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    Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW240A3K5 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by debrent, Mar 1, 2012.

  1. debrent

    debrent Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looking for any feedback on this drive. I'm thinking of using it as my primary in an AW M18x. Online price = $359.00 which is WAY better than dell wanted for the upgrade.

    EDIT: Sorry, didn't notice the SSD sub-forum. Feel free to move this thread.
     
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  2. AU4U

    AU4U Notebook Evangelist

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    Personally, 240GB is way to big for my OS and programs,,,80GB is sufficient for me. I put all mt games on a partition in my 2nd drive.
    This is how I have done mine:
    DRIVE 1) 80 GB mSATA II, unpartitioned
    C:/ Win7 and programs only.

    DRIVE 2) 180 GB SATA III, 2 partitions
    D:/ 120GB, for games.
    E:/ 60GB, CAD astronomy and editing programs.

    DRIVE 3) 500 GB 7200 RPM
    F:/ Just for my movies, music, pron and what have you.
     
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  3. NotebookNeophyte

    NotebookNeophyte Notebook Evangelist

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    When researching SSDs recently I was very impressed with the Intel 520...it probably would have been my first choice...just a tiny bit ahead of the Samsung 830 I have..but I went for the Samsung because the price was very reasonable for the performance and reliability...and everywhere I looked..the 240GB drive was WAY more expensive than $359.99!! Where are you finding this price? Are you sure it's for the 240GB? If thats the price...I would grab it! In my personal opinion right now for a SATA-3 SSD in the $300+ price range...the top 2 would be the Intel 520 and Samsung 830....followed closely by the Patriot Wildfire...then Crucial M4...
     
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  4. debrent

    debrent Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can remember thinking back in 1986 when I started using AutoCAD, "I'll never fill up 20mb worth of hard drive".
     
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  5. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    One thing which doesn't sit right with me is that, a month ago intel 520s (240GB) were about 510 dollars, why the hell it went down to 350 in a month? :confused:
     
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  6. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Maybe they didn`t sell as much as Intel wanted? All the other brands that offer sandforce controllers are around the $340ish price. If I remember correctly the reviews of the drive bashed Intel for pricing it so high too.

    Looking at newegg, so far the 520 got very good reviews :)
     
    Cloudfire, Mar 3, 2012
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  7. jclausius

    jclausius Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here's some analysis of a review - http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...sd-520-includes-sandforce-23.html#post8299579

    And perhaps you could ask jmacis how things are going with is intel 520 - http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...sd-520-includes-sandforce-25.html#post8332845

    HTH
     
    jclausius, Mar 3, 2012
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