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
