Intel X25-V Value

dannywilco · 23 Oct 2010 at 17:20

Hey guys. After resisting the lure of an i7, decided the best course of upgrade is with an SSD. I'm sort of on a budget because i need to get a new case so around 70-100 on one. Seen the Intel X25 40gb and was wondering if its a good choice? Would i be better off going for one slightly more expensive or is the x25 good bang for buck?

bifday2k · 23 Oct 2010 at 17:48

The intel drive is not a bad little SSD, been using one since January this year, and is perfect for OS/Apps, and at £70 its a nice price too.

Now that being said if i was looking to buy a sub £100 SSD at the moment something like this would probably be what id go for as its abit more space, quite considerably faster as well.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-007-PA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

Sent you a trust e-mail with a few more options aswell. So unless your budget is really tight id choose one of the ones in the trust e-mail, mainly the 60gb one, or the one from OCUK above.

But if the budget would only strech to the intel, then it is still a very good little SSD.

TheCenturion · 23 Oct 2010 at 18:49

I've got the 40gb one. Haven't installed it yet, but it looks amazing, feels solid, and it's really well packed. Sorry don't know if this helps

Metroid · 24 Oct 2010 at 11:42

+1 for Intel reliability. You can't go wrong with this amazing SSD. No need to buy the X25-M unless you will be writing to it a lot.

dannywilco · 24 Oct 2010 at 13:27

Well it's between the Intel or the OCZ Vertex.