Date: 17/03/2010

Intel's new SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD) at $125 for dual drive computers

Intel has introduced X25-V SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD) at $125 entry price point for netbooks or as boot drive for dual-drive SSD/HDD desktops.

In a dual-drive configuration SSD such as this is loaded with the operating system and most used applications to enhance the overall speed performance of disk drives. The normal HDD is used for storing larger files as a means of higher capacity data storage. With flash memory based SSD as boot disk the speed performance can be improved by more than 43%.

"The Intel solid-state drive is our top-selling SSD," said Stephen Yang, product manager for solid-state drives at e-tailer 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."

"Adding the Intel X25-V to our existing family of high-performance SSDs gives our resellers a full range of high-performing, quality SSDs for notebook upgrades, dual-drive desktop set ups or embedded applications," said Pete Hazen, director of marketing for the Intel NAND Solutions Group. "SSD adoption continues to be one of the more exciting trends in personal computing, and this entry-level product enables users to enjoy the productivity and performance benefits of Intel SSDs at a new price point."