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Intel ® SSD 525
alaTest has collected and analyzed 24 reviews of Intel ® SSD 525. The average rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Views about the design and usability are generally positive. The reliability and price are also appreciated, but many are critical about the size.
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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Intel ® SSD 525 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.
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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)
Amazon.co.uk review summary for Intel ® SSD 525
alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of Intel ® SSD 525 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk.
100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.
May, 2025
Expert review by : AkG (hardwarecanucks.com)
Intel 525 Series 120GB & 180GB mSATA SSD Review
With the mSATA standard gaining popularity at a quick pace, many SSD manufacturers are jumping on the bandwagon. Intel's latest 525-series is looking
With the ever increasing popularity of small form factor devices such as Ultrabook and mini desktop PCs, Intel has a potentially huge
May, 2013
Expert review by : Anand Lal Shimpi (anandtech.com)
Intel SSD 525 Review (240GB)
The mSATA SSD space has been heating up over the past year as Ultrabooks and other small form factor devices like Intel's NUC have continued to grow in popularity. While mostly a placeholder until M.2 (formerly NGFF ) SSDs show up on the market, mSATA...
I would still like to see Intel use more of its home grown controller technology in drives rather than relying on 3rd party controller vendors. Here's hoping that the technology used in the
Jan, 2013
Expert review by : Allyn Malventano (pcper.com)
Intel SSD 525 Series Full Capacity Roundup - Intel Sweeps mSATA
It has been just under a year since Intel released their 520 Series SSD, which was their second 6 Gb/sec SATA unit. Sporting a SandForce controller, that release helped bridge a high speed storage gap in their product lineup. One year prior, Intel...
which was their second 6 Gb/sec SATA unit. Sporting a SandForce controller, that release helped bridge a high speed storage gap in their product lineup. One year prior, Intel dabbled in the mSATA form factor, releasing a 310 Series model under that...
Jan, 2013
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
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
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Runs Hot - But No Issues
I bought this drive because of the validation and 5 year warranty. My application is in a passively cooled enclosure for a HTPC. The drive is used for OS and a minimal set of applications. The 60GB capacity is adequate for this purpose with Windows 7,...
Speedy ; 5 Year Warranty ; Arguably one of the best validated consumer drivers
Runs HOT in my application with no active cooling ; Temperature was also an issue when running the 525 series in Intel's NUC systems. Fix was to increase fan speed, add a heat sink to the drive and adjust the SSD bios to slow down the drive if the...
Aug, 2014
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
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Intel 525
would buy another
Low profile and fast. Does what it is intended to do. Safe up to 70°c
Naturally runs warm and has reached 80°c one time before the "temp governor" stepped in and performed some managment. Although it reached this temp, it remained stable... Quote from Intel: "The Intel SSD 525 Series drive has a safety feature for...
Feb, 2014
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Excellent!
Got it when newegg has category coupon on all SSDs. Excellent mSATA! Put it in Toshiba Z935 without any issue. This drive is not just perform well out of box, it still runs pretty fast when it became dirty. Intel SSD Toolbox software works very well...
None
Jul, 2013
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Works In Drobo 5N
I just popped this into my Drobo 5N and it is off and working it's magic. I lean towards Intel for their SSD quality and have never had any regrets ; This drive isn't officially listed on Drobo's site as compatible but I took a gamble and it paid off
None but I will report back if this changes
Jun, 2013
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