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Smart meets fast. The Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series is the hard drive alternative that offers better performance and protects your data.
Shift your PC’s performance into high gear
Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) just got better. The next generation Intel SSD 320 Series offers built-in data protection features, better performance, larger capacities and more value for your money.
Built with 25 nanometer (nm) compute-quality Intel® NAND Flash Memory, the Intel SSD 320 Series accelerates PC performance where it matters most. With random read performance up to 39,500 Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS)1 and sequential read performance of up to 270 megabytes per second (MB/s), your PC will blaze through the most demanding applications and will handle intense multi-tasking needs. Couple that performance with random writes up to 23,000 IOPS and sequential writes up to 220MB/s to unleash your system.
Superior built-in data protection features
The new Intel SSD 320 Series contains built-in features to protect your data from external threats and internal system snags.
The Intel SSD 320 Series comes pre-configured with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128 bit encryption capabilities2. In the event of theft or loss of your computer, you have the peace of mind that your personal data is secured by an advanced encryption technologies.
Additionally, two new data protection features guard your data from internal system mishaps. To reduce potential data loss, the Intel SSD 320 Series detects and protects from an unexpected system power loss. The drive saves all cached data in the process of being written before shutting down, thereby minimizing potential data loss.
The Intel SSD 320 Series also improves reliability by providing an array of surplus NAND flash. If the controller encounters a faulty NAND array, the Intel SSD 320 Series automatically reconfigures itself to reduce the prospect of data loss.
Capacities to fit your needs
Available in a wide range of capacities, the Intel SSD 320 Series provides you with the flexibility to choose an SSD that best fits your need and budget.
Whether you choose the 40 gigabytes (GB), 80GB, 120GB, 160GB, 300GB or 600GB capacity, the Intel SSD 320 Series delivers the highly responsive PC experience you desire.
SSD Management Tool Suite
Install and manage the Intel SSD 320 Series with two FREE Intel utilities—the Intel® Data Migration Software and the Intel® SSD Toolbox with Intel® SSD Optimizer.
Intel Data Migration Software The Intel Data Migration Software helps you install an Intel SSD in an existing PC system. With minimal steps, this useful tool replicates the operating system and all files from a PC’s hard drive or SSD to any Intel SSD. The Intel Data Migration Software supports Microsoft Windows* 7, Vista*, and XP. Download this utility, free of charge, at www.intel.com/go/ssdinstallation
Intel SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer The Intel SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer provides a powerful set of management, information, and diagnostic tools to maintain the health of your Intel SSD and optimize performance to "fresh-out-of-the-box" levels. The toolbox offers options to securely erase your SSD or access the System Configuration Tuner that helps your system take full advantage of your Intel SSD’s performance. Download the toolbox, free of charge, at www.intel.com/go/ssdtoolbox
World-Class reliability – better by design
As the third generation of the SSD that changed the industry with its overall performance, value and reliability, the Intel SSD 320 Series draws from decades of memory engineering experience, and new industry leading, compute-quality Intel 25nm NAND Flash memory manufacturing processes. The Intel SSD 320 Series features an advanced architecture that employs 10 parallel NAND flash channels3 equipped with multi-level cell NAND flash memory. With powerful Native Command Queuing that enables up to 32 concurrent operations; the Intel SSD 320 Series drastically outperform traditional hard disk drives.
The Intel SSD 320 Series also features low write amplification and a unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability; meaning Intel SSDs not only perform better, they last longer.
Thrust your PC’s performance into overdrive with an Intel SSD 320 Series!
1.2 million hours Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
Power consumption
Active: 150 mW Typical6
Idle: 100 mW Typical7
Operating shock
1,500G/0.5 ms
Operating temperature
0°C to 70°C
Compatibility and compliance
SATA Revision 2.6 compliant. Compatible with SATA 3.0 Gb/s with Native Command Queuing and SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface rates. This product certified by the following organizations:
RoHS compliance
Meets the requirements of European Union (EU) RoHS Compliance Directives
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Had this drive for a year and two weeks when without warning it gave out and became unbootable. Intel is going to replace it, but a word to the wise...always do a backup. Ncix was great when I called and confirmed the warranty period and gave me a number for Intel. Next time I buy a component I will buy the ncix component exchange.
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I'll give this one five stars because this has been going strong for at least 1.5 years now. From my experience with other drives... the Intel gives me the most peace of mind. It's reputable and actually stable.
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Purchased as an OS drive for an older system - and you can really notice the difference... 30 seconds from power on to usable Windows desktop (everything loaded).
I bought this in mid-December after lots of research on solid state drive reliability. I was really afraid of all the horror stories surrounding solid state drives but I finally made up my mind and got it. So far I haven't had any problems and the drive already came with the latest firmware (to supposedly solved the 8 MB bug). I've only been using the drive for about 3 months though so I might add another review after a year or so.
my use was for a Samsung N310 netbook (the one with the 3G MODEM). I wanted longer battery life and altho the N310 has the lesser power consumption Intel Atom N270 Processor 1.60 GHz it was giving only just over 5h battery with a lot of powersaving options. This drive consumes 0.1w standby and 1.5w actice about one third that of the installed drive. I get 7h now on an 80% charge (battery saver mode) and well over 10h if I fully charge it.
If you are looking for a quick, reliable SSD with a little extra space over some of the other drives out there then this is a great choice when it comes on sale.
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