Testseek.com have collected 71 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Synapse Cache Series SATA600 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Synapse Cache Series SATA600.
January 2012
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The editors liked
Performance
Innovation
Easy Upgrade
Works With Any Regular HDD
Price Tag
High performance gain when paired with a traditional HDD drive
Faster than Intel Smart Response Technology
Can be used as a regular (nocache) SSD drive
Can be used with all systems that support SATA2 (or SATA3) technology
Supports TRIM
SMART and 128/256bit AES Encryption
Has a MTBF 2 million hours
Includes 3.5" mounting bracket
3 years of warranty
Provides SSD-level performance without sacrificing capacity
Includes NVELO's Dataplex cache software
SATA 6Gb/s interface
SMART and NCQ
Includes a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter bracket
Easy to install
3 year warranty
Reasonably priced
SSD like performance for mechanical hard drives
Ease of installation
Dataplex Software
Included 2.5 to 2.5 drive bay adapter
Affordability
Low price SSD
Good price-performance ratio
Comes with TRIM command
Can be used as a non-caching SSD
Good warranty
Includes 3.5" mounting tray
Includes DataPlex caching software
Huge performance improvement
Relatively cheap way to get SSD-like performance for a big harddrive
Simple software setup
No tweaks required
SATA 6 Gbps support
Nice looking
Rugged metal case
3.5" adapter included
Near solid state drive performance
Improves Windows 7 boot time
Easy to setup software
The editors didn't like
Can Only Cache Boot Drives (At Least For Now)
Available capacity is half than advertised
Works only with as a primary (boot) drive
DataPLex Software needs relicencing in case you change system components
Requires Windows 7 to operate
Price could be lower for easier user adoption
Dataplex software only works with Windows 7
Does not support hard drives larger than 2TB (yet)
Not as fast when reading and writing randomly generated data
No included SATA cable/power adapter
Caching software requires relicensing upon hardware change
Dataplex only works on primary HDD
High price
Considering this a 60 GB SSD
No support for Linux/MacOS
No tweakable parameters
Dataplex software can only be used on Windows 7 systems
Performance, Innovation, Easy Upgrade, Works With Any Regular HDD, Price Tag
Can Only Cache Boot Drives (At Least For Now)
I always felt that SSD caching solutions should have come a long time ago since the entire concept is not really new and certainly not something hard to achieve especially when there are already quite a few SAS/SATA cards out there that support...
Where I was a tiny bit skeptical about the RevoDrive Hybrid I seem to enjoy this solution all the better.So here's a little story, all our test system these days run of an SSD with applications running from a NAS storage solution. So I had to clone the Wi...
Huge performance improvement, Relatively cheap way to get SSD-like performance for a big harddrive, Simple software setup, no tweaks required, SATA 6 Gbps support, Supports TRIM, 3 year warranty, Nice looking, rugged metal case, 3.5" adapter included
Dataplex only works on primary HDD, High price, considering this a 60 GB SSD, No support for Linux/MacOS, No tweakable parameters
OCZ's Synapse Caching SSD is truly an impressive product. It enables you to get near-SSD performance from a hard disk, of any size, multiple TBs are no problem. Installation of the software is easy and can be completed even by novice users. On the othe...
OCZ set out to broaden their SSD caching options with the Synapse SSD and boy did they deliver. Paired up with the included Dataplex software and a user's own high capacity hard drive, the end results are just plain sick, fly, da bomb, pimp, baller - ...
The OCZ Synapse is one of those “outside the box” ideas that actually works surprisingly well in the real world. It may not be perfect and certainly isn’t the right fit for everyone but in return for using mainly wasted idle CPU cycles, you get a lot m...
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When we looked at the RevoDrive Hybrid earlier in the year, it was clear that the caching principle is an effective way to go by utilising the speed of an SSD and pairing it with the capacity of a traditional mechanical drive. Since then we have seen this...
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Clever mix of performance and capacity, Cache can deliver SSDlike speed in ideal scenarios, Easy upgrade for harddisk based PCs, Ideal for use in a laptop with two storage bays
Only compatible with Windows 7, Won't always offer the speed of a comparable SSD
Most casual users and gamers will rightfully be excited about OCZ’s Synapse; the caching works very well even after a single run and will not be easily evicted from the cache, especially after repeated use. Although it is an idea quite similar to Int...
