0 out of 5 stars One word... FAST
This really increased my boot time on a Windows 7 machine.
Plus it is quite, no noise at all.
Next Hard Drive I buy will be a SSHD.
Published 25 days ago by L. Wilson
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