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so today on my video blog we're gonna be unboxing the Intel Gen 2 X 25 M so this is their post fill version so basically the biggest difference between this and the Gen 1 is that it is a little bit faster just to touch faster but it's also managed to decrease the cost of manufacturing to the point where they're much more affordable than the genuine drives so here's an installation guide getting started handling precautions blah blah blah how to install a notebook most people are actually using these in desktops despite the fact that it uses a notebook form factor so here's a my SSD rocks sticker that you can put on your notebook or your case and then let's get the drive itself open so we've got a little electrostatic sensitive device the stickers here get this open so unlike the gen 1 drives which were all black you can see that the gen 2 Drive is actually black and silver now this little adapter ring here the black thing around the edge can actually be removed so you can either install it in a slim spot or in a full-size tuna 1/2 inch drive slot now for people who are gonna be installing these I just want to show you if it's gonna be in a desktop you're just going to use a standard SATA power and a standard say that data cable just like that so it's fairly straightforward but it won't fit in a regular case so what you'll need is an adaptor and we've actually got a Silverstone three and a half inch to two and a half inch Bay converter here this is the can never remember this the SD p08 and this is widely regarded to be one of the better adapters out there just because it's got a very solid steel construction and you can actually mount two SSDs in here so you mount one at the bottom and you can kind of see the screws there so we can line it up like that and then you can stack another one right on top of it so you can do two SSDs in the space where you would normally do one normal harddrive so we can just have a quick look at this comes with all the mounting screws you need one other tremendously important feature of the new gen 2 SSDs from Intel is that it supports trim so if you're using Windows 7 and a Gen 2 SSD it means it automatically cleans up data and make sure that it's always running at its peak thanks for checking out my video blog on the intel gen 2 SSD