 Today, I'm going to be unboxing a very exciting product. This is the second to market SATA 3 6 gigabit per second SSD So this is the Intel 510 series. This is a 120 gigabyte Super fast according to Intel and I believe them super fast hard drive replacement drive. It is high performance It is for desktop and mobile systems So this is a two and a half inch drive and it includes a desktop installation kit. That is how they achieve that So here we find Intel's product information so you can see here. This is a 510 series 120 gig capacity drive. Okay, there's not a whole lot else on here other than the pack date, which is January 28th 2011 So Intel being ready for launches as they always are has these boxed up fully retail ready to go well before launch This box includes well We'll get to that once we actually open it and let's see what else Intel has to say for themselves do more wait less super fast hard drive alternative rugged silent solid SATA 6 gigabit per second and 3 gigabit per second compatible now Intel with their usual tradition is providing Or in line with their usual tradition is providing a three-year warranty on this product and look at this It's not sealed. Okay, this side is sealed Let's break the seal just because that's part of what I enjoy doing. There we go. Ah Let's open this baby up. I'm actually really excited about this. So the first SATA 3 6 gigabit per second SSD on the market was the crucial C 300 and here we are We finally have an answer from Intel one of the big players in the SSD market They really shook things up and they released the original X 25 M. So there's the SSD itself Let's go a little bit further in and see what else we got. Ooh I love stickers. I actually I actually really love stickers. So this is a pretty nice sticker I would actually be pretty content to put this on something speed demon look a barcode All right, just in case Intel needs to track their sticker inventory Intel SATA Solid state drive here's a little thing. Thank you for purchasing In a wide variety of different languages basically. Thank you for purchasing Okay, next we've got one of those little mini CDs that I think are adorable What's this okay installation guide and warranty all on disk nice, okay next we've got More environmentally friendly packaging. Hey, look at that. It comes with a SATA cable. It's high-class Not a very nice SATA cable mind you that's a very thin thin SATA cable I'm gonna get your own SATA cable, but my assumption is that this is in spite of its thinness and flexibility You know, you could argue that thin and flexible is an advantage for a SATA cable It's got to be rated for SATA 6 gigabit per second because it does come with a SATA 6 gigabit per second drive If I could get it to focus we could see what it's called here There it is. What is that? Amphenol Cool. Okay. We've also got a molex to SATA power adapter included in the packaging. Oh Look at that a locking SATA power adapter. I or connector. I haven't actually seen one of those before Interesting. Okay. We've got some screws. There's case screws They include an extra one just in case and then here screws for the SSD itself to bolt to the two and a half inch to Three and a half inch adapter and they include an extra one of those just in case as well. Nice little touch from Intel Here's the adapter. So you mount one drive on there You mount this in your three and a half inch and then you're good to go nice solid steel adapter Okay Now we get to the goods here. So we've got a careful observed precautions for handling this device And that is a lot you can only break that sticker once you can see it leaves behind an ugly residue We have some do not eat And the SSD itself. So here is the Intel SSD 510 series It uses a silver housing unlike you know what? I think the first SSD sample I ever got was this one right here So that is my Intel X25 and 80 gig and it was black and it had kind of a little plastic ridge thing on it So it could be installed in varying thicknesses of notebook mounting mechanisms So this is actually the next Intel SSD sample I've received So it'll be interesting to see in terms of aesthetics and in terms of performance how far they have come So we've got some specs here. There's the 6 gigabit SATA SSD So remember to you guys that SATA 6 gigabit per second is physically identical to SATA 3 gigabit per second as well SATA 1 150 megabit per second, so You don't have to worry about any backwards compatibility issues physically now some older chipsets like maybe SATA 1 chipsets Might have trouble with a SATA 6 drive. Although there's no reason to believe they would necessarily But just something to bear in mind Intel does specifically say though that it is compatible with SATA 3 6 gigabit per second and SATA 2 3 gigabit per second so it's got its usual mounting holes on the sides usual interface at the back usual mounting holes on the bottom and Whoo, this is interesting. Okay. Okay. It looks like we're going to looks like we're gonna be doing a longer video than I had originally thought here because We're gonna just dig into my backpack here Find a screwdriver There are no warranty void if removed stickers on this drive, so we're gonna be opening this guy up and finding out What there is what mysteries it holds inside? So there's one screw Sorry guys, I apologize because it's a six minute unboxing of a drive already but oh Yeah performance, why don't I talk about performance while we do this so Intel spec this drive for up to 470 megabytes per second read and up to 315 megabytes per second write speeds so what that means is that this is Fully justified in using a SATA 3 6 gigabit per second interface now There are some SATA 3 6 gigabit per second hard drives out there that really Don't even begin to approach needing that kind of Sorry, these are really hard to remove needing that kind of bandwidth for the amount of data That they can actually read and write sequentially now this drive also uses actually I'm not gonna spell that surprise, but in terms of its spec its spec for up to 20,000 4k random reads per second and 50,000 4k random writes per second Okay uses here we go Intel flash. This is 34 nanometer flash and a marvel controller let's go ahead and Take this PCB out of here, so it's double-sided Okay, so we've got eight chips on the one side eight chips as well as what appears to be a cache So we've got a controller a cache and then a 16 chip solution Intel also calls out that it's specifically compatible with their six series chipsets although It'll work just fine probably with any other SATA 3 6 gigabit per second controller And it is available in two capacities the 120 gig that we are looking at here today and at launch It is also available in a 250 gig configuration. Do not take your drive apart the way that I have I don't recommend it That is not what tech tips is all about it's about me doing it, so you don't have to but other than that thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos and Stay tuned on my NCIX tech tips channel for more information about this drive