Intel 335 Series SSD Unboxing & Overview
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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welcome to my unboxing and first look at the Intel 335 series SSD now this isn't
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really new by any stretch of the imagination and honestly it's not really
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that different from a consumer standpoint from the 330 series so it's a
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sand Force drive just like the 520 series and just like the 330 series so
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that's the controller inside it uses Intel nand just like every drive from
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Intel does and one of the advantages that Intel has as a nand technology
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developer and a nand manufacturer nand for you guys who don't know are the
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chips that are the actual storage chips in here um so the advantage Intel has as
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a manufacturers they get to kind of save the the cream of the cream for
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themselves meaning they can provide their three-year warranty with uh lots
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of confidence this is the desktop installation okay right sorry sorry so
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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
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nanometer nand in the other two drives Andel has done this without compromising
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performance so it's rated at exactly the same speeds in terms of sustained reads
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and wrs as well as iops but it is at a
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fairly aggressive price point out there in the market it's available at a couple of different capacities so I've got the
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1880 gig one here today that includes the desktop installation kit so we're
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going to go ahead and see what they have to say for themselves so other than
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their three-year warranty there the box
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contains the SSD itself so there you go it's pretty
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standard SSD looks like an SSD I still remember the old Intel ssds where they
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had that uh that ghetto finish on the top of it that was just like absolutely
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brutal and made it look like uh like a third tier SSD now they have a much more
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professional looking finish on the top and I mean this might seem like sort of a a quibble but when you put something
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like this in your system you might want to put it on display somewhere the old
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ones were just kind of br oh there there's that old finish so they hit it
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on the bottom now but uh at any rate
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it's got your standard 9mm um form factor so that means it
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might not fit in the very slimmest of slim uh notebooks but just double check
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make sure that uh you need a 9mm drive as opposed to a 7mm drive and you'll be
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good to go uh next up inside we've got a speed demon sticker right there so you
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can put that on your forehead or your dog or wherever else you want to put it
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a quick start guide giving you instructions on how to install it in
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your desktop as well as an installation guide and warranty dis It also says here
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the Intel data migration software can be downloaded from Intel.com gosd
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installation that's actually a huge value ad because migrating your system
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from a hard drive to an SSD can be a bit of a pain in the butt I mean personally
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I've purchased software that I spent like 50 bucks on that's great for
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migrating drives but not everyone wants to do that and not every brand of SSD
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includes the software that you need or some of them include ones that are just
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totally inadequate and don't work very well Intel's one I have used it works
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only on Intel drives and it works really really well so there you go we've got a
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MOX TOA power adapter all the screws you need a SATA cable as well as a 2 and 1/2
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to 3 in to 3 and 1/2 in desktop bracket
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so it includes everything you need to install it in a notebook or a desktop
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system and I think that's pretty much all there is to say about it it's a
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mainstream option so it's not intended as a replacement for the 520 series
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which is their Extreme Performance SSD and I think that pretty much wraps it up
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thank you for checking out this unboxing and first look at the Intel 335 series
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SSD don't forget to subscribe F this Tech tips for unboxings reviews and other computer videos yeah I forgot to
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mention the actual advantage of 20m uh Nan flash is that it this drive consumes
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less power than the old 330 series so there you go I forgot something sorry
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about that it's not the first time I've done it I suppose