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
We where pretty much dumbfounded when we tested the Vertex 3 PRO last week, given the specs of the 'regular' consumer edition Vertex 3 we wondered if this product would be noticeably slower and no, that's just not at all the case. In fact it even wins her...
As we've said before and we'll continue to hammer any chance we can get, the single biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive, and using an SSD in your system will make such a massive difference that you'll want to cr...
SATA 3 Gb/s treated us very well, but the current generation of SSDs is just beginning to run into a bandwidth bottleneck. And that's what validates the inclusion of SATA 6Gb/s in the desktop space. Micron had the first SSD to exceed the limits of 3 Gb...
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
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)
OCZ was the first to get next generation SandForce out the door, and with a consumer Vertex 3 following just 1 week after their Pro model, they seem to have closed their lead-time gap considerably. We were happy to see the consumer model not suffer too gr...
Published: 2012-02-13, Author: Benjamin , review by: Bcchardware.com
Good performance, Outperforms the RevoDrive X2 on some tests, Available up to 480GB, Affordable SATA III performance, Broad compatibility
Doesn't perform up to rated speeds
OCZ has pushed the boundaries on performance with their Vertex series and the nice thing about this standard 2.5" drive is that is can be used by pretty much everyone. It fits great in a laptop or desktop machine and gives great performance improvements t...
Abstract: SSD firmware updates. We’ve all heard about them but is there any tangible benefit to actually upgrading your SSD with the latest firmware? In this article we take a look at two identical Vertex 3 drives; one of which is a pre-retail sample with beta...
Read and write performance, RAIDlike performance, SATA 6Gbps Interface, Sandforce 2200 controller, Included mounting bracket, 3Year warranty, Support...
Price...
Installing a solid state drive is one of the enhancements that really offers a tangible reduction in time to complete both read and write tasks. As the technology improves, the gains in performance are steadily increasing, as seen when comparing the V...
There are good solid state drives, there are great solid state drives and then there is the OCZ Vertex 3. It not only raises the bar for what a single SSD can do but this drive may actually breathe some serious excitement into the storage market. No ma...
As we said earlier, there are two versions of SandForce 480GB drives manufactured with the SF-228X and synchronous flash. The first we reviewed today that uses 16 NAND ICs, but a few other companies went with a slightly modified controller (SF-2282) a...
Abstract: In the short time SSDs have been affordable to mere mortals, there’s been one brand name that has been synonymous with high performance at a premium price point. OCZ’s Vertex range has constantly maintained its lead at the top of the NAND-powered p...
