Intel introduces SSD for entry-level $125

The model X25-V offers a storage capacity of 40 GB. It has a maximum read rate of 170 Mbytes/s and a write speed of up to 35 MByte/s. It also dominates the Windows 7 supported TRIM command.

Intel has expanded its portfolio of Solid State Drives to an entry-level model called X25-V. This is a stripped down version in July 2009 announced the X25-M series with 34-nanometer NAND flash memory. The SSD is available now at a price of $ 125 on the market.

The 2.5-inch X25-V model is working with MLC memory cells and a SATA II interface. It offers a storage capacity of 40 GB. The read speed is up to 170 MB/s slower than achieved in the X25-M series, the read rates of 250 MByte/sec. The maximum write speed of 35 MByte/s – half of the achievements of the X25-M series value.

The mean time between failures (Mean Time Between Failures, MTBF) is Intel, with 1.2 million hours (136 years). The Sto?resistenz maximum of 1500 G. In operation, the drive consumes 1.5 watts. At rest, it is content with 0.75 watts. In addition, dominates the SSD which is supported by Windows 7 TRIM command, which ensures a consistently high level of readiness to perform a Solid State Drive.

Without TRIM support for SSDs can use the service after a prolonged partial decrease considerably. The reason for this lies in the physical properties of the flash cells. Flash memory can be described only with no wait states, if the cells are empty. Since the operating system files but only delete the contents of the file system and the controller of the SSD of this deletion will notice anything, it must delete the access back into the cell, these first before he can describe it. Per TRIM command divides the operating system with the SSD controller, the data blocks are no longer used, so that it can delete the unused cells of rest, in order to later describe without loss of performance again.

Kingston sells under the name V SSDNow an identical model of the Intel SSD. A similar review is available here.


Intel’s entry-level SSD X25-V offers 40 GB of memory and comes with support TRIM (Photo: Intel).

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