Is the intel 520 120gb really the fastest

[WINTERLORD]

is it really the fastest HDD on the market?

 

[rolli59]

No it gets beaten by its 240GB big brother http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-520-sandforce-review-benchmark,3124.html

 

[Dereck47]

is it really the fastest HDD on the market?

The Intel 520 is not a HDD, it's a SSD.
It's not the fastest 120GB SSD, but Intel SSDs are among the most reliable.
You probably wouldn't notice any real-world difference between the Intel and other 120GB drive that's faster.

 

[WINTERLORD]

hmm wichone or ones is faster? off top of head if ya know

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Fastest at doing what? The answer really depends on what you mean by fastest.

 

[WINTERLORD]

well 70% of the time i use my pc for heavy multi tasking and applications. sometimes i record movies and such to. id assume since reads are plent fast for multi taskin apps and such that id want a good write and incompressable data speed