This is my short review of the Intel X25-V 40GB. The drive itself is a 2.5inch SSD, that came in a box with a 5.25 bracket, 10 screws and a manual on CD and a little book. The installation is very easy, just connect the device to a port and the device will auto load(Windows). The installation of Windows 7 on the SSD, was really easy and took no more then 12 Min to complete. There was still 23.1GB space left after installation, so plenty for essential programs and even a few games. Overall I'm very pleased with this purchase, its has made a very good performance boost, while costing only a fraction of other larger/faster SSD's. The speed is very good, boot time has decreased from 40 seconds to 14 seconds and program load times are very reduced. The only thing untested is the low write speed, but this is only a trivial mater in case OS drive.
My conclusion:
A very good OS SSD drive for a budget friendly price, a good alternative for the X25-M 80GB. At the same time it has comparable performance, enough size for OS and programs TRIM support and it cost half the price. I would recommend this drive to anyone looking to jump on the SSD bandwagon.