welcome to my unboxing and first look at the Intel 335 series SSD now this isn't
really new by any stretch of the imagination and honestly it's not really
that different from a consumer standpoint from the 330 series so it's a
sand Force drive just like the 520 series and just like the 330 series so
that's the controller inside it uses Intel nand just like every drive from
Intel does and one of the advantages that Intel has as a nand technology
developer and a nand manufacturer nand for you guys who don't know are the
chips that are the actual storage chips in here um so the advantage Intel has as
a manufacturers they get to kind of save the the cream of the cream for
themselves meaning they can provide their three-year warranty with uh lots
of confidence this is the desktop installation okay right sorry sorry so
it's a sand Force drive just like the other ones but the difference is that it uses 20 nanometer nand as opposed to 25
nanometer nand in the other two drives Andel has done this without compromising
performance so it's rated at exactly the same speeds in terms of sustained reads
and wrs as well as iops but it is at a
fairly aggressive price point out there in the market it's available at a couple of different capacities so I've got the
1880 gig one here today that includes the desktop installation kit so we're
going to go ahead and see what they have to say for themselves so other than
their three-year warranty there the box
contains the SSD itself so there you go it's pretty
standard SSD looks like an SSD I still remember the old Intel ssds where they
had that uh that ghetto finish on the top of it that was just like absolutely
brutal and made it look like uh like a third tier SSD now they have a much more
professional looking finish on the top and I mean this might seem like sort of a a quibble but when you put something
like this in your system you might want to put it on display somewhere the old
ones were just kind of br oh there there's that old finish so they hit it
on the bottom now but uh at any rate
it's got your standard 9mm um form factor so that means it
might not fit in the very slimmest of slim uh notebooks but just double check
make sure that uh you need a 9mm drive as opposed to a 7mm drive and you'll be
good to go uh next up inside we've got a speed demon sticker right there so you
can put that on your forehead or your dog or wherever else you want to put it
a quick start guide giving you instructions on how to install it in
your desktop as well as an installation guide and warranty dis It also says here
the Intel data migration software can be downloaded from Intel.com gosd
installation that's actually a huge value ad because migrating your system
from a hard drive to an SSD can be a bit of a pain in the butt I mean personally
I've purchased software that I spent like 50 bucks on that's great for
migrating drives but not everyone wants to do that and not every brand of SSD
includes the software that you need or some of them include ones that are just
totally inadequate and don't work very well Intel's one I have used it works
only on Intel drives and it works really really well so there you go we've got a
MOX TOA power adapter all the screws you need a SATA cable as well as a 2 and 1/2
to 3 in to 3 and 1/2 in desktop bracket
so it includes everything you need to install it in a notebook or a desktop
system and I think that's pretty much all there is to say about it it's a
mainstream option so it's not intended as a replacement for the 520 series
which is their Extreme Performance SSD and I think that pretty much wraps it up
thank you for checking out this unboxing and first look at the Intel 335 series
SSD don't forget to subscribe F this Tech tips for unboxings reviews and other computer videos yeah I forgot to
mention the actual advantage of 20m uh Nan flash is that it this drive consumes
less power than the old 330 series so there you go I forgot something sorry
about that it's not the first time I've done it I suppose