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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.
Award: Editor’s Choice 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
  • Particularly the 480GB-capacity model
  • And takes a long time to format
  • Some manufacturers offer fiveyear warranty
  • Sequentialwrite speeds slightly behind Intel 510.
  • Relatively high price per GB
  • Low performance per Dollar
  • Needs SATA 6 Gbps controller to perform best
  • Steep price
  • None that I found
  • None really

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  Published: 2011-05-19, review by: techradar.com

  • Stunning read/write performance, Almost 2x speed of previous gen, Close to the limits of SATA 6Gbps
  • Rather pricey
  • Quite simply the Vertex 3 is the SSD that all others will be measured by...

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  Published: 2011-04-20, review by: kitguru.net

  • Lightning quick, Sata 6GBps interface is already under ‘bandwidth limitation’ threat, This drive is leading the way for others to follow,
  • Two in Raid 0? yes, please....

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  Published: 2011-03-30, review by: HEXUS.net

  • The performance on offer from OCZ's Vertex 3 is simply mind-boggling. In the space of a single generation, the speed of the Vertex SSD has jumped by over 90 per cent, leaving OCZ with a drive that runs circles around most of the competition. Sequential...

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  Published: 2011-02-24, review by: tomshardware.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Price per gigabyte is, by far, the biggest factor preventing SSDs from replacing hard drives. If SSDs weren't so darn expensive, we wouln't have any trouble getting past their capacity limitations, because we would be using multiple SSDs in the same ma...

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  Published: 2011-02-24, review by: hardwareheaven.com

  • Although the drive we received from OCZ was an engineering sample it still featured their usual level of build quality. A robust casing was present and inside we get a PCB unique to OCZ with the latest SATA 6GB/s drive controller and quality Micron NAN...

 
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  Published: 2011-05-30, review by: vr-zone.com

  • Power Consumption The OCZ Vertex 3 has the highest power consumption of all our tested drives. Some might consider this to be an acceptable trade-off performance, though we would have liked to see OCZ squeeze out more performance with the same amount o...

 
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  Published: 2011-10-25, review by: tbreak.ae

  • Very fast; Looks great; Easy software for updating firmware; Includes 3.5" bracket,
  • Firmware cannot be updated if running Windows on same drive

 
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  Published: 2012-12-25, Author: Jose , review by: drcaos.com

  • Abstract:  Los SSD cada día están mas cerca del usuario medio , sus precios son cada vez mas asequibles, pero quizás aun falte un pequeño empujón porque realmente pagar 150€ por 100GB resulta algo abusivo no obstante el rendimiento que obtenemos será 100 veces mayor...

 
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  Published: 2012-02-15, review by: toxico-pc.com

  • Rendimiento inigualable, Excelente presentación y estética, 3 años de garantía y soporte, SATA 3
  • Precio elevado.
  • Obviamente estamos en presencia de los que hasta ha sido el SSD mas rápido que hemos tenido el gusto de testear. El OCZ Vertex 3 obtuvo los mejores resultados hasta ahora en velocidad de lectura, tiempo de acceso, copia de archivos, etc. Luego de esto ve...

 
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  Published: 2011-10-05, review by: hardwareanalisis.es

  • OCZ es un auténtico referente en el sector de los discos SSD y generación tras generación sigue demostrándolo. Actualmente OCZ tiene en el mercado un amplio catálogo de discos SSD compatibles con el nuevo estándar SATA 3.0, entre los que destaca el Ver...

 
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