Testseek.com have collected 188 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex 3 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex 3 Series SATA600.
April 2011
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The editors liked
Silky smooth operation as a system drive (during the test period)
Phenomenal reading and writing performance
Incredible 4K random I/O performance
SATA 6Gbps support
Outstanding multitasking potential
TRIM support under Windows 7
Lightning fast
Ultra fast read/write speeds
High performance (slightly exceeded rated speeds in my testing)
SATA3 interface
Easy to find on sale (in my location)
Included 2.5" to 3.5" adapter
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SandForce's Reign of PPPerformance
The SandForce 2281 controller is the key component when communicating with the storage controllers found on motherboards and HBA cards. The current theory is that some where in that communication
Really* fast throughput - saturating SATA 6Gb/sec
Excellent IOPS scaling at higher queue depths
Overall performance similar to the more expensive Vertex 3 Pro
With the added bonus of more accessible storage
Very good performance
Supports 6Gbps SATA III
Strong performance.
Best-in-class performance. Supports 6Gbps SATA III.
The OCZ Vertex 3 solid-state drive supports SATA 6Gbps and offers very fast performance and up to 480GB of storage. The 2.5-inch internal drive comes with a mounting accessory to fit in desktop computers' drive bays
And is comparatively affordable
Delivers nearly 60K IOMeter IOPS performance
Outstanding 555/532 MBps read/write speed with ATTO
TCG OPAL security with 256bit AES encryption
SandForce SF2281 processor supports TRIM
SMART
And RAISE
DuraWrite technology extends NAND lifetime
Toplevel enthusiast operational I/O performance
3Year OCZ product warranty support
120/240GB highspeed SSD storage capacities
Lightweight
Blazingfast performance on all fronts.
Oustanding performance
SATA 6 Gbps support
Supports TRIM
3 year warranty
Nice looking
Rugged metal case
3.5" adapter included
Excellent performance
SATA 6 Gbps compatibility
2.5'' to 3.5'' bracket
Impressive scores of 554MB/s read and 522MB/s write in ATTO
56037 IOPS score
Best performing solid state drive we have tested to date
Extremely fast read and write speeds
Drastically decreases boot time
Simple installation
The editors didn't like
Slight possibility of stability issues on some Intel chipset motherboards.
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Odd stutter observed on our batch file write test (possibly due to beta firmware
And also present in the Vertex 3 Pro beta we tested last week)
Performance at lower queue depths could be improved upon
Price (see below)
Expensive
Larger-capacity version of drive is faster overall
Very expensive.
The OCZ Vertex 3 SSD is significantly more expensive than traditional hard drives
Abstract: Even among solid state drives, there is a wide range of performance despite the large improvement over traditional hard disk drives. A couple weeks ago, I reviewed the OCZ Solid 3 ($167.49) and it turned out to not be the fastest, nor the most stable...
Ultra fast read/write speeds, High performance (slightly exceeded rated speeds in my testing), SATA3 interface, Easy to find on sale (in my location), Included 2.5" to 3.5" adapter
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Published: 2011-10-04, Author: Nick , review by: icrontic.com
The Vertex 3 certainly delivers the SATA III speeds. Thanks to the customized SandForce controller, it’s even able to exceed the specs advertised by SandForce. If you’re already running a SATA II SSD, especially a Vertex 2, there might be some benefit...
Published: 2011-09-28, Author: Eric , review by: futurelooks.com
36 Flares 36 Flares ×, SandForce's Reign of PPPerformance, The SandForce 2281 controller is the key component when communicating with the storage controllers found on motherboards and HBA cards. The current theory is that some where in that communication,
Abstract: The latest generation of SSDs is out in full force. Drives are widely available from a multitude of vendors, firmware issues have for the most part been resolved, and competition has driven prices dangerously close to dollar-per-gigabyte territory. If you...
Oustanding performance, SATA 6 Gbps support, Supports TRIM, 3 year warranty, Nice looking, rugged metal case, 3.5" adapter included
Relatively high price per GB, low performance per Dollar, Needs SATA 6 Gbps controller to perform best
OCZ's Vertex 3 240 GB flagship offers outstanding drive performance on the new SATA 6 Gbps interface. In terms of raw speed it is only beat by the more expensive Intel 510 Series SSD. OCZ's next smaller model the Agility 3 is about 8% behind in perform...
Abstract: Again, during all of this testing the Vertex 3 and its SF-2281 controller had not encountered any issues running under Linux with the 3.0 stable kernel release. For those interested in how the Vertex 3 does using a Btrfs file-system and its SSD optim...
Abstract: Having had the pleasure of testing both Vertex 1 and 2 and owning one myself, I was "all smiley" when I received news from OCZ that a Vertex 3 sample is on the way. It looked very promising from the beginning actually - up to 550MB/s performance a...
Abstract: The OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS solid state drives have been designed to unleash the performance potential of the SATA 6Gbps interface. Available in capacities of 120GB ($275) and 240GB ($540), OCZ's latest Sandforce-based offering pushed the limits in read/...
