Stay ahead of the competition when you level up to 6.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) performance. Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) continue to evolve with the Intel SSD 500 Family. Available in a wide range of capacities, the Intel® Solid-State Drive 520 Series offers built-in data protection features and delivers exceptional performance over hard drives.

• Built with compute-quality Intel 25 nanometer (nm) NAND Flash Memory, the Intel SSD 520 Series accelerates PC performance where it matters most. With random read performance up to 50,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) and sequential read performance of up to 550 megabytes per second (MB/s), your PC will blaze through the most demanding applications and will handle intense multi-tasking needs. Couple that read performance with random writes up to 80,000 IOPS3 and sequential writes of 520 MB/s to unleash your applications. With the Intel SSD 520 Series, Intel continues to deliver solutions designed to satisfy the most demanding gamers, media creator and technology enthusiasts.

• The new Intel SSD 520 Series offers the best security features of any Intel SSD to date and comes preconfigured with Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) 256-bit encryption capabilities. In the event of theft or loss of your computer, you have the peace of mind that your personal data is secured by an advanced encryption technology. Additionally, the Intel SSD 520 Series contains "End-to-End Data Protection" ensuring integrity of stored data from the computer to the SSD and back.

Now that your work is safe, use the world-class performance of the Intel SSD 520 Series to dominate your gaming competition or to reach new levels of creativity and productivity. The choice is yours!

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• 520 Series Cherryville

• 180 GB

• Max Sequential Read - Up to 550MB/s (SATAIII) & Up to 280MB/s (SATAII)
• Max Sequential Write - Up to 500 MB/s (SATAIII) & Up to 260 MB/s (SATAII)
• 4KB Random Read - Up to 25,000 IOPS
• 4KB Random Write - Up to 40,000 IOPS
• MTBF - 1,200,000 hours

• SATA III 6.0Gb/s

• Height - 9.5mm

• Intel 520 Series SSD 180GB
• 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket