Offering your system the incredible performance of flash-based technology, The OCZ Vertex Series delivers the performance and reliability of SSDs at less price per gigabyte than other high speed offerings currently on the market. The OCZ Vertex Series is the result of all the latest breakthroughs in SSD technology, including new architecture and controller design, blazing 200MB/sec read and 160MB/sec write speeds, and featuring up to 64MB onboard cache. OCZ continues to place solid state technology within reach of the average consumer, and delivers on the promise of SSDs as an alternative to traditional hard drives in consumer targeted mobile applications.

Perfect for notebooks and desktops alike, the Vertex Series is ideal for energy-efficient mobile computing to extend battery life, increase access time, and provide a durable alternative to conventional hard disc drives with superior shock resistance. High capacities and low power consuming NAND flash technology provide the necessary performance and battery life boosts generated by the proliferation of mobile gaming and new ultra-thin laptops. With fast access and seek times combined with excellent reliability, the OCZ Vertex Series SSDs are the answer for consumers demanding this latest storage technology.

The OCZ Vertex drives feature a durable yet lightweight alloy housing, and because OCZ SSDs have no moving parts, the drives are more rugged than traditional hard drives. Designed for ultimate reliability, Vertex Series SSDs have an excellent 1.5 million hour mean time before failure (MTBF) ensuring peace of mind over the long term. All
Vertex Series SSD drives come backed a two year warranty and OCZ’s legendary service and support.Vertex series SSD drives are available in ample storage capacities of 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, and 250GB.

Specifications

*Available in 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, 250GB capacities
*Read: up to 200 MB/sec
*Write (120-250GB): up to 160 MB/sec
*Seek: <.1ms
*Onboard Cache: (30-60GB) - 32MB / (120-250GB) - 64MB
*Slim 2.5" Design
*100.2 x 70 x 9.3mm
*Lightweight 77g
*Operating Temp: -10C ~ +70C
*Storage Temp: -55C ~ +140C
*Low Power Consumption
*Shock Resistant 1500G
*Internal RAID 0 Support
*MTBF 1.5 million hours
*2 year warranty

Review By Desktopreview

The most noticeable difference between these Vertex SSDs and traditional hard drives is how dense they feel. Compared to the normal 3.5-inch hard drives found in desktops, they definitely feel lighter, though when compared to the 2.5-inch drives found in notebooks, they feel a little heavier. The entire drive is encased in smooth sections of metal. While OCZ made the drives look sleek and stylish, this is largely unimportant since once installed, few people are ever going to look at them.

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Review By Benchmarkreviews

Offering your system the incredible performance of flash-based technology, The OCZ Vertex Series delivers the performance and reliability of SSDs at less price per gigabyte than other high speed offerings currently on the market. The OCZ Vertex Series is the result of all the latest breakthroughs in SSD technology, including new architecture and controller design, blazing 200MB/sec read and 160MB/sec write speeds, and featuring 64MB onboard cache. Like its predecessors the Core and Solid Series, OCZ continues to place solid state technology within reach of the average consumer, and delivers on the promise of SSDs as an alternative to traditional hard drives in consumer targeted mobile applications. The Vertex Series will not replace any of the existing series of SSD’s but will complement them at the higher end of the performance spectrum.

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Review By Ocztechnology

The OCZ Vertex drives feature a durable yet lightweight alloy housing, and because OCZ SSDs have no moving parts, the drives are more rugged than traditional hard drives. Designed for ultimate reliability, Vertex Series SSDs have an excellent 1.5 million hour mean time before failure (MTBF) ensuring peace of mind over the long term. All Vertex Series SSD drives come backed a two year warranty and OCZ’s legendary service and support. Vertex series SSD drives are available in ample storage capacities of 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, and 250GB.

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Review By Tomshardware

OCZ could likely have achieved greater speed with its new SSDs if they were SLC-based, but in so doing it might have priced the drives out of reach for the average consumer. Since the new Vertex series is meant to offer premium performance, as OCZ already offers mid- and entry-range SSDs, OCZ has gone another route to ensure that the new Vertex series is of particular premium performance. The Vertex series includes up to a 64 MB on-board cache, which OCZ claims to help offer ” faster transfers and superior overall system response times in a broad range of applications and games.” The 30 GB and 60 GB Vertex SSDs only come with a 32 MB cache, however.

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Review By Pcper

Flipping the PCB over we see another set of eight Samsung chips as well as two more interesting offerings: the Indilinx Barefoot controller chip and a 64MB chip for cache from Elpida.

We also think we see something else important on these drives: a flush-mount capacitor that in theory should hold enough power to allow the controller to flush the 64MB of cache into non-volatile flash memory in the event of an unexpected system shutdown. This is important in order to prevent any data loss while data is in the interim step between cache and flash.

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