Intel® SSD 330 Series
180GB, SATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC
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Expert reviews
The overall review score is calculated from averaging this product's international review scores.
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02/06/2013
SummaryWe’ve posted a number of reviews of solid state drives based on the second-generation SandForce controller. The rest of available controllers can only feel jealous of its popularity which is not even diminished by certain problems such as its somewhat ...
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01/06/2013
SummaryThe first mSATA-based SSDs we reviewed wowed us with diminutive dimensions, but not as much with performance. Today's best efforts are a lot more like their desktop equivalents, though. We round up 10 models between 64 and 256 GB and nail down a winner. ...
tomshardware.com
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12/21/2012
SummaryIntel's 330 Series SSD offers 180 GB of storage capacity, which has the potential to turn into the new sweet spot segment. Nowadays, drives with 120 GB end up being too small for many users, but 240 GB is still too expensive. Also, many users don't nee...
techpowerup.comProsExtra capacity vs 120 GB drives, Low cost per gigabyte, SATA 6 Gbps support, Supports TRIM, 3-year warranty
ConsSlower than typical high-end SSDs
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11/20/2012
SummaryWe can see from our tests that the Intel 330 Series 120 GB and the Kingston HyperX 3K 120 GB are fairly evenly matched in terms of performance, as there were no tests in which one significantly outperformed the other.From the comparison table in the Intro...
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09/05/2012
SummaryI'm pretty sure once you've used a computer with a solid state hard drive you'll never go back to using one with a traditional drive. intel's 330 series is the company's newest line of SSDs made for both laptops and desktops. I'm no computer guru. When it...
runaroundtech.com -
08/01/2012
SummaryOf the available SandForce drives, I've felt most comfortable recommending Intel's own. The pass through Intel's validation labs provides that extra peace of mind that hopefully translates into a better overall experience. In the past Intel has been a rel...
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07/26/2012
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06/27/2012
SummaryTieing up a 24-page roundup in a few lines isn’t easy, especially as the cost of flash memory is currently dropping, meaning that the price of 120 to 128 GB SSDs is changing almost daily, with some manufacturers responding faster than others. Pricing i...
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05/17/2012
SummaryIntel did it again. They decided to go a different route than everyone else. Instead of using crap Asynchronous NAND like every other drive manufacturer to produce a cost effective drive they used a slightly lower binned Synchronous NAND along with fi...
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04/26/2012
SummaryIntel has the size and weight to throw it's muscle around and we are seeing that all too well. In less than a year we have seen SSD entries in every corner of the market to include today's 330 Series for the value minded, the 520 for the enthusiast, 710 ...
thessdreview.com -
04/16/2012
SummaryThe Intel SSD 330 delivers on Intel's plan to expand their mainstream SSD offering with a much more competitive drive than what they had to offer with the SSD 320. Even with current street pricing the SSD 330 is appealing, and the value proposition will o...
storagereview.comProsHighly underrated 4K random read and write speeds, Very competitive performance to price value, Same NAND as found in the Intel SSD 520, just fewer channels
ConsLarge impact on incompressible write speeds compared to SSD 520, 9.5mm drive height excludes growing ultrathin market
Retail prices reported as of 06 Jul 2022 20:51:09 GMT