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
Starting with the build quality of the Vector 180 we have a the usual excellent, solid casing from OCZ. Then inside we have proven parts from OCZ and their parent company, Toshiba, which are very much tried and trusted. At a glance the Vector 180 could se...
Excellent performance, 5-year warranty, Very good in a used state, Competitive price
Questions remain over brand
Toshiba-owned OCZ Storage Solutions is reinvigorating its premium consumer line-up with the introduction of the Vector 180 drive. Based largely on the outgoing Vector 150 but now with larger capacities, power-loss protection and an enhanced warranty, the ...
Excellent performance, 5-year warranty, Very good in a used state, Competitive price
Questions remain over brand
Toshiba-owned OCZ Storage Solutions is reinvigorating its premium consumer line-up with the introduction of the Vector 180 drive. Based largely on the outgoing Vector 150 but now with larger capacities, power-loss protection and an enhanced warranty, the ...
Emphasis on reliability, higher mixed workload performance and in the top tier of overall performance
MSRP is too high at the start of the lifecycle to compete with 850 Pro and Extreme PRO. Reliability features could impact heavy workload performance
The Barefoot 3 controller gets one last flagship model before OCZ enters the NVMe era. New reliability features are nice as long as the performance penalty isn't too high. Time will tell, but this could be the most reliable SATA-based SSD to come to marke...
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The Vector 180 is mainly just an update to bring OCZ's flagship series into line with the rest by giving it the latest generation of Toshiba NAND. As such, performance is mostly unchanged, although there are occasional differences, and its closest compari...
incompressible and compressible performance is fantastic, very strong IOPS performance, Power failure management system in place, using the latest high performance A19 NAND flash from Toshiba
intense price competition from the likes of Samsung.
It seems only fair to give OCZ credit for their recent activity in highlighting the reliability of their latest Solid State Drives. While many skeptics may argue their credibility is almost beyond repair it is worth bearing in mind that no other company h...
Underwhelming performance, Bundled 3.5inch HDD adapter and cloning utility, SSD Guru management utility, Power failure protection, Decently priced
No longer blazing fast by today's standard, ShieldPlus warranty program not available locally, Heavy for an SSD a concern for notebook users
As we mentioned many times before, some form of vertical integration is crucial to succeeding in the SSD market. And out of the many brands, only Samsung and Intel can lay claim to being truly vertically integrated, meaning to say that they produce their...
