Testseek.com have collected 171 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Vector 180 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Vector 180 Series SATA600.
March 2015
(84%)
171 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(90%)
50 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Strong Performance
5 Year Warranty
Solid Bundle
OCZ Guru Utility
Great reliability features with a market-leading warranty program
Good performance during our mixed-workloads
Competitively priced
Well Priced
High Quality Components
Sturdy construction
Available in 120GB
240GB
480GB and 960GB capacities
Endurance rated at 50GB/day for 5 years
Good sequential and random read and write performance
Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data
SATA 6Gb/s interface
Toggle Mode MLC N
Outstanding Mixed Workload Performance
No Loss In Performance With Incompressible Data
Minimal Performance Drop Off as Drive Fills
PFMPower Loss Protection Prevents Data Loss And Drive Failure
Rated for 50GB/Day of Host Writes for 5Years
MTBF 2
300
0
Build Quality (Toshiba A19nm NAND Flash)
Excellent Overall Performance
Sustained Performance (SNIA Tests)
Power Failure Management Plus (PFM+) Technology
OCZ 5-Year ShieldPlus Warranty
OCZ SSD Guru Software
Bundle
Price (For Some)
Fast sequential-write speeds
And competitive overall performance
Slick SSD Guru software
Slightly cheaper than competing Samsung SSD 850 EVO
Available in higher top capacity than previous Vector drive
The OCZ Vector 180 protects data in case of power loss and includes hassle-free consumer support as well as a long warranty
Added protection against power outages
High synthetic write performance
7 mm thin—ultrabook compatible
5 year warranty
New OCZ SSD Guru Software available
Acronis cloning software included
Up to 960GB of storage capacity option
PFMprotection
Low idle power consumption
ShieldPlus
SSD Guru is easy to use and visually pleasing
Good price to performance ratio
Low idle
Nice aspect
Performance
Accessories
OCZ Guru software
Good performance
Power Failure Management Plus feature
ShieldPlus 5-year warranty
Looks great
The editors didn't like
Trailed Samsung 850 Slightly
Poor performance during our 2MB traces
Random write performance at low queue depths could be better
Does not support DEVSLP
Does not support TCG Opal or eDrive encryption
Barefoot 3 Showing Its Age
With Performance Becoming Somewhat Pedestrian
Lack of Support for DevSleep
TCG Opal and eDrive
OCZ-made AMD Radeon R7 SSD performs almost as well
But costs less
A few other flagship drives offer double the warranty period
The drive's speed and durability rating trail behind high-end SSDs on the market. There are no data security or performance enhancement features
Competing drives have better performance
Price/performance
And lower price/GB
In-flight data not protected by power outage protection
Performance is not as fast as the competitors
Lacking eDrive and Opal support
Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller is starting to show its age
The OCZ Vector 180 480GB is not at the top of the performance league, although it scored adequately in all the tests. Sequential read and write speeds were a bit lower than those quoted by OCZ, and 2MB sequential and random benchmarks could be also higher...
Published: 2015-07-19, Author: stefan , review by: madshrimps.be
The Vector 180 from OCZ takes part from their high-end offerings and besides the useful Power Failure Management Plus (PFM+) addition, we do also benefit from the ShieldPlus warranty which implies no shipping costs and no extra hassles. The performances o...
Published: 2015-07-18, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
nice aspect, performance, accessories, OCZ Guru software
price
OCZ made a very good SSD and bundled it with the Guru software to maintain the drive's performance for a longer time.Even if it is not the cheapest drive in its class, the performance can't be overlooked.PROsCONs - nice aspect- performance- accessories- O...
Published: 2015-06-25, Author: Victor , review by: Bjorn3d.com
Up to 960GB of storage capacity option, PFMprotection, Low idle power consumption, 5 year warranty, ShieldPlus, SSD Guru is easy to use and visually pleasing, Good price to performance ratio, Up to 960GB of storage capacity option, PFMprotection, Low idle
Performance is not as fast as the competitors, Lacking eDrive and Opal support, Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller is starting to show its age, Performance is not as fast as the competitors, Lacking eDrive and Opal support, Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller is s
The OCZ Vector 180 is probably not the most exciting drive to review as there is not much new technologies added to the drive. Since the drive still uses the same Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller, its performance largely mimics other Indilinx Barefoot 3 dri...
Lack of Support for DevSleep, TCG Opal and eDrive,
Whenever we're called to test a new SSD model we have to take into consideration many factors in our conclusion such as maximum read & write performance (MB/s and IOPS), sustained performance levels, endurance, supported features, warranty...
Published: 2015-06-14, Author: George , review by: hitechlegion.com
Outstanding Mixed Workload Performance, No Loss In Performance With Incompressible Data, Minimal Performance Drop Off as Drive Fills, PFMPower Loss Protection Prevents Data Loss And Drive Failure, Rated for 50GB/Day of Host Writes for 5Years, MTBF 2,300,0
Barefoot 3 Showing Its Age, With Performance Becoming Somewhat Pedestrian
After showing off their new JetExpress controller, and people's attention turning to M.2, OCZ has come through with an unexpected tweak to their Barefoot 3 controlled Vector series. While the changes are not monumental, they are significant and may give...
Well at the end of the day the OCZ Vector 180 is an interesting drive. Given the performance I have seen with older OCZ drives I went into this with high expectations. Sadly in a lot of the synthetic benchmarks the numbers weren't what I was expecting...
Available in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities, Endurance rated at 50GB/day for 5 years, Good sequential and random read and write performance, Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data, SATA 6Gb/s interface, Toggle Mode MLC N
Random write performance at low queue depths could be better, Does not support DEVSLP, Does not support TCG Opal or eDrive encryption
Like OCZ's previous Vector series SSDs, the Vector 180 is a great choice for the gamer or enthusiast looking for a drive that provides exceptional performance, endurance, and reliability. Designed to power today's high-end consumer systems, the Vector 180...
Published: 2015-05-20, Author: Mark , review by: skratchwizpc.net
The OCZ Vector 180 SSD promises to deliver enthusiast class performance and it does just that. Throughout our testing read and write speeds were consistent even though it was slightly behind the HyperX Savage, but only slightly. As for the drive itself...
