The Vertex 2 from OCZ is one of the most popular consumer/client solid state drives to date. It runs on the SATA 2 interface and uses the popular SF-1200 controller from SandForce, like other drives including the Corsair Force series. The SandForce SF-1200 does not make use of DRAM cache, but is nevertheless able to produce consistently high sequential read/write speeds regardless of the drive’s capacity, as well as up to 50,000 IOPS (random 4K).
It also comes with TRIM support, which is available in Windows 7 as well as the latest versions of Mac OS X. The TRIM command helps prevent performance deterioration by frequently erasing unused blocks to make new writes faster and more eficient.
Specifications:
- Sequential Read: Up to 280 MB/second
- Sequential Write: Up to 270 MB/second
- NAND type: MLC
- Interface: SATA 2
- Controller: SandForce SF-1200
- Form Factor: 2.5 inch
- DRAM Cache: N/A
- Power Consumption (Active): 2W
- Power Consumption (Idle): 0.5W
- TRIM support: Yes
- SMART support: Yes
- Warranty: 3 years
Available Capacities:
- 40GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX40G
- 50GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX50G
- 60GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX60G
- 80GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX80G
- 100GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX100G
- 120GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX120G
- 160GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX160G
- 200GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX200G
- 320GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX320G
- 400GB – OCZSSD2-2VTX400G
Reviews:
The drives have done very well in our tests as well as in my personal systems, although I still recommend waiting to see if any strange bugs crop up over the coming months if you’re not fond of making potentially risky purchases.
It’s not a secret that with the SF1200 series SSDs, OCZ brings a great new SSD series to the market. On certain applications we see baffling numbers reaching advertised speeds.
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