Intel Ships X25-V 40GB $125 SSDs Worldwide
Intel wants you on SSDs!
Intel announced Monday that it has shipped its value-priced SSD worldwide. Priced at $125, the Intel X25-V Value SATA SSD offers 40GB of 34nm NAND flash memory and targets notebook users and desktop owners using more than one drive. For the latter group, Intel's new SSD would be ideal to use as the default boot-up drive, offering faster read and write speeds than the clunkier HDD.
The X25-V isn't exactly new. As we reported in January, Newegg already had its claws on the drive, selling it online for $129.99. It was also noted that the drive does sequential reads of up to 170MB/s and write speeds of up to 35MB/s. Consumers willing to dump a bit more money into a SSD could get the meatier X25-M (80GB) which provides up to 250MB/s reads speeds and up to 70MB/s write speeds.
But for the cash-strapped consumer, Intel's new SSD seems like a deal. "The Intel solid-state drive is our top-selling SSD," said Stephen Yang, product manager for solid-state drives at Newegg.com. "This new value entry from Intel means more customers will have the chance to experience the benefits of SSDs, not just in notebooks or high-end PCs, but in mainstream desktops as a boot drive. This is the right price point to help convert more users to SSD computing."
Intel added that the X25-V supports the Microsoft Windows 7 Trim function via the Intel SSD Optimizer. Also included is the Intel SSD Toolbox for Windows 7, as set of utility tools to keep the drive spunky and out-of-the-box fresh. XP and Vista users can download the "enhancements" by heading here.
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OvrClkr I dont think intel has gotten the message yet. We cannot do anything with 40Gb of space. And the fact that 35Mb/s write speed is useless when you can spend the same amount of cash on a platter drive that has 25 times the space. Yes the SSD will be faster overall but that does not justify the pricetag. Many may think that 129.99$ is small amount to pay for such a drive, but this is because they have been overpriced since the get-go.Reply
SSD's are comparable to flash drive's, not performance-wise but the fact that they do not cost much to produce but yet we still get stiffed because they are faster than conventional HDD's. When the first flash drive came out the pricetag was outrageous even though it costs pennys to produce. As time progressed the prices came down and today you can get a 16Gb for less than 20 dollars on e-bay =) . Im not saying that SSD's should come down in price at the same rate that the thumbdrives did but I think that we all know by now that we are not getting a fair price regardless of how fast SSD's are.
Im going to give you another example. My sister works for a company called Cinram (motorola). While many of you might think that the latest smartphone must cost alot to produce, you are actually going to be surprised that the parts needed to build the new Droid cost a mear 17.38$ w/o the battery. Verizon's first pricetag on the Droid was 399.99@ w/ 2 year contract and 599.99$ w/o a contract. Now you can get a Buy one Get one Free for 199.99@ with 2 year contract.. You do the math =) -
builderbobftw Slow for a SSD, Expensive, No Storage capacity...Reply
I'll stick to the 7200.12 1tb, Spinpoint F3 1tb, and the WD black 1tb.
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I have one and i am experiencing 220 mbs reads and 60mbs burst 47mbs continuous write. Excellent ssd for the price and 40 gigs is perfect for me my install after being trimmed down comes to 19 gb. Make sure ACHI is on, turn off write caching the hibernation file,page-file and turn off indexing. 220mbs read intel is under rating these things.Reply
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sabot00 OvrClkrMy sister works for a company called Cinram (motorola). While many of you might think that the latest smartphone must cost alot to produce, you are actually going to be surprised that the parts needed to build the new Android cost a mear 17.38$ w/o the battery. Verizon's first pricetag on the Android was 399.99@ w/ 2 year contract and 599.99$ w/o a contract. Now you can get a Buy one Get one Free for 199.99@ with 2 year contract.. You do the math =)Reply
Android? Last time I checked Android is an OS, not a phone. -
mlopinto2k1 OvrClkrWhile many of you might think that the latest smartphone must cost alot to produce, you are actually going to be surprised that the parts needed to build the new Android cost a mear 17.38$ w/o the battery. Verizon's first pricetag on the Android was 399.99@ w/ 2 year contract and 599.99$ w/o a contract. Now you can get a Buy one Get one Free for 199.99@ with 2 year contract.. You do the math =)So what your saying is, if I can get my hands on these parts, I can build a Droid? I don't think so. Parts are always cheaper than labor. Labor can include a number of things let alone the time it takes. They get parts cheap because they buy in bulk. It would probably cost 10x more to single handedly purchase these parts. You might not even be able to buy them. Now, can I actually put the damn thing together? Not a chance. Would not be able to put the parts on the board. Assuming they "build" the Droid.Reply
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mlopinto2k1 All I am trying to say is respect the developers! You wan't the phone! You got it!Reply -
grieve I can't wait till i can get a 320 gig SSD for my laptop for $150... I would snag one for my desktop as well, just for fun!Reply
$125 for 40 gigs... i will pass :( In fact just 2 weeks ago i purchased a new 7200rpm 320gig platter drive for my laptop.. $80