titleWith the Agility and Vertex product lines from OCZ in their fourth generations it was exciting to see OCZ change things up and introduce a new model late last year. With a unique design and an Indilinx controller inside it looks like it could really shake things up. I’m excited to see how it will perform, especially compared to the Agility 4 and Vertex 4 that we have recently taken a look at. OCZ gave it the Vector name and in some cases that means “a force or influence”, let’s find out if the OCZ Vector will be a force or influence in the SSD market. 

Product Name: OCZ Vector SSD 256GB

Review Sample Provided by: OCZ

Written by: Wes

Pictures by: Wes

 

Specifications

Performance

Sequential Reads

550MB/s

Sequential Writes

530MB/s

Random 4k Read IOPS

100,000 IOPS

Random 4k Write IOPS

95,000 IOPS

Physical

Usable Capacities (IDEMA)

128GB, 256GB, 512GB

NAND Components

25nm Multi-Level Cell (MLC)

NAND Controller

Indilinx Barefoot 3

Interface

SATA 3 6Gb/s (Backwards compatible with SATA II 3Gb/s)

Form Factor

2.5 Inch, Ultra-slim 7mm

Dimension (L x W x H)

99.7 x 69.75 x 7mm

Weight

115g

Reliability/Protection

MTBF

1.3 million hours

Data Path Protection

BCH ECC corrects up to 28 random bits/1KB

Product Health Monitoring

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support

Environmental

Power Consumption

Idle: 0.9W, Active: 2.25W

Operating Temperature

0°C ~ 55°C

Storage Temperature

-45°C ~ 85°C

Shock Resistance

1500G/0.5ms

Certifications

RoHS, CE, FCC, KCC, C-Tick, VCCI, BSMI

Compatibility

Serial ATA (SATA)

Fully compliant with Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0. Fully compliant with ATA/ATAPI-8 Standard Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Operating System

Windows / Mac OS X / Linux

Additional Features

Performance Optimization

TRIM, Idle Time Garbage Collection

Endurance

Rated for 20GB/day of host writes for 5 years under typical client workloads

Service & Support

5-Year Warranty, Toll-Free Tech Support, 24 Hour Forum Support, Firmware Updates

Included Accessories

Acronis® True Image HD cloning software registration key (current version compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7.) and a 3.5" desktop adapter

 

 

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #31678 10 Jul 2013 19:35
Today we finally take a look at the OCZ Vector

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