Intel Releases X25-V Value Solid State Drive

Category: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: March 15, 2010 08:34AM
Author: Nemo

Kingston has its 30GB SSDNow V Series Boot Drive and OCZ has its 32GB Onyx SSD, both intended as entry-level or 'affordable' solid state drives. Now Intel has hopped on the bandwagon with the release of its X25-V 40GB value SSD being offered at $125. With the cost-per-gigabyte of solid state drives still much higher than traditional hard drives, 'affordable' is a relative term as companies are simply offering drives with reduced capacity and lower performance in order to approach the $100 price point.

The Intel X25-V SSD incorporates 10 4GB NAND chips using a five-channel architecture with sequential read/write speeds of 170MB/sec. and 35MB/sec. In comparison its bigger sibling, the 80GB X25-M drive, has a ten-channel architecture and boasts sequential read speeds of up to 250MB/sec. and write rates of 100MB/sec. The 80GB drive can be had for around $230US, so while the price of the X25-V is lower, the actual cost/GB is about the same and you forfeit a great deal of performance to boot.

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