Intel 525

13 reviews

Apr, 2025

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 13 reviews of Intel 525. The average rating for this product is 4.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Intel 525 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great small ssd for mSATA slots

I wish manufactures of these mSATA and m.2 drives would figure out a better way to label drives then with stickers. It's hard to get good contact between the hot parts of the drives and aftermarket solutions to carry heat away. And I don't want to...

Bought the 30GB drive to put in a very small computer (comulab fitlet A10) . The drive does not overheat in the small quarters (.72 liters) and has been reliable running Debian 7 24/7 for almost a year now in a SOHO router setup. A small queit, and so...

It's not magic, (rather just really advance technology)

Apr, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Intel SSDMCEAC030B301

Using in a pfSense router / firewall as the system disk where having anything larger is completely pointless, glad these smaller SSDs are still available.

Fairly fast, runs cool.

None.

Aug, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great for my Media Server

I have this in my Intel NUC (Centrino) home media server. It is perfect for Win7 Ultimate, Plex, Filezilla and Dropbox. I made sure to turn off unneeded Windows features and compress the drive. The media is stored on an external 4TB Seagate HDD. RDP...

I recently have started to maintain Plex logs that are taking up space on the C: drive. The limited capacity makes for a monthly check-up on disc space a necessity. Metadata could cause a problem with disc space, depending on how much media is being...

Oct, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Neigh a complaint

Used this in an embedded AMD hudson build for running Pfsense. works great, no issues.

Tiny MLC SSD storage for pretty cheap

nada

Jun, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

great little chip

I initially purchased this to put my OS on for a boot drive. With Windows 7 and my necessary apps I found it to be too small. Had to purchase a 128gb. I purchased an external USB 3.0 enclosure for this chip for my jump drive from my machnes. Its...

Fast and dependable. Intel

There are better values out there with more storage

Dec, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Intel SSDMCEAC030B301

This drive pairs great with a NUC with Celeron 847 for great "dumb" terminals. Low cost and easy build makes for machines that a perfect for simple multitasking. Boots fast and beats any Atom net-top.

Great drive. Speeds are great, but not as fast as drives of larger capacity. There is enough drive capacity for a Windows 7 install plus a couple applications.

OEM kit. Drive only and no screws. Not much of a con, as the NUC comes with screws for mSATA.

Jul, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Functional and Fast

Price and Capacity I am using this drive in a pFsense box. I had to pair it with a SYBA SI-ADA40066 50mm (1.8") mSATA SSD to 2.5" SATA Converter Adapter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186205 because it is mSata and the board I...

None.

Jun, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great mSATA Cache

Please be aware that this unit does not come with any screws to hold the mSATA SSD in place. I used the same screw that holds the laptop case together in the optical drive opening. This is a small screw. You can view my YouTube video of the...

Immediate Recognition Fast Speed - 6Gbps End to End Data Protection Applications Load at Blazing Speeds Extremely Fast Boot Time

Feb, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Cheapest New 30GB SSD

Newegg has stated the Max Sequential Speeds wrong.

1) Only $49.99 when I purchased 2) 5 Year Warranty 3) SATA III 4) Better speeds then first/second gen SSD

1) Not as fast as the higher capacity drives (but logical)

Feb, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

MSATA madness

This is a caching SSD. It has the lowest write speed of the 525 series, however it still writes faster than the fastest mechanical drives. Which is exactly how a caching drive should be built. It is a great upgrade from the Intel 311 20 gig SSD cache....

30 gigs. can hold a 64 bit installation of windows 7 or 8. Built for caching to mechanical drives. Cheap SSD.

only 30 gigs. Slow write speed.

Feb, 2013

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