Testseek.com have collected 94 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Octane Series SATA600 and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Octane Series SATA600.
December 2011
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Extremely low latency
Beating Intel in most areas
Outstanding IOPS performance
Unseating SandForce (and Intel) in most areas
Available 1TB capacity ($$$)
Strong Read Performance
Fast boot times
Competitive Pricing
Consistent performance with different data types
Very good performance.
Silky smooth operation as a system drive
Excellent sequential reading and writing performance
Very good 4K random I/O performance at low queue depths
SATA 6Gbps support
TRIM support under Windows 7
Lightning fast access times
Completely silent
The OCZ Octane SSD offers a large amount of storage at a relatively low price. The drive supports SATA 3 (6Gbps)
Performs very well
Has up to 1TB of storage space
And works with all popular platforms
Including Windows
Mac OS
And Linux
Impressive 542/356 MBps read/write transfer speeds
Automatic AES data encryption
Indilinx Everest SSD processor supports TRIM garbage collection
Some cache tuning needed for better handling of mixed readwrite workloads
Some compatibility issues noted with nonnative chipsets (see below)
Write speeds below SansForce-based drives
Lower capacities have lower write performance
Expensive. Not routinely faster than competing drives. Has trouble with high-queue-depth writes
Writing speeds do not scale very well when queue depths rise.
The OCZ Octane SSD is comparatively slower in terms of data transfer speed than other SATA 3-based solid-state drives. The drive is significantly more expensive than traditional hard drives of the same capacity
OCZ leveraged the benefit of owning their own controller to quickly roll out an update to their Octane line of SSDs that optimized their performance for 4K writes. OCZ easily accomplished that goal, driving an increase of 138% in the 128GB model and a gai...
Silky smooth operation as a system drive, Excellent sequential reading and writing performance, Very good 4K random I/O performance at low queue depths, SATA 6Gbps support, TRIM support under Windows 7, Lightning fast access times, Completely silent
Writing speeds do not scale very well when queue depths rise.
Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveSilky smooth operation as a system drive.Excellent sequential reading and writing performance.Very good 4K random I/O performance at low queue depths.SATA 6Gbps support.TRIM sup...
As we've said before and we'll continue to preach at any opportunity we get, the biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive; after using an SSD in your system you'll wonder how you ever survived without one previously....
I'm still trying to get my hands on smaller capacities of other newer SSDs to add them to our growing database of SSD performance data. For now it looks like the Octane is a good solution for typical desktop users, even at its 128GB capacity. Performance...
The Indilinx processor gives OCZ a huge advantage in both cost savings and SSD reliability. When we look at the smaller 128GB Octane compared to the 512GB bigger brother, the 128's read speeds actually hold up very well. Per the spec sheet though and ...
The first SSD with Indilinx Controller after it was bought by OCZ is impressive. The performance convinces and is top in many categories. Just the 4K write performance could be better. Poorly compressible data are no problem for the Octane - contrary to c...
Published: 2011-12-07, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
Now that OCZ has resurrected Indilinx with the Everest controller, the industry better take note because they've put together a splendid line of drives with Octane series and we get the feeling that they're just getting warmed up....
The encouraging fright factor is massive with the Octane series SSD, seriously once we popped it in to our test setup it just felt good in every way and sense. SandForce 2000 controllers haul ass in uncompressed files, Indilinx hauls ass when it comes to...
The OCZ Octane SSD offers a large amount of storage at a relatively low price. The drive supports SATA 3 (6Gbps), performs very well, has up to 1TB of storage space, and works with all popular platforms, including Windows, Mac OS, and Linux
The OCZ Octane SSD is comparatively slower in terms of data transfer speed than other SATA 3-based solid-state drives. The drive is significantly more expensive than traditional hard drives of the same capacity
The OCZ Octane SSD makes an excellent host drive for any laptop or desktop. It offers great value in terms of performance and cost, especially for an SSD.
